Pete Wentz
Known For
Acting
Born
1979-06-05 in Wilmette, Illinois, USA
Biography
Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III (born June 5, 1979) is an American musician best known as the bassist and lyricist for the rock band Fall Out Boy, since 2001. Before Fall Out Boy, Wentz was a fixture of the Chicago hardcore scene and was the lead singer and songwriter for Arma Angelus, a metalcore band. During Fall Out Boy's hiatus from 2009 to 2012, Wentz formed the experimental, electropop and dubstep group Black Cards. He owns a record label, DCD2 Records, which has signed bands including Panic! at the Disco and Gym Class Heroes. Fall Out Boy returned from hiatus in February 2013, and have since released three number-one albums; Save Rock and Roll, American Beauty/American Psycho, and Mania. Wentz has also ventured into other non-musical projects, including writing, acting, and fashion; in 2005 he founded a clothing company called Clandestine Industries. He also hosts the TV show Best Ink and runs a film production company called Bartskull Films, as well as a bar called Angels & Kings. His philanthropic activities include collaborations with Invisible Children, Inc. and UNICEF's Tap Project, a fundraising project that helps bring clean drinking water to people worldwide, People magazine states that "no bassist has upstaged a frontman as well as Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy." He is also a minority owner of the Phoenix Rising FC, a USL Championship team. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pete Wentz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
Teen Titans Go!
as Pete Wentz (voice)
One Tree Hill
as Pete Wentz
CSI: NY
as Chester Byron
Californication
as Pete Wentz
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Musical Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
90210
as Pete Wentz
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self - Preshow Host
The Eric Andre Show
as Self
Punk'd
as Self
Celebrity Family Feud
as Self
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
as Self
Match Game
as Self - Panelist
MTV Europe Music Awards
as Self - Webcast Host
CMT Crossroads
as Self
All That
as Self