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He starred as Donovan “Van” Ray on the Fox series Fastlane from 2002 to 2003. He played Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight novel series, and is also known for his role as Mike Dexter in the 1998 film Can’t Hardly Wait. Facinelli was a regular on the Showtime comedy-drama series Nurse Jackie, portraying the role of Dr. Fitch “Coop” Cooper. He portrayed Maxwell Lord on the first season of the TV series Supergirl.Table of ContentsEarly life[edit]Personal life[edit]Filmography[edit]Film[edit]Television[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Early life[edit]Facinelli grew up in Ozone Park, Queens, the son of Italian immigrants Bruna (n\u00e9e Reich), a homemaker, and Pierino Facinelli, a waiter.[2][3] His parents are from the Val di Non valley in Trentino, northern Italy. His father is from Rev\u00f2, while his mother is from Spormaggiore.[3][4] He was raised Catholic[2] and attended St. Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows, New York.[5]He studied acting at New York University,[6] as well as at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School in New York City.Facinelli made his feature film debut in Rebecca Miller’s Angela in 1995 and came to the attention of critics in the TV-movie The Price of Love later that year. In 1996, Facinelli played opposite his then-future wife Jennie Garth in An Unfinished Affair. Other TV roles followed, including a part in After Jimmy (1996) and a college dropout in Calm at Sunset. Facinelli co-starred with Amanda Peet and Michael Vartan in the 1997 AIDS-themed drama Touch Me (1997) and co-starred as a high school student in two 1998 features with Ethan Embry and Breckin Meyer, Dancer, Texas Pop. 81, and Can’t Hardly Wait, which starred Jennifer Love Hewitt.Facinelli appeared in the sci-fi film Supernova starring James Spader in 2000. He made appearances in Riding in Cars with Boys in 2001 and The Scorpion King in 2002, followed by a leading role in the Fox drama Fastlane. Facinelli had a recurring role in the HBO series Six Feet Under in 2004 and a role in the FX original series Damages beginning in 2007. Facinelli starred in Hollow Man 2 with Christian Slater. It was released direct-to-video in May 2006.In 2006, he was cast in Touch the Top of the World, a true story of Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind person to climb Mount Everest. The film is based on his best selling autobiography.  After wrapping up Finding Amanda with Matthew Broderick, Facinelli played Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptation of Twilight, based on the book by Stephenie Meyer.[7] According to an interview, “I almost didn’t read for Twilight. My agent said, ‘Do you want to do a vampire movie?’ And I was like, ‘No.’ I was totally thinking blood and guts and bats in caves, like some kind of horror movie. They literally talked me into reading the book and I actually enjoyed the book a lot.”[6] Facinelli continued his portrayal in the sequels of the film, The Twilight Saga: New Moon,[8]The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn \u2013 Part 1, and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn \u2013 Part 2.[9]He played Dr. Fitch Cooper for seven seasons on the Showtime dark comedy series Nurse Jackie.[10]He is the founder of the production company Facinelli Films. Their first feature film, Loosies, which was written entirely by Facinelli, was filmed in 2011.[6] He starred in the film, which is a story of a New York pickpocket that being produced by Verdi Corrente Productions.[11] In 2011 he also wrote and produced the Hallmark Channel telefilm Accidentally in Love which starred his then-wife Jennie Garth. In 2015, he played Maxwell Lord in Supergirl.In 2015 Facinelli co-wrote the novel After the Red Rain with Barry Lyga and Robert DeFranco.[12] It is set on a future Earth whose population is grappling with dwindling resources.Personal life[edit]Facinelli met actress Jennie Garth on the set of An Unfinished Affair in 1995.[13] Facinelli and Garth married on January 20, 2001, in a traditional Catholic ceremony.[13] They have three daughters.[2] In March 2012, Facinelli filed for divorce from Garth,[14] which was finalized in June 2013.[15]Facinelli began dating actress Jaimie Alexander in 2012 after meeting on the set of Loosies.[16][17] They became engaged in March 2015,[18] and announced they had ended their engagement in February 2016.[19]On January 1, 2020, he became engaged to Lily Anne Harrison.