Name
Pete Wentz
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1979-06-05 (47 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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- 2004 My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side To My Tongue EP: The Story as Himself
- 2014 The Young Blood Chronicles as Fall Out Boy / Defenders Of The Faith
- Soon Goodnight Moon
- 2022 Halloween in Hollywood as Self
- 2015 Super Bowl Blitz: A Concert for the Troops as Self
- 2024 Fall Out Boy - So Much for (2our) Dust: Live from Madison Square Garden as Self
- 2014 Lennon or McCartney as Self
- 2016 Fall Out Boy: The Boys of Zummer Tour Live in Chicago as Self
- 2009 Degrassi Goes Hollywood as Pete Wentz
- 2009 Moustachette as Travis Pullman
- 2006 Fall Out Boy: Solid Gold Uncertainty as Self
- 2018 Escape Plan 2: Hades as Bug
- 2007 Fall Out Boy: Live from UCF Arena as Self
- 2008 Sex Drive as Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy)
- 2005 Release the Bats as Himself
- 2005 Bedussey as Pancho
- 2010 All Time Low: Straight to DVD as Self
- 2009 The Vans Warped Tour 15th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 2015 5 Seconds of Summer: How Did We End Up Here? as Self
- 2008 Fall Out Boy - Live In Phoenix as Self
- 2007 Californication ( 1 episode ) as Pete Wentz
- 2003 Punk'd ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2004 CSI: NY ( 1 episode ) as Chester Byron
- 2008 Privileged ( 1 episode )
- 1995 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2013 Radio Disney Music Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2003 One Tree Hill ( 3 episodes ) as Pete Wentz
- 2011 Friends with Benefits ( 1 episode ) as Joe
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2008 90210 ( 1 episode ) as Pete Wentz
- 2012 The Eric Andre Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1984 MTV Video Music Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1984 MTV Video Music Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Preshow Host
- 2009 Destroy Build Destroy ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2016 Match Game ( 1 episode ) as Self - Panelist
- 2013 Hollywood Game Night ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2002 CMT Crossroads ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1994 MTV Europe Music Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Webcast Host
- 2014 Motor City Masters ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2017 All You Need Is Me ( 1 episode ) as Pete Wentz
- 2019 All That ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2013 Teen Titans Go! ( 2 episodes ) as Pete Wentz (voice)
- 2018 Double Dare ( 1 episode ) as Self - Contestant
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2012 Opening Act ( 8 episodes )
- 2004 Dog Whisperer ( 1 episode ) as Self - Owner of Hemingway
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 2015 Celebrity Family Feud ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2016 School of Rock ( 1 episode ) as Colton Stuebner
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 2018 American Idol ( 1 episode ) as Self - Performer
