Vincent Kartheiser

Vincent Paul Kartheiser (born May 5, 1979)[1] is an American actor. He played Connor on The WB television series Angel and Pete Campbell on the AMC television series Mad Men, for which he received six Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and won twice along with the cast. He had starring roles in the films Alaska and Another Day in Paradise. His most recent appearance is in the 2020 Netflix film The Social Dilemma.

Vincent Kartheiser
Kartheiser at PaleyFest in 2014
Born	Vincent Paul Kartheiser May 5, 1979 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present
Spouse(s)	Alexis Bledel ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	1

Early life

Kartheiser was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Janet Marie (née Gruyé), who ran a nursery, and James Ralph Kartheiser, who sold construction equipment.[2][3]

The youngest of six children, he has four sisters, Andrea, Colette, Elise and Theresa, and a brother, Nathan.[4] He is of Luxembourgish, German, and to an extent Polish, Finnish, and Swedish ancestry.[5] Kartheiser attended Apple Valley High School in Apple Valley, Minnesota, but dropped out at age 15 because he "wanted to make money."

Career

Some of Kartheiser's first acting experiences were on stage of Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis, including roles in Pippi Longstocking, Our Town, Dr. Seuss' The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.[6]

He made his screen debut with a bit role in the 1993 film Untamed Heart. Kartheiser found himself cast in mostly family fare, including The Indian in the Cupboard (1995) and a starring role in the film Alaska (1996). The film led to Kartheiser getting the lead role in Masterminds the following year.

Kartheiser in 2009

He was next cast as Bobby, a drug-addicted, homeless street urchin in Larry Clark's Another Day in Paradise. He had two explicit sex scenes with Natasha Gregson, one of which was cut from the film in order to avoid an NC-17 rating. The film earned the young actor significant accolades, and he went on to appear in Strike! (later retitled All I Wanna Do) and Crime and Punishment in Suburbia.

Screened at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, Crime and Punishment in Suburbia was a moody, updated take on Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, set in a modern high school. Kartheiser co-starred on the supernatural drama series Angel in 2002, playing Connor, the son of the title character Angel, appearing in a total of 28 episodes.[7] Returning to film work, Kartheiser starred in the well-received coming-of-age drama Dandelion, which was shown at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.

Kartheiser in 2008

Kartheiser played the role of ambitious young ad man Pete Campbell in the AMC television series Mad Men (2007–2015). Along with the rest of the show's cast, Kartheiser won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2009 and 2010.[8]

Kartheiser filmed his role as Fielding in the BBC's two-part adaptation of Martin Amis' novel Money in the winter of 2009. The adaptation began airing on BBC Two on May 23, 2010. In 2011, he appeared in In Time and provided a voice for Rango.

Kartheiser's short film, Fruit of Labor, made its Orange County debut at the Newport Beach Film Festival in April 2013.[9] In the summer of 2013, he returned to his theatrical roots in Minneapolis to portray Mr. Darcy in an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice at the Guthrie Theater.

Personal life

Kartheiser dated The Hairy Bird co-star Rachael Leigh Cook for four months in 1998. He began dating actress Alexis Bledel in mid-2012.[10] He and Bledel announced their engagement in March 2013,[11] and were married in California in June 2014.[12] They have one son, born in 2015.[13][14] The couple sold their Brooklyn duplex penthouse for $1.32 million in May 2016.[15]

In a 2010 interview with The Observer, Kartheiser revealed that he eschewed the extravagant lifestyle of a Hollywood celebrity in favor of simple living.[16]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Untamed Heart	Orphan Boy
1994	Little Big League	James
	Heaven Sent	Eddie Chandler
1995	The Indian in the Cupboard	Gillon
1996	Alaska	Sean Barnes
1997	Masterminds	Ozzie Paxton
1998	Another Day in Paradise	Bobbie
	All I Wanna Do	Snake – Flat Critter
2000	Crime and Punishment in Suburbia	Vincent
	Bad Seed	Dillon
	Ricky 6	Ricky Cowen
	Luckytown	Colonel
2001	The Unsaid	Thomas Caffey
2004	Dandelion	Mason Mullich
2005	Shakespeare's Sonnets	Sebastian	Short film
2006	Alpha Dog	Pick Giaimo
	Waning Moon	Michael	Short film
2007	Killing Zelda Sparks	Craig Blackshear
2010	Elektra Luxx	Jimmy
2011	Rango	Ezekiel / Lasso Rodent (voice)
	In Time	Philippe Weis
	Fruit of Labor	Alfred	Short film
2012	Cussing in the Workplace	Jack	Short film
2014	Beach Pillows	Nick
	Red Knot	Peter Harrison
2015	Winter Light	Samuel	Short film
	Day Out of Days	Tark
2016	The Second Sound Barrier	Charles Michael Fortitude as The Artist	Short film
	A Kind of Murder	Detective Lawrence Corby
2017	The Most Hated Woman in America	William J. Murray III
	My Friend Dahmer	Dr. Matthews
2018	Most Likely to Murder	Lowell
2019	American Hangman	Henry David Cole
	Crypto	Ted Patterson
2020	The Social Dilemma	A.I.