[20] Lily Anne gave birth to their first child together, a son named Jack Cooper, in September 2022. [21]He is a Catholic.[22] In 2009, Facinelli acquired Italian citizenship through jus sanguinis in order to shoot a film in Europe, which required that all actors be European citizens.[23] Cyclist Letizia Paternoster is Facinelli’s niece.[24]Filmography[edit]Film[edit]Television[edit]References[edit]^ “UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019”. United Press International. November 26, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2021. actor Peter Facinelli in 1973 (age 46)^ a b c Tauber, Michelle (2002-11-11). “Vroom, Vroom!”. People. Archived from the original on 2009-06-10. Retrieved 2009-08-04. Given Facinelli’s Catholic upbringing, …^ a b “PETER FACINELLI: Un vampiro dalla val di Non” (in Italian). Mondotrentino.net. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2014.^ In Trentino, giornale on-line del Trentino, ed. (2008-12-19). “Dalla Val di Non a Hollywood” (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2009-03-17.^ Roleke, John (2009-12-24). “Twilight Star Home for the Holidays in Queens”. About.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-06-22.^ a b c Kugel, Allison (December 12, 2011). “Peter Facinelli Talks Producing His First Indie Film, Loosies, Nurse Jackie, & Almost Passing on Twilight”. PR.com. Archived from the original on March 15, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-12.^ Carroll, Larry (2008-02-19). “‘Twilight’ Film’s First Family Revealed: Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser Lead Cullen Clan”. MTV. Archived from the original on 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2008-02-21.^ Carroll, Larry (2008-11-26). “Peter Facinelli Excited To Play Carlisle Cullen Again In ‘New Moon’“. MTV. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-03-12.^ “Cullen Family Stars Sign on For ‘Breaking Dawn’ \u2013 Yahoo! Movies”. Movies.yahoo.com. 2010-05-19. Archived from the original on 2010-05-24. Retrieved 2010-08-15.^ “Nurse Jackie: Official Site”. Sho.com. Archived from the original on 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2009-03-03.^ Fernandez, Jay A. (2010-06-17). “Vincent Gallo, Michael Madsen join ‘Loosies’“. Hollywoodreporter.com. Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2010-08-15.^ Lyga, Barry; Facinelli, Peter; DeFranco, Robert (August 2015). After the Red Rain. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN\u00a0978-0-316-40603-1.^ a b “‘Jennie Garth Has Red-and-White Wedding’“. ABC News. 2001-02-01. Archived from the original on 2011-01-29. Retrieved 2010-05-16.^ “Peter Facinelli Files for Divorce from Jennie Garth”. People. 2012-03-28. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2012-03-28.^ “Jennie Garth & Peter Facinelli: Divorce Final – Nicest Divorce Ever”. TMZ. 2013-06-12. Archived from the original on 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2013-06-12.^ Michelle Ward (30 November 2012). “Peter Facinelli Finds Love with Costar Jaimie Alexander”. People. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.^ Cynthia Littleton (25 August 2014). “Inside the Emmy Parties: MPTF’s Evening Before, Showtime, NBC, ICM Partners Cap Emmy Eve”. Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014. Jaimie Alexander has reunited with her “Kyle XY” producer Julie Plec, and the two are animatedly chatting along with Alexander’s beau Peter Facinelli^ Andriakos, Jacqueline (March 18, 2015). “Peter Facinelli was engaged to Jaimie Alexander”. People. Archived from the original on March 19, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2015.^ Chiu, Melody. “Jaimie Alexander and Peter Facinelli End Their Engagement”. People. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.^ “Peter Facinelli Is Engaged to Girlfriend Lily Anne Harrison After Mexico Vacation Proposal”. People.com. 2020-01-02. Retrieved 2022-06-26.^ “Twilight’s Peter Facinelli welcomes first son”. Mum’s Grapevine. Retrieved 7 January 2023.^ Pop, Faith Goes (29 April 2012). “Jennie Garth’s Divorce Is Making Her an Ex-Catholic”. patheos.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015.^ June 2009, Helen Earnshaw | 5. “Peter Facinelli Becomes Italian Citizen”. www.femalefirst.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-14.^ Un mondo di Letizia: medaglie, pizza e la solitudine della montagna. gnewsonline.it.External links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/peter-facinelli-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Peter Facinelli – Wikipedia"}}]}]