Milo Ventimiglia Debuts Shaved Head Look for New TV Role

Milo Ventimiglia is shedding his signature long dark hair and debuting a brand-new look!

In photos taken on Wednesday, Aug. 27, on the set of his new Netflix series I Will Find You, the This Is Us alum, 48, could be seen rocking a blunt buzzcut hairstyle.

He sported a navy blue polo, slacks, a gold watch and brown loafers and was photographed looking at his script, getting in a car nearby and chatting with his co-star, Severance star Britt Lower.

I Will Find You — an eight-episode series — is based on Harlan Coben’s novel of the same name. It follows a wrongfully imprisoned father (played by Sam Worthington) who is wrongfully serving a life sentence for murdering his son, according to Netflix’s Tudum. When Worthington’s character receives word that his son may actually be alive, he embarks on a mission that leads him out of prison to find his boy.

Although other details for the series have been kept under wraps, Netflix shared that Ventimiglia plays Hayden, the ex-boyfriend of Lower’s character Rachel, who remains “her close friend and confidant,” per Tudum.

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It’s unclear how long Ventimiglia has been rocking his new short cut. However, his wife Jarah Mariano, 41, recently showed off his buzzed look in an Instagram Stories post celebrating his first birthday as a dad, per E! News.

The photo, shared on July 8, showed the actor holding his 5-month-old daughter while pointing to a leaf on a tree.

“Happy birthday Milo, husband, dada,” Mariano wrote at the time.

Earlier this year, the actor made headlines when he and his wife welcomed their first baby, Ke’ala Coral Ventimiglia, on Thursday, Jan. 23.

Mariano announced the happy news on Friday, Jan. 31, with a post on Instagram, showing the bottom half of the newborn and the paw of their dog.

“Houseless, never homeless. Welcome back Ke’ala Coral Ventimiglia 🌈 1.23.25,” Mariano wrote in the caption, reflecting on the loss of their home in the L.A. fires. “Jan 7th my family & I evacuated from the Palisades Fire. We lost our home that we were living in & everything we own, as well as our home under construction that we were about to move into.”

In the caption, the new mom also noted that the only thing that “truly” mattered was that her and her family were “together, happy, healthy & safe.”

“Your love & generosity means everything to us,” she added. “Gentle reminder to all, to please allow us this time & space to nest with our newborn in such a delicate phase. We already have everything we need in abundance & will be back around with updates in our own time.”