Mark Pellegrino

Mark Pellegrino
Born	(1965-04-09) April 9, 1965 Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present

Mark Ross Pellegrino (born April 9, 1965) is an American actor of film and television. He is best known for his work on Lost as Jacob, Supernatural as Lucifer, and on season one of Being Human as Bishop.

Career

Pellegrino starred as Rita's abusive ex-con former husband Paul on Showtime's Dexter; and later as Lucifer on Supernatural and as the mysterious near-immortal Jacob on ABC's Lost. He has appeared on the television series Northern Exposure, ER, Without a Trace, The X-Files, NYPD Blue, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Knight Rider. He also is well known as the "Blond Thug" who stuffs The Dude's head down the toilet and drops his bowling ball, breaking the floor tile, in the cult film The Big Lebowski.

In March 2009, Pellegrino was cast on the ABC series Lost for an appearance in the final episode of the fifth season, to play the role of the mysterious Jacob. Although the press release for the episode refers to his character simply as "Man No. 1," the episode revealed that Pellegrino portrayed Jacob, a mysterious character pivotal to the show's plot.^[1] On June 26, 2009 it was also announced that Pellegrino was cast in a recurring role as Lucifer in the fifth season of the CW series Supernatural until he was returned to his prison, returning in the seventh season as a hallucination of protagonist Sam Winchester due to his mental damage after he spent a year in the Cage (though evidence shows that Sam was more than likely, in fact, protected by Lucifer whilst in the Cage and tortured by Michael), until Sam was cured of his insanity. He is likely to return to the show in season 9, if not for him being busy with The Tomorrow People.

He portrayed the vampire "Bishop" in the SyFy horror series Being Human in the first season, and also reprises the role in season 2 and 3 as both flashbacks and hallucinations.

Personal life

Pellegrino lives in Los Angeles with his wife Tracy Aziz. He is a teacher at the repertory theater company "Playhouse West", a west coast division of Sanford Meisner's Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. Pellegrino was baptized as a born-again Christian in his mid-20s and remains outspoken about his conservative politics.

Filmography

References

External links

• Mark Pellegrino at the Internet Movie Database
• One on One with Mark Pellegrino