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As it turns out, Vincent Kartheiser might be as punchable as his "Mad Men" character Pete Campbell in real life. Kartheiser revealed in an interview with Vulture that he's been on the receiving end of quite a few beat-downs in his day.

"Yeah, I’ve been punched in the face before. You know, that’s life ... I got beat up in Vancouver once by two dudes, and they were, like, kicking me. I was laying on the ground getting my ass whooped and I never really had much happen. I guess a little soreness the next day."

But oddly enough, when it comes to brawling, he doesn't tend to fight back.

"I’ve gotten into yelling brawls with dudes before and come close to maybe drunkenly hitting a dude, but I'm, like, What if something was to happen where I knocked his tooth out and he sues me? Or the...

On last season’s Mad Men, Vincent Kartheiser got socked by Lane, and it seemed like fate: It was a wonder that face hadn’t been punched earlier. But whether that inevitability had to do with the character's or the actor’s inherent physiognomy was unclear. Kartheiser himself told Vulture, “I just have one of those faces you just wanna rip to pieces.” And sure enough, this summer he shot the indie Beach Pillows on Long Island, playing an optimistic layabout … who gets punched in the face.“It’s a coming-of-age story about two guys in their late twenties,” explained Kartheiser about the film, which is directed by first-timer Sean Hartofilis and co-stars Geoffrey Arend (also the husband of Mad Men co-star Christina Hendricks), and has been submitted to Sundance. “I play one of those kinds of guys who always sees the optimistic side of things, always wants to be exactly where he is,...

Vincent Kartheiser, best known for his depiction of ornery "Mad Men" exec Pete Campbell, has been an actor for the better part of his life. He grew up with five siblings in Minnesota and first dabbled in commercial acting as a child, eventually progressing to theater, television and film -- garnering a reputation for playing unfulfilled young men.

Now Kartheiser, known to have turned down many a project that didn't tickle his fancy, is bringing his signature brand of brood to the San Jose Repertory Theater for a production of Jonathan Marc Feldman's "Death of the Novel." He was hand-picked by the writer to play the lead role of