Mark Pellegrino
"One of the ways to stay connected to your craft is to teach...It helps me to learn from the students and cement knowledge in myself and then pass it on to others"
Mark Pellegrino currently portrays two pivotal roles this television season; the villainous, ‘Lucifer,’ on the CW Network’s hit series, SUPERNATURAL, as well as the much-anticipated enigmatic character, ‘Jacob’ on ABC’s critically hailed, LOST.
Pellegrino has built a career entertaining audiences and impressing critics with his work in numerous films and television series’ delivering standout performances time and again with his tremendous range of characters. On television, he has made a lasting impression as the tortured, ‘Paul Bennett,’ in Showtime’s widely acclaimed, DEXTER.
Having been acting since the age of 17, Pellegrino has turned in powerful performances from working with the likes of some of the industry’s biggest names in directing such as Joel Schumacher, David Mamet, Steven Spielberg, David Lynch and the Coen Brothers among many others. With the reputation as a well-respected actor, Pellegrino has appeared in such high-profile feature films as “The Big Lebowski,” “Lethal Weapon 3,” “Mulholland Dr.,” “The Hunted,” “National Treasure,” “The Number 23” and more. Television credits include, but not limited to, “ER,” “The X-Files,” “NYPD Blue,” “The Practice,” “The Unit,” “Criminal Minds,” “Prison Break,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Ghost Whisperer,” “CSI” and “The Mentalist.”
In addition to constant travel reporting to sets for production on television’s top shows, Pellegrino remains connected to his craft by keeping active in theater and teaching classes at Acting Studio LA (www.actingstudiola.com), which provides a home for some of the most talented professional actors, writers and directors. The program offers the opportunity to mentor developing actors, teach through workshops and classes, as well as create theatrical and film productions. When free time allows, he actively participates in a variety of sports, including martial arts, kickboxing, Thai boxing, Judo, Karate and Ju-Jitsu.
Pellegrino currently resides with his family just outside of Los Angeles.
At Acting Studio LA, Mark will be teaching our On-Camera Intensive.
"Mark Pellegrino is just amazing in this scene, really amazing, cause if you've ever seen the real photos of Dick HIckock and how he was… Mark Pellegrino is...just so convincing, he's just wonderful. It's pretty tremendous stuff."
– Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote, Doubt, Almost Famous,
Boogie Nights, Scent of a Woman
"Mark Pellegrino is a phenomenal actor…somebody who I would really like to work with again…a superb talent who is equal to all the other talents (Jim Carey, Virginia Madsen) in the film."
– Joel Schumacher, Director - The Number 23, Batman Forever,
A Time to Kill, The Client, The Lost Boys
"(Mark) is amazing...when he arrived in Winnepeg, he had physically transformed himself...like in a few weeks he lost thirty pounds."
– Bennet Miller, Director - Capote
"Mark Pellegrino in this scene, (playing an 80 year old man in make-up) was very convincing, in fact, when he walked on to the dock for the very first time, the boat drivers...they helped him onto the boat as if we was this 80 year old man, they didn’t know...it was really incredible. We had looked at so many actors for that role, all older gentlemen, but when Mark came in...he just blew us away in the audition…a tremendous actor."
– Derek Broes, Producer - A Murder of Crows