- Name: Vincent Paul Kartheiser
- Nickname: Vinnie
- Birth Date: 5th May 1979
- Birth Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)
- Parents: Janet Marie Gruye (mother), James Ralph Kartheiser (father)
- Brothers: Nathan (older)
- Sisters: Collette, Theresa, Elise and Andrea (all older)
- Height: 5'11'' - 180 cm
- Eye Color: deep blue
- Hair Color: dark brown to auburn
- Hobbies: Monopoly, crossword puzzle
- Sports: Pool, Basketball
- School: UCLA
- Major: History
- Music: Tool
- Authors: Dostoyevsky, Shakespeare, Poe
- Shows: The Simpsons
Trivia
- Vincent was named after Vincent Van Gogh and grew up surrounded by his work.
- His middle name was originally DePaul but his parents changed it to Paul -- "so I could feel more religious freedom"
- Vincent failed 9th grade.
- He dated Rachael Leigh Cook for four months.
- He smokes. He started smoking when he was studying in the Theatre Company.
- He has a siamese cat named Simon.
- The name Vincent means conqueror.
- Trained in martial arts in preparation for the part of Connor on TV show 'Angel'.
- Takes fencing lessons.
- He's a vegetarian.
- He's car-free
- He told The Guardian (UK) that he often wears a wedding ring in his private life (even though he is not married and never has been) so that he "can flash it to warn people off if [he] need[s] to," and that he has "never been monogamous" in any relationship.
- He revealed that after experiencing some of the material excesses of Hollywood (such as awards shows where already-wealthy people receive gift bags full of expensive free items), he started a process of shedding his possessions that includes selling or giving away most of what he owns
Early Life
Vincent Paul Kartheiser was born on May 5th of 1979 and raised by Jim and Janet Kartheiser in his hometown, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has four older sisters, Colette, Therese, Elise and Andrea and an older brother, Nathan.
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Early work
Vincent grew up acting in Minneapolis in Children's Theatre Company and Guthrie, also doing some tours and choir. His very first theatre appearance was when he was six. He remembers running up to the stage where her sister was performing and the director shouted, "Get out of the stage kid or learn to act!" He's been a part of theatre productions like A Christmas Carol (1985), The Velveteen Rabbit (1988), Richard III (1993), Treasure Island (1993), Henry IV (1993), Henry V (1993), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1993), Pippi Longstocking (1991) and Raggedy Ann and Andy (1993). But it wasn't long before his talent was recoginzed and was brought to the big screen.
The 90s
Vincent started trying out for movies at the age of thirteen and had very small parts in films like Iron Will (but his part got cut off), Untamed Heart (1993) and Little Big League (1994) but that was only the start. He starred on a low-budget film, Heaven Sent (1994) at fourteen but it didn't come out in theatres. His first major big screen role was in Indian in the Cupboard as Gillion in 1995. That was his first breakthrough role that lead him to co-star opposite Thora Birch in the adventure movie, Alaska (1996) and star in his own movie, Masterminds (1997) with Patrick Stewart before moving to All I Wanna Do (1998) (aka. Strike with Monica Keena and Rachael Leigh Cook.
From 2000 to 2007
The 21th century opens with Vincent in Crime and Punishment in Suburbia (2000), Preston Tylk (2000), Luckytown (2000) (with Kirsten Dunst) and Ricky 6 (2000). The next year we could view him in The Unsaid (2001) with Andy Gracia.
Vincent is also know for his role as Connor in the popular television series, Angel. He appared in the 3rd season and he was added the regular cast in the 4th season. In 2004 after Angel he worked in Dandelion and he come back on theatre with Slag Heap. In 2005 is released "Boys Brief 3" DVD. This DVD containes a short movie, Shakespeare Sonnet, where you can find Vinnie in role of Sebastian.
In 2006 we saw him in Alpha Dog and you can find on internet another short movie Waning Moon. Before Mad Men he worked in Killing Zelda Sparks (2007).
From 2007 to present - Mad Men
In 2007 before it's a wonderful year for Vincent, infact he added in Mad Men cast in role of Pete Campbell. Beyond his regular role in Mad Men in 2010 he worked in Elektra Luxx, in TV series Money and in TV documentary The American Experience.
The current project is the movie Now with Justin Timberlake, Olivia Wilde and Amanda Seyfried.
Personal Life
Along with his acting, Vincent majored in history at UCLA. At his spare time he likes to read and learn. He currently lives in a bungalow he describes as a "wooden box" with no mirror; and he has been selling or giving away everything he owns. At one time it was reported he did not own a toilet, but he stated in a subsequent interview that whoever said that was wrong.
In an other interview he told he is car-free and so he take public trasportion and about it he said "It made my life better to slow down a little bit and walk through the city".
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