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Peter Facinelli (born November 26, 1973) appears in all five movies of the Twilight Saga as Carlisle Cullen. He has also starred in FOX's 2002 television series Fastlane and portrayed Dr. Fitch Cooper on Nurse Jackie.

Early life

Facinelli grew up in Ozone Park, Queens. He is the son of Italian immigrants Bruna, a homemaker, and Pierino Facinelli, a waiter. He attended St. Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows, NY. He studied acting at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School in New York City; his teachers there included William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman, Giancarlo Esposito, and Camryn Manheim.

Career

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 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 in the 1997 AIDS-themed drama Touch Me (1997), and co-starred as a high school student in two 1998 features, Dancer, Texas Pop. 81, and Can't Hardly Wait.

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 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.

After wrapping up Finding Amanda, Facinelli played Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptation of Twilight. He reprised his role in New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn.

He co-starred as Dr. Fitch Cooper in the dark comedy series Nurse Jackie from 2009-2015.

Facinelli appeared in 2012 as a pickpocket who finds out he's about to be a father in the film Loosies, which he wrote. The film was quickly very successful.

Currently, Peter is starring on CBS' Supergirl as Maxwell Lord, the main antagonist of the show.

Twilight

When his agent first asked him about the role, he said no, assuming a movie about vampires meant it was about blood and guts. His agent told him that Catherine Hardwicke was directing and got him to read the novel. He says "I loved the love story set in this world of vampires, but more than that, I liked that it's about vampires exploring humanity rather than just being a vampire."^[1] He auditioned but was considered too young for the part. "They wanted an older actor. Carlisle is young in the book, but visually I was told they wanted his character to look a lot older than the kids."^[1] The other actor had another role that conflicted with Twilight's filming and quit. Hardwicke didn't know who to cast as Carlisle until she received a gift basket from Peter Facinelli. "I basically bribed my way into Twilight," laughs Facinelli during an interview.

Facinelli chose not to do an English accent for the character of Carlisle. He explains "I never thought of doing that because he is English, but a long time ago, over 300 years ago. I thought he would have adapted to his surroundings. I wound up doing a more standard American accent."^[1] He goes on to point out that he was happy that Stephenie Meyer agreed with him because he didn't ask her about it until after filming had started.

Peter Facinelli, named P-Fach by Twilighters, is well known to be a joker on set. In interviews he has referred to many instances where he has played practical jokes on other cast members. In this interview at Twi-Con 2009, he spoke of a funny moment on the set of New Moon where he found a card that said "You are not what you do. Even though you're going through troubled times, know you will find a job that is right for you" so he bought it and gave it to Robert Pattinson as a joke. He then encouraged Rob to give it to Kristen Stewart who "got mad at him". He also gave the card to many of the cast member and also New Moon director Chris Weitz.

Personal life

Normal 011ssd — Peter Facinelli and Jennie Garth

Facinelli met his wife, Jennie Garth, on the set of An Unfinished Affair, a 1996 made-for-TV movie. They married on January 20, 2001. He and Garth have three daughters together: Luca Bella (June 30, 1997), Lola Ray (December 6, 2002) and Fiona Eve (September 30, 2006). On March 28, 2012, Facinelli filed for divorce.

