Mark Ross Pellegrino (b. April 9, 1965) is an American actor.
In Supernatural, Mark portrays the widower Nick, the Archangel Lucifer, Sam and Castiel's Lucifer-hallucination and later Jack's Lucifer hallucination.
He was promoted to series regular in Season 12. After being absent for most of Season 15, he returned as a Special Guest Star for the series penultimate episode Inherit the Earth.
Overview[]
Pellegrino has appeared in episodes of The Beast, NYPD Blue, Without a Trace, Dexter, Grimm, Prison Break, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Mentalist, Burn Notice, The Number 23 and 13 Reasons Why.
He is best known for his role in the American version of the UK supernatural drama Being Human as Bishop, the leader of the Boston vampire group. Another major role is his portrayal of Jacob on Lost.
One of his most recent television roles was Dr. Jedikiah Price, on The Tomorrow People, which was ultimately canceled. He later appeared on Quantico as Clayton Haas.
He has also starred in other roles alongside fellow Supernatural cast members, such as Moving Alan with Misha Collins and The Closer with Curtis Armstrong. He has also done minor roles with Mark Sheppard, Kurt Fuller and Rachel Miner.
In 2017 to 2019 he starred in the Netflix original series, 13 Reasons Why as Deputy Standall.
Mark is married to Tracy Aziz and stepfather of her daughter Tess. Mark is an atheist.
Trivia[]
- According to Supernatural creator Eric Kripke, Mark did not require auditioning for the role of Lucifer.
- Previously, Mark had auditioned for the role of Castiel, which was given to Misha Collins.
- Previously, Mark did not watch Supernatural or any of his other television roles, instead he let his wife Tracy review them. Recently, Mark began watching them and occasionally tweeted his reactions.
- At Vancon 2012, Richard Speight Jr. got Mark drunk, which led to seductive dancing in front of the fans. Richard quickly regretted this decision.
- Although known for his many roles as antagonists, Mark is a staunch believer that his characters are not "bad guys". This is especially the case with Lucifer.
- Mark admitted he enjoys messing with Jared Padalecki while filming. This mostly stemmed from a time when Jared farted during Season 5 and Mark was forced to do the scene anyway inside "Jared's fart bubble".
- Mark is known for disliking Rick Springfield and refuses to acknowledge that Rick had briefly obtained the role of Lucifer.
- Mark's appearances in Stuck in the Middle (With You) and Stranger in a Strange Land were uncredited, presumably to surprise the audience with his return as Lucifer and Nick respectively. At the beginning of the very next episode in both cases, he was credited as a main character for both roles for the first time. However, his return in Stranger in a Strange Land was spoiled partway through the episode when a CW commercial for the movie Halloween utilized Sam asking Nick about Michael though it was unclear in the commercial which character Mark was playing.
- Mark is credited as a Special Guest Star in the end credits of Inherit the Earth instead of appearing in the opening credits. This was likely done to keep the surprise of Lucifer's return, similar to how he was credited at the end of Stuck in the Middle (With You) and Stranger in a Strange Land in order to keep a surprise the return of Lucifer and Nick respectively.
Appearances[]
- Season 5
- Season 7
- Meet the New Boss (Sam's hallucination)
- Hello, Cruel World (Sam's hallucination)
- The Girl Next Door (voice only)
- Defending Your Life (voice only)
- Repo Man (Sam's hallucination)
- The Born-Again Identity (Sam's and Castiel's hallucinations respectively)
- Season 11
- Season 12
- Season 13
- Season 14
- Stranger in a Strange Land (Nick)
- Gods and Monsters (Nick)
- Unhuman Nature (Nick)
- Damaged Goods (Nick)
- Prophet and Loss (Nick)
- Game Night (Nick)
- Absence (Lucifer, hallucination; Nick, corpse)
- Jack in the Box (Lucifer, hallucination)
- Season 15
External Links[]
- Mark Pellegrino at the Internet Movie Database
- Mark Pellegrino at Wikipedia
- Mark Pellegrino at the Facebook
- Mark Pellegrino at AllRovi
- Mark Pellegrino on Twitter
- One on One with Mark Pellegrino