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Pete Wentz

Pete Wentz

Born: 1979-06-05 • Wilmette, Illinois, USA

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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Filmography
Fall Out Boy - So Much for (2our) Dust: Live from Madison Square Garden poster
Fall Out Boy - So Much for (2our) Dust: Live from Madison Square Garden
2024 • Self
Halloween in Hollywood poster
Halloween in Hollywood
2022 • Self
Escape Plan 2: Hades poster
Escape Plan 2: Hades
2018 • Bug
Fall Out Boy: The Boys of Zummer Tour Live in Chicago poster
Fall Out Boy: The Boys of Zummer Tour Live in Chicago
2016 • Self
5 Seconds of Summer: How Did We End Up Here? poster
5 Seconds of Summer: How Did We End Up Here?
2015 • Self
Super Bowl Blitz: A Concert for the Troops poster
Super Bowl Blitz: A Concert for the Troops
2015 • Self
Lennon or McCartney poster
Lennon or McCartney
2014 • Self
The Young Blood Chronicles poster
The Young Blood Chronicles
2014 • Fall Out Boy / Defenders Of The Faith
All Time Low: Straight to DVD poster
All Time Low: Straight to DVD
2010 • Self
Degrassi Goes Hollywood poster
Degrassi Goes Hollywood
2009 • Pete Wentz
Moustachette poster
Moustachette
2009 • Travis Pullman
The Vans Warped Tour 15th Anniversary Celebration poster
The Vans Warped Tour 15th Anniversary Celebration
2009 • Self
Sex Drive poster
Sex Drive
2008 • Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy)
Fall Out Boy - Live In Phoenix poster
Fall Out Boy - Live In Phoenix
2008 • Self
Fall Out Boy: Live from UCF Arena poster
Fall Out Boy: Live from UCF Arena
2007 • Self
Fall Out Boy: Solid Gold Uncertainty poster
Fall Out Boy: Solid Gold Uncertainty
2006 • Self
Release the Bats poster
Release the Bats
2005 • Himself
Bedussey poster
Bedussey
2005 • Pancho
My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side To My Tongue EP: The Story poster
My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side To My Tongue EP: The Story
2004 • Himself
Goodnight Moon poster
Goodnight Moon