Best Known As: Film Actor

Gist:  Peter Facinelli (born November 26, 1973) is an American actor, best-known as the star of FOX's 2002 television series Fastlane. He played Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptation of Twilight.

Life Facts:  Facinelli grew up in Ozone Park, Queens, the son of Italian immigrants Bruna, a homemaker, and Pierino Facinelli, a waiter. He attended St Francis Preparatory 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.

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).