Vincent Ventresca
Vincent Ventresca is an urbanely handsome, voluminously coiffured actor who made waves as a frequent guest star on 1990s prime-time television before assuming leading-man status in the world of low-budget horror and science-fiction. The son of a convivial, particularly beloved Indiana biology teacher, Ventresca's inherently outgoing personality brought him to Hollywood, where he wound his way through a string of lighthearted TV guest spots and ultimately delivered a fan-favorite performance as the overly gregarious, secretly booze-fueled "Fun Bobby" on the smash-hit sitcom "Friends." Among other things, the role secured him another part opposite "Friends" star Lisa Kudrow in the quirky big-screen buddy lark "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" ('97), effectively kicking off a steady if modest presence in indie cinema. Back on the small screen, however, he landed his first lead role as a genetically enhanced thief on the Sci-Fi Channel's "The Invisible Man" (2000-'02), a high-tech, friskily comic take on the classic premise. Though not a major hit, the show gave Ventresca enough cult credentials to garner starring roles as stalwart scientists in a number of direct-to-video creature features and made-for-TV monster mashes, including the creepy-crawly parasite thriller "MorphMan" and the puckish prehistoric-beast horror film "Mammoth" ('06). Still, the actor continues to also regularly appear in non-genre films and on prime-time television. In a fitting tribute to his father, he portrayed a sweet-natured high-school science teacher on the plucky Nickelodeon sitcom "True Jackson, VP."
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Filmography
Movies
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71% |
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Break Point | Gary (Character) | - | 2014 |
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Flying Monkeys | James (Character) | - | 2013 |
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Bad Actress | Morris (Character) | - | 2011 |
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My Neighbor's Secret | Jason (Character) | - | 2009 |
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Mammoth | Dr. Frank Abernathy (Character) | - | 2006 |
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Larva | Dr. Eli Rudkus (Character) | - | 2005 |
53% |
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Dead & Breakfast | The Doc (Character) | - | 2004 |
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Purgatory Flats | Thomas Reed (Character) | - | 2002 |
48% |
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Love & Sex | Richard (Character) | $536.3K | 2000 |
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This Space Between Us | Sterling Montrose (Character) | - | 1999 |
13% | No Score Yet | The Learning Curve | Marshal (Character) | - | 1999 |
75% |
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Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | Billy (Character) | $29.2M | 1997 |
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The Surrogate | Eric Shaw (Character) | - | 1995 |
TV
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100% | 94% | Pantheon | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Criminal Minds | Louis Chaycon (Guest Star) | 2020 |
86% | 77% | 9-1-1 | Coach (Guest Star) | 2018 |
63% | 89% | Me, Myself & I | Ben (Guest Star) | 2018 |
91% | 73% | Nashville | Vince Pearce (Guest Star) | 2016 |
18% | 66% | Wicked City | Jimmy Lovett (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Rizzoli and Isles | Dr. Carlson (Guest Star) | 2015 |
61% | 84% | Franklin & Bash | Officer Mueller (Guest Star) | 2014 |
85% | 69% | Nikita | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 80% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 82% | CSI: New York | Ron Ferguson (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 84% | Hot in Cleveland | Dr. Doug (Guest Star) | 2011 |
100% | No Score Yet | True Jackson, VP | Mr. Jamerson (Guest Star) | 2009-2011 |
0% | 47% | $..! My Dad Says | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
72% | 84% | Dollhouse | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 90% | The Mentalist | Duncan Weaver (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Without a Trace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Plain Sight | Vernon McRoy (Guest Star) | 2008 |
89% | 88% | Monk | Rob Sherman (Guest Star) | 2007 |
45% | 75% | Complete Savages | Jimmy (Character) | 2004-2005 |
No Score Yet | 65% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
50% | 77% | The Twilight Zone | Unknown (Character) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Invisible Man | Unknown (Character) | 2000-2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jack & Jill | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
40% | No Score Yet | Maggie Winters | Bobby (Character) | 1998 |
33% | No Score Yet | Prey | Dr. Ed Tate (Character) | 1998 |
33% | No Score Yet | Boston Common | Prof. Jack Reed (Character) | 1996-1997 |
78% | 93% | Friends | Fun Bobby (Guest Star) | 1994 1996 |
70% | No Score Yet | The Torkelsons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1993 |
No Score Yet | 91% | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |