While actor Milo Ventimiglia initially found success by playing brooding, angry teens on primetime television, the actor’s off-screen reputation as a well-behaved, focused professional who preferred to stay out of the spotlight secured his success. Ventimiglia spent years as a bit player until his role as Rory Gilmore’s troubled teen suitor on “Gilmore Girls” (WB, 2000-07) earned widespread recognition. He subsequently explored ne’er do well teenagers on television shows including “American Dreams” (NBC, 2002-05) and in the final “Rocky” film, “Rocky Balboa” (2006), after which Ventimiglia
First TV appearance on an episode of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” (NBC)
1996
Featured in the short-film, “Must be the Music” playing one of four gay men out on a Friday night in Los Angeles; later compiled into “Boys Life 2” a quartet of homoerotic short films
1999
Played a soccer player in the teen classic “She’s All That” starring Freddie Prinze, Jr.
2000
Played the lead in the short-lived FOX series, “Opposite Sex”
2001
Played a murder on an episode of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (CBS)
