Biography
Mark Pellegrino is one of the key actors of the "Supernatural" series, which Lucifer himself will be submitted: performed by the American Devil turned into a faithful Son of the Lord, who causes compassion. In the filmography of Mark, there are almost no major roles, but the charisma and the natural charm allocate it even among the actors of the second plan.Childhood and youth
Mark Ross Pellegrino was born on April 9, 1965 in Los Angeles, California. In the early period of the biography of the future star, the supernatural series "Supernatural" many white spots: It is unknown, at what school the boy studied, who were their parents.
In his youth, intended to master the profession of a sea biologist and study the underwater forms of life. Mark even entered the profile college, but despite excellent performance, did not feel thrust to the educational process and eventually took the documents. The image of a diligent student of Pellegrino changed on an ulocked punk - a young man sang at one time in the rock band, the name of which is also unknown.
The parents were not engaged in spiritual education of the Son, so at 20 years old Mark voluntarily went to church and baptized. Now the actor positions itself as an atheist and an adherent of objectivism - philosophy created by the Russian-American writer Ayn Rand in its key novels "Source" and "Atlant straightened shoulders."
Films
The decision to become an actor Mark Pellegrino pushed accident and curiosity. Once a US, for the sake of a joke, starred in a commercial, and one of the producers drew attention to his congenital talent. After the desire to become a oceanologist, a young man never found a lesson in the soul, and therefore I decided to try happiness in creativity.
Mark hired an agent who gave him a list of schools where they teach acting. A practical American made a choice in favor of an inexpensive and closer to the house - and did not lose. Already in 1984, Pellegrino starred in an episodic role in the "Hunter" police television series, and 2 years later - in the Law of Los Angeles.
In subsequent years, the American appeared in several telenotes and films: "All seizures are allowed" with Hulk Hogan in the lead role, "Dr. Arc House", "Prayer of Roller", "Bikes from a crypt", "Death weapons - 3".
The roles were secondary, and images of characters - negative, villainies. Nevertheless, a small amount of airtime did not interfere with the brand laid out on the set as if he played a major role. For example, in the film "Large Lebovski" (1998), Pellegrino in the role of Jackie Trichorn's threshing is not dead against Jeff Bridges and John Gudman.
Star hour Mark had to wait long. He managed to work with David Lynch in the film "Malkolland Drive" (2001), the master of thrillers William Friedkin over "drunk" (2003), Joel Schumacher over the "fatal number 23" (2007). And 2009 brought Pellegrino long-awaited glory: the actors approved at once in two TV shows - "Supernatural" and "Stay alive."
In the "Light" Mark played Jacob - the leader of others, the "great man", as he characterizes the character of the series Benjamin Linus. In the "Human" appeared once, in the last series of the 5th season ("The Incident"), then starred in the 6th season, but already as a ghost and memories (episode 9 "AB AETERNO" and episode 15 "Across The SEA "). For the role of Jacob in 2010, Mark received the Saturn Prize as the best guest of the Dramatic TV project.
The leader of others owned exceptional abilities: immortality (obviously, imaginary), all the way and the ability to change the fate of people in accordance with the desires of the island. The image of an almost almighty character helped a brand Pellegrino to prepare for the role of Lucifer, devil in the flesh, for the series "Supernatural".
Initially, the American tried to the role of Angela Castiel, he was considered one of the main applicants, however, they were approved by Miset Collins. Mark has already said goodbye to the project when he was called back and offered to play Satan. Now they are with Misha close friends, which prove joint photos in "Instagram" Collins.
The first appearance of Pellegrino is the episode "Environmental sympathy." The action takes immediately after the Winchester brothers, Sam (Jared Padalekia) and Dean (Jensen EKLS), crack the last of 66 seals and produce Lucifer to freedom. He puts up in Nick's body - a man who lost his wife and daughter and continues to live in a nightmare.
Pellegrino starred from Padaleks more often than with the rest of the actors, because Sam was destined to become a vessel for Lucifer. The struggle stretched throughout the 5th season, in the final series reaching apogee. The devil "rebelled" only in the 7th season (episode 1 "Meet a new boss") as a memory of Sam about the time spent in the admin cell.
Starting from the episode "Somewhere between paradise and hell", Mark Pellegrino entered the regular acting "supernatural". The new top of the plot was the appearance of the devil of the heir - the son of Jack (Alexander Calvert).
In the last series of the 13th season (the episode "Recall the good old days") Lucifer turns out to be defeated by Arkhangel Mikhail, who united in the body of Dean. In the 14th season, whose premiere took place in October 2018, Mark Pellegrino is filmed in the role of Nick, the devil vessel. The actor brought out the main composition.
Simultaneously with the shooting in the "supernatural", the American managed to complement the filmography of several significant projects. In 2012, he appeared in the 2nd season of the Grimm series as Jarold Kepersm - a school friend of the main hero Hank Griffin, who had a daughter (episode 3 "Sunrise Bad Moon"). In 2017, played in the 1st season of "13 reasons why" a police station Bill Standal, Alex Alex.
Personal life
On October 30, 2008, Mark married Actress Tracy Aziz, now she is named Pellegrino. The couple have two children, both of the first marriage Tracy: the daughter of Tess and the Son Misha. Despite the fact that the actor is an active user of Twitter, he does not talk on a page about his personal life.
Stephen Amell, the star of the "Strela" series, became an actor thanks to Pellegrino, who comes from him a relative. One day, Mark took Stephen to the set, and the young man fell to taste, the abundance of cameras and light.
Mark tries to keep himself in good physical shape, engaged in martial arts - Jiu-jitsu, judo, karate, kickboxing. With a rise of 185 cm weighs 95 kg. Interested in politics and philosophy, calls himself a radical capitalist.
Mark Pellegrino now
In 2019, the creators of the "supernatural" will continue to delight fans with the series, and it is possible that some of them will appear Pellegrino. The actor does not apply to the future plans for the future.
Filmography
- 1984 - "Hunter"
- 1990 - "Prayer of Roller"
- 1990 - "Bikes from a crypt"
- 1992 - "Death Weapon 3"
- 1998 - "Big Lebovski"
- 1999 - "Secret Materials"
- 2001 - "Malkolland Drive"
- 2006-2007 - Dexter
- 2009 - "stay alive"
- 2009-Ver. - "Supernatural"
- 2012 - "Grimm"
- 2017-2018 - "13 reasons why"