Mark Pellegrino's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Dexter Paul Bennett Lost Jacob Supernatural Lucifer Being Human Bishop

Main Movie Roles 2009 - An American Affair 2007 - The Number 23 2005 - Capote 2005 - Ellie parker 2004 - Spartan 2004 - National Treasure 2003 - The Hunted 2001 - Say It Isn't So 2001 - Mulholland Drive 2000 - Drowning Mona 1998 - The Big Lebowski 1998 - A Murder of Crows 1997 - Jurassic Park: The Lost World 1994 - F.T.W. 1992 - Lethal Weapon 3 1989 - No Holds Barred 1989 - Night Life 1987 - Fatal Beauty

BIOGRAPHY:

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 had also appeared on the television series such as 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. On June 26, 2009 it was also announced that Pellegrino was cast in a recurring role as Lucifer in the 5th season of the CW series Supernatural. He portrayed the vampire "Bishop" in the SyFy horror series Being Human.
Pellegrino lives in Los Angeles with his wife Tracy Aziz, stepdaughter Tess and stepson Misha. 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 but now considers himself more "spiritual/philosophical".


TRIVIA:

• Mark is a teacher at Playhouse West, which was founded by 'Robert Carnegie (I)' (qv) and the late 'Sanford Meisner' (qv). 'Jeff Goldblum' (qv) is also a teacher there.
• In his free time, he actively participates in a variety of sports, including martial arts, kickboxing, professional Thai boxing, Judo, Karate and Ju-Jitsu.
• Worked briefly as a fundraiser/canvasser for CARAL (CA affiliate of NARAL) in 1991 while auditioning for roles.