Milo Ventimiglia

At 18 years of age, Ventimiglia started auditioning, booking jobs, and working his way up. His first starring role was as a gay teenager in Must Be the Music , a short film released as part of Strand Releasing's Boys Life 2 . From there, Ventimiglia studied at UCLA before landing a role on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air . He has guest starred on such television series as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and Boston Public . He had the part of the main character, Jed Perry, in the short-lived FOX TV series, Opposite Sex.

From 2001 to 2004, Ventimiglia played brooding teen Jess Mariano on Gilmore Girls ; he was introduced in the second season as a main cast member. In season four he dropped down to a guest star/recurring cast member, and he came back for two episodes in season six.

In the third and final season of American Dreams , Ventimiglia played Chris Pierce, the rebellious boyfriend of Meg Pryor (Brittany Snow).  In 2005, he starred in the mid-season replacement series The Bedford Diaries , for which he did not have to audition. During his off-time from television and production work, he has had supporting roles in horror films such as Cursed and Stay Alive as well as starring roles in the short-film Intelligence and the full-length feature Dirty Deeds . Most recently, he played Robert "Rocky Jr." Balboa, the son of Rocky Balboa, in the sixth Rocky installment Rocky Balboa which was released in December 2006.