He is currently engaged to actress Jamie Alexander whom he met while shooting his film Loosies.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1995	The Price of Love	Brett	TV
1995	Angela	Lucifer
1996	Calm at Sunset	James Pfeiffer	TV
	After Jimmy	Jimmy Stapp	TV
	Fox Fire	Ethan Bixby
	An Unfinished Affair	Rick Connor	TV
1997	Touch Me	Bail
1998	Telling You	Phil Fazzulo
	Can't Hardly Wait	Mike Dexter
	Dancer, Texas Pop	Terrell Lee Lusk
1999	Blue Ridge Fall	Danny Shepherd
1999	The Big Kahuna	Bob Walker
2000	Honest	Daniel Wheaton
	Ropewalk	Charlie
	Supernova	Karl Larson
2001	Riding in Cars with Boys	Tommy Butcher
	Tempted	Jimmy Mulate
	Rennie's Landing	Alec Nichols
2002	Fastlane	Donovan 'Van' Ray	TV series
2002	The Scorpion King	Takmet
2003–2005	Six Feet Under	Jimmy
2005	The Lather Effect	Danny
	Chloe
	Enfants terribles	Curtis
2006	Hollow Man 2
2006	Touch the Top of the World	Erik Weihenmayer	TV
2007	Damages	Gregory Malina	TV
2007	Lily
2008	Finding Amanda	Greg
	Chelsea Lately	Himself
	Twilight	Carlisle Cullen
2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Carlisle Cullen
2010	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Carlisle Cullen
2011	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1	Carlisle Cullen
2012	Loosies	Bobby
2012	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2	Carlisle Cullen
2013	Glee	Rupert Campion	4 episodes
2013	Gallows Hill	David Reynolds
2014	Freezer	Detective Sam Gurov
2015	Walter	Jim
2015-present	Supergirl	Maxwell Lord	2 episodes

Trivia

Facinelli's favorite book from the Twilight Saga is Eclipse.
Facinelli says that he is on Team Edward because he "has a root for his boy (Edward)".

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 'Twilight' Countdown: Peter Facinelli says he's on Team Edward Denise Martin, latimesblog, November 11, 2008

External links

Peter Facinelli on Wikipedia
Peter Facinelli at the Internet Movie Database
Peter Facinelli on Twitter

[lat-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 'Twilight' Countdown: Peter Facinelli says he's on Team Edward Denise Martin, latimesblog, November 11, 2008

