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Biography:Though he could have easily fallen into a "nice guy" Hollywood stereotype, clean-cut actor Peter Facinelli refused to be pigeonholed in one set category or type of role; that very versatility, in turn, became one of Facinelli's trademarks. He grew up amid a large Italian-American family in the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens, NY, studied at St. Francis Preparatory High, and then enrolled at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School in Manhattan, where his mentors included Giancarlo Esposito, William H. Macy, and Felicity Huffman. By the mid- to late '90s, Facinelli made a beeline for the West Coast and, in seemingly no time at all, began to build a hefty resumé of acting roles, occasionally in a lead capacity.

Early projects included the 1998 slice-of-lifer Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (as a wealthy young man eager to leave his Texas town with his buddies and start over in L.A.), the 1998 teen-oriented... Full Biography

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Peter Facinelli and Kristen Stewart star in "The Twilight Saga: New Moon."
Peter Facinelli and Kristen Stewart in "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" (Summit Entertainment)
Actor Peter Facinelli and Actress Jennie Garth arrives to the 2007 American Music Awards at the...
Actors Peter Facinelli and Elizabeth Reaser arrive at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards held at the Gibson...
Actors Peter Facinelli and Elizabeth Reaser arrive at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards held at the Gibson...
Actors Peter Facinelli and Elizabeth Reaser arrive at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards held at the Gibson...
Actors Peter Facinelli and Elizabeth Reaser arrive at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards held at the Gibson...
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