Peter Facinelli American Actor Known for Twilight

Peter Facinelli (26 November 1973, Queens) is an American actor. He is recognised as Carlisle Cullen in Twilight (2008).

Early life

He studied at St. Francis Preparatory School and New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

Career

Records list After Jimmy (1996) as his earliest screen credit. In the 1990s, he appeared in Foxfire (1996) and Can't Hardly Wait (1998). The 2000s brought The Scorpion King (2002, as Takmet) and The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009, as Carlisle Cullen). His 2010s credits include The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010, as Carlisle Cullen) and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011). During the 2020s, he worked on The Vanished (2020) and The Unbreakable Boy (2025).

In all, 36 films and 4 TV series appear in his credits from 1996 to 2025. Drama is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (8), followed by fantasy (7) and teen (7). Of his five titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012) has the highest, at $830 million. He is also credited as director on 3 titles, including Breaking & Exiting, and writer on 3 titles, including Loosies.

Anna Kendrick appears in five of his listed titles. Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Ashley Greene (five titles) and Kellan Lutz (five titles). Bill Condon directed two of his titles on record.

Personal life

Former marriages on record are to Jennie Garth (2001 to 2013).