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+'''Peter Facinelli''' (born November 26, 1973) appears in all five movies of the ''[[Twilight Saga]]'' as [[Carlisle Cullen]]. He has also starred in FOX's 2002 television series ''Fastlane'' and portrayed Dr. Fitch Cooper on ''Nurse Jackie''.
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-'''Peter Facinelli''' (born November 26, 1973) is an American actor, well-known as the star of FOX's 2002 television series ''Fastlane'' and for portraying Dr. Fitch Cooper on ''Nurse Jackie''. He plays [[Carlisle Cullen]] in the film adaptations of [[Twilight (film)|''Twilight'']], [[New Moon (film)|''New Moon'']], and [[Eclipse (film)|''Eclipse'']]. He will also return as Carlisle in the upcoming [[Breaking Dawn (films)|''Breaking Dawn'']] films.
 ==Early life==
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 ==Career==
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-[[File:Richlx.jpg|thumb|left]]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 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 in the 1997 AIDS-themed drama ''Touch Me'' (1997), and co-starred as a high school student in two 1998 features, ''Dancer, Texas Pop. 81'', and ''Can't Hardly Wait''.
+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 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 in the 1997 AIDS-themed drama ''Touch Me'' (1997), and co-starred as a high school student in two 1998 features, ''Dancer, Texas Pop. 81'', and ''Can't Hardly Wait''.
 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 ''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.
-After wrapping up ''Finding Amanda'', Facinelli played Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptation of ''[[Twilight (film)|Twilight]]''. He reprised his role in 2009's ''[[New Moon (film)|New Moon]]'' and 2010's ''[[Eclipse (film)|Eclipse]]''.
+After wrapping up ''Finding Amanda'', Facinelli played Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptation of ''[[Twilight (film)|Twilight]]''. He reprised his role in ''[[New Moon (film)|New Moon]]'', ''[[Eclipse (film)|Eclipse]]'' and ''[[Breaking Dawn movies (disambiguation)|Breaking Dawn]]''.
+He co-starred as Dr. Fitch Cooper in the dark comedy series ''Nurse Jackie'' from 2009-2015.
+Facinelli appeared in 2012 as a pickpocket who finds out he's about to be a father in the film ''Loosies'', which he wrote. The film was quickly very successful.
-He co-stars as Dr. Fitch Cooper in the dark comedy series ''Nurse Jackie''.
+Currently, Peter is starring on CBS' [[Supergirl]] as Maxwell Lord, the main antagonist of the show.
-Facinelli will next appear as a pickpocket who finds out he's about to be a father in the film ''Loosies'', which he wrote.
 ===''Twilight''===
-[[File:08Carlisle_Cullen.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Peter Facinelli as [[Carlisle Cullen]]]]When his agent first asked him about the role, he said no, assuming a movie about vampires meant it was about blood and guts. His agent told him that [[Catherine Hardwicke]] was directing and got him to read the novel. He says "I loved the love story set in this world of vampires, but more than that, I liked that it's about vampires exploring humanity rather than just being a vampire."<ref name="lat">[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2008/11/twilight-cou-10.html 'Twilight' Countdown: Peter Facinelli says he's on Team Edward] Denise Martin, latimesblog, November 11, 2008</ref> He auditioned but was considered too young for the part. "They wanted an older actor. Carlisle is young in the book, but visually I was told they wanted his character to look a lot older than the kids."<ref name="lat"/> The other actor had another role that conflicted with Twilight's filming and quit. Hardwicke didn't know who to cast as Carlisle until she received a gift basket from Peter Facinelli. "I basically bribed my way into ''Twilight''," laughs Facinelli during an interview.
+When his agent first asked him about the role, he said no, assuming a movie about vampires meant it was about blood and guts. His agent told him that [[Catherine Hardwicke]] was directing and got him to read the novel. He says "I loved the love story set in this world of vampires, but more than that, I liked that it's about vampires exploring humanity rather than just being a vampire."<ref name="lat">[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2008/11/twilight-cou-10.html 'Twilight' Countdown: Peter Facinelli says he's on Team Edward] Denise Martin, latimesblog, November 11, 2008</ref> He auditioned but was considered too young for the part. "They wanted an older actor. Carlisle is young in the book, but visually I was told they wanted his character to look a lot older than the kids."<ref name="lat"/> The other actor had another role that conflicted with Twilight's filming and quit. Hardwicke didn't know who to cast as Carlisle until she received a gift basket from Peter Facinelli. "I basically bribed my way into ''Twilight''," laughs Facinelli during an interview.
 Facinelli chose not to do an English accent for the character of Carlisle. He explains "I never thought of doing that because he is English, but a long time ago, over 300 years ago. I thought he would have adapted to his surroundings. I wound up doing a more standard American accent."<ref name="lat"/> He goes on to point out that he was happy that [[Stephenie Meyer]] agreed with him because he didn't ask her about it until after filming had started.
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 [[File:Normal_011ssd.jpg|thumb|Peter Facinelli and Jennie Garth]]
-Facinelli met his wife, Jennie Garth, on the set of ''An Unfinished Affair'', a 1996 made-for-TV movie. They married on January 20, 2001. He and Garth have three daughters together: Luca Bella (June 30, 1997), Lola Ray (December 6, 2002) and Fiona Eve (September 30, 2006). On March 28, 2012 Facinelli filed for divorce.
+Facinelli met his wife, Jennie Garth, on the set of ''An Unfinished Affair'', a 1996 made-for-TV movie. They married on January 20, 2001. He and Garth have three daughters together: Luca Bella (June 30, 1997), Lola Ray (December 6, 2002) and Fiona Eve (September 30, 2006). On March 28, 2012, Facinelli filed for divorce.
+He is currently engaged to actress Jamie Alexander whom he met while shooting his film ''Loosies''.
 == Filmography ==
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 |Carlisle Cullen
 |
+|-
+|rowspan=2|2013
+|''[[w:c:glee|Glee]]''
+|Rupert Campion
+|4 episodes
+|-
+|''Gallows Hill''
+|David Reynolds
+|
+|-
+|2014
+|''Freezer''
+|Detective Sam Gurov
+|
+|-
+|2015
+|''Walter''
+|Jim
+|
+|-
+|2015-present
+|''Supergirl''
+|Maxwell Lord
+|2 episodes
 |}
 ==Trivia==
-*Peter's favorite book from the ''Twilight Saga'' is ''[[Eclipse]]''.
+*Facinelli's favorite book from the ''Twilight Saga'' is ''[[Eclipse]]''.
-*Peter says that he is on Team Edward because he "has a root for his boy (Edward)".
+*Facinelli says that he is on Team Edward because he "has a root for his boy (Edward)".
 ==References==