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Sweet Justice	Nicholas	Episode: "Story of My Life"
1999	ER	Jesse Keenan	Episode: "Truth & Consequences"
2002–2004	Angel	Connor	28 episodes
2007–2015	Mad Men	Pete Campbell	Main cast; 87 episodes
2010	American Experience	Thomas Nickerson (voice)	Episode: "Into the Deep: America, Whaling, & the World"
	Money	Fielding Goodney	2 episodes
2011	The Cleveland Show	(voice)	Episode: "Like a Boss"
2013	Axe Cop	Bat Warthog Man (voice)	2 episodes
2013–2015	High School USA!	Marsh Merriwether (voice)	12 episodes
2015	Inside Amy Schumer	Juror #4	Episode: "12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer"
	Saints & Strangers	William Bradford	2 episodes
2016	Casual	Jordan Anderson	7 episodes
2017	Genius	Raymond H. Geist	2 episodes
2018	The Path	Congressman Buck Harbaugh	4 episodes
2018–2020	Das Boot	Samuel Greenwood	10 episodes
2019	Proven Innocent	Bodie Quick	Main role; 13 episodes
	The OA	Pierre Ruskin	4 episodes
2019–2020	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Steve Getz	Episode: "Can't Be Held Accountable" & "Must Be Held Accountable"

Video game

Year	Title	Role
2011	L.A. Noire	Walter Clemens (voice)

References

1. "Vincent Kartheiser Biography". TV Guide.
2. "Vincent Kartheiser Tampa Convention 2006". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 7, 2015.
3. Garrahan, Matthew (April 12, 2013). "Vincent Kartheiser: As the sixth season of 'Mad Men' gets under way, the actor describes what it's like to play Pete Campbell, the most odious man on television". FT Magazine. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
4. "Cast Bio: Vincent Kartheiser". AMC. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008.
5. "The Truth About Vincent Kartheiser". BlackBook. June 20, 2013.
6. "Children's Theatre Company -Curtain Call Ball". Childrenstheatre.org. 2011-09-10. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
7. "Vincent Kartheiser". IMDb. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
8. "Streep, Penn Win Top SAG Awards For Film"
9. of Labor Newport Beach Film Festival 2013 Screenings”
10. Gay, Verne (2012-06-20). "Report: Alexis Bledel, Vincent Kartheiser an item". Newsday.com. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
11. Ravitz, Justin (2013-03-20). "Alexis Bledel, Vincent Kartheiser Engaged! Mad Men Costars to Marry". Us Weekly. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
12. Loinaz, Alexis (August 6, 2014). "Vincent Kartheiser and Alexis Bledel Are Married!". People. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
13. "Alexis Bledel Is a Mom! Gilmore Girls Star and Husband Vincent Kartheiser Welcomed Son Months Ago". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
14. "Alexis Bledel Is a Mom! Gilmore Girls Welcomes Baby With Husband Vincent Kartheiser". E! Online. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
15. Mark David. "Vincent Kartheiser and Alexis Bledel Sell Duplex Penthouse in Brooklyn - Variety". Variety. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
16. Adams, Tim (2010-04-25). "Vincent Kartheiser: 'I definitely do psychopathic. I don't try to, but it just sneaks out'". The Observer. Retrieved 2013-11-17.

External links

• Vincent Kartheiser at IMDb
• Vincent Kartheiser at the Internet Off-Broadway Database