Mark Pellegrino


Mark Ross Pellegrino is an American actor of film and television. He is best known for his work as Lucifer in Supernatural, Paul Bennett in Dexter, Jacob in Lost, as Bishop in Being Human, and Deputy Bill Standall in 13 Reasons Why. He also recurred in the role of Clayton Haas in the ABC thriller Quantico.

Career

Pellegrino appeared in season 7, episode 3 of The X-Files in November 1999. In 2001, he played an incompetent hitman in David Lynch's critically acclaimed Mulholland Drive.
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, NYPD Blue, , and Knight Rider.
He played 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. He was featured in National Treasure as the background FBI agent known as Agent Johnson. In 2005, Pellegrino appeared in the Academy Award winning film Capote, playing murderer Dick Hickock.
Among his numerous cable and network television show roles, he portrayed terrorist bomber Bobby James on The Beast.
In March 2009, Pellegrino was cast on the ABC series Lost for an appearance in the final episode of Season 5, 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 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, until Sam was cured of his insanity. Pellegrino reprised his role as Lucifer in season 11's O Brother Where Art Thou?, The Devil in the Details and Hell's Angel.
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.
In 2015, Pellegrino joined the ABC thriller series Quantico playing the recurring role of FBI Deputy Director Clayton Haas.
Pellegrino also was featured as a voice actor in the 2018 hit game Far Cry 5 as Jacob Seed, one of the antagonists of the game, as his first role in a video game.

Personal life

Pellegrino was born in Los Angeles, California. He is an adherent of Objectivism, a philosophy created by Russian-American writer Ayn Rand. Though Pellegrino considers libertarianism to be the closest to his political views, he also considers it to be an anarchist political ideology. Thus, he has distanced himself from this ideology and described himself solely as an Objectivist, stating that he sees a place for government in society. He has described his political views, instead, as classical liberalism, and has also described himself as a radical capitalist. He is married to Tracy Aziz and is the stepfather of her daughter Tess and son Misha.
Pellegrino is an atheist.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987Fatal BeautyFrankenstein
1987'Punk
1989No Holds BarredRandy
1989Doogie Howser, M.D.DudeTV series
1990Prayer of the RollerboysBango
1990Tales from the CryptPunkTV series Season 2 Episode 02
1991Blood and ConcreteBart
1992Northern ExposureRolf HauserTV series
1992Lethal Weapon 3Billy Phelps
1994ViperYuriTV movie pilot
1994Knight Rider 2010Robert LeeTV movie
1996ERNathan ConleyTV series
1996The SentinelRayTV series
1996Nash BridgesFergusonTV series Season 1 Episode 1
1997'Tourist #6
1997NYPD BlueFran WatkinsTV series
1998The Big LebowskiBlond Treehorn Thug
1998A Murder of CrowsProf. Arthur Corvus
1998NYPD BlueStanley StreulTV series Season 6 Episode 04
1999Word of MouthDarrow
1999The X-FilesDerwood SpinksTV series Episode: "Hungry"
2000Drowning MonaMurph Calzone
2001Say It Isn't SoJimmy Mitchelson
2001Mulholland DriveJoe Messing
2001The BeastBobby James/Robert TibideauTV series
2002NYPD BlueSteve DansickTV series
2002Mother GhostWaiter
2002Crossing JordanKeith WalkSeason 1 Episode 16 "Lost and Found"
2003The HuntedDale Hewitt
2003Moving AlanAlan Kennard
2003'Jed GoldTV series
2003The PracticeHerrick SmoltzSeason 7 Episode 13 "Character Evidence"
2004SpartanConvict
2004TwistedJimmy Schmidt
2004National TreasureAgent Johnson
2005CapoteDick Hickock
2005'Elliot Perolta
2006CaffeineTom
2006The UnitGary SotoTV series Season 1 Episode 11
2006DexterPaul BennettTV series
2007The Number 23Kyle Flinch
2007Without a TraceSadik MarkuTV series
2007Grey's AnatomyChrisSeason 4 Episode 1 "A Change Is Gonna Come"
2007Burn NoticeQuentin KingTV series
2008The CoverupRon Pebble
2008Knight RiderWalt CoopertonTV series
2008ChuckAlexander Winterborne/EdgarSeason 2 Episode 7 "Chuck Versus the Fat Lady"
Season 5 Episode 13 "Chuck Versus the Goodbye"
2008Numb3rsTim HamerTV series
2008Prison BreakPatrick VikanSeason 4 Episode 13 "Deal or No Deal"
Season 4 Episode 14 "Just Business"
2008Criminal MindsLt. EvansSeason 4 Episode 10 "Brothers in Arms"
2009An American AffairGraham Caswell
2009Disappearing In AmericaBodyguard
2009'John Tyler
2009–presentSupernaturalNick/LuciferRecurring role
Main role
2009Ghost WhispererBen TillmanTV series
2009'Bruno CurtisTV series
2009The MentalistVaughn McBrideTV series
2009–2010LostJacobRecurring role; 8 episodes
2010Greg CalomarTV series
2011Bad MeatDoug KendrewFilm
2011Being HumanBishopTV series; Season 1 main cast
2011The CloserGavin Q. Baker IIITV series; 7th season
2011Breakout KingsVirgil DowningTV series
2011Locke & KeyRendell LockeUnaired pilot
2012ChuckFulcrum AgentSeason 5 Episode 13 "Chuck Versus the Goodbye"
2012Hemingway & GellhornMax EastmanTV movie
2012CastleTom DempseySeason 4 Episode 14 "The Blue Butterfly"
2012Being HumanBishopTV series; season 2 recurring cast
2012GrimmJarold KampferSeason 2 Episode 3 "Bad Moon Rising"
2012RevolutionJeremy Baker4 Episodes; recurring role
2012Person of InterestDaniel DrakeSeason 2 Episode 8 "Til Death"
2013–2014The Tomorrow PeopleJedikiah PriceMain role
2013The Trials of Cate McCallDetective Robert WelchFilm
2013Bad Turn WorseGiff
2015Chicago P.D.Jim AnderoffSeason 2 Episode 12 "Disco Bob"
2015The ReturnedJack WishipMain role
2015–2016QuanticoFBI Deputy Director Clayton HaasRecurring role
2017–202013 Reasons WhySheriff's Deputy Bill StandallRecurring role
Main role
2018BeirutCal RileyFilm
2018Far Cry 5Jacob SeedVideo Game Voice and Motion Capture Performance