This Is Us<\/em><\/a> star\u00a0Milo Ventimiglia<\/a><\/b> proved he will always be Jack Pearson at heart by attending the college graduation of his on screen son Niles Fitch<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Ventimiglia, 46, showed up to support Fitch, 22 \u2014who played teen Randall on the NBC drama \u2014 at the University of Southern California\u2019s Tuesday, May 21, ceremony alongside Hannah Zeile<\/strong>, who portrayed teen Kate. The trio posed for a candid picture together, with Fitch standing in the center in his cap and gown while Ventimiglia and Zeile, 26, flanked him on each side.<\/p>\n \u201cCongratulations\u00a0@nilesfitch,\u201d Zeile wrote via her Instagram Story alongside the sweet snap and various celebration emojis that included a graduation cap, a bottle of champagne and a red heart.<\/p>\n While the Pearson matriarch, Mandy Moore<\/strong>, wasn\u2019t there in person to see her TV son get his diploma, she did send her love via Fitch\u2019s Instagram. \u201cGo Niles! Unbelievable. #proudfakemom,\u201d she commented under a photo from the graduation, which Fitch captioned, \u201cDad, I did it.\u201d<\/p>\n This Is Us<\/em> ran from 2016 to 2022 and focused on siblings Kevin (Justin Hartley<\/strong>), Kate (Chrissy Metz<\/strong>) and Randall (Sterling K. Brown<\/strong>). Jack (Ventimiglia) and Rebecca Pearson (Moore), were also at the center of the series<\/a> in both present time and flashbacks, where Fitch and Zeile would often appear alongside Logan Shroyer, who played teenage Kevin.<\/p>\n When the series \u2014 which earned 39 Emmy nominations and four wins throughout its run \u2014 came to an end after six seasons, the cast was often candid about the difficulty of saying goodbye to one another. Speaking exclusively to Us Weekly<\/em> in 2023, Ventimiglia said he would be thrilled to reunite with his costars<\/a> again in the future.<\/p>\n \u201cEverybody from This Is Us<\/em> is wonderful,\u201d he told Us<\/em>. \u201cReuniting with him or anyone else from the cast \u2014 or anyone from any number of films<\/a> I\u2019ve done in the last 28, 29 years \u2014 I\u2019m sure that\u2019d be a blast.\u201d<\/p>\n As for who he missed most, the actor admitted it was hard to part ways<\/a> with Moore.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s so much truth to her performance, day in and day out,\u201d he told E! News <\/i><\/a>in 2022. \u201cI never felt like Mandy and I were performing. We were just existing as Rebecca and Jack, able to grow within this marriage of who these two people were. So I think I\u2019d miss her the most.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Milo](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MiloNiles.jpeg?w=370&quality=86&strip=all\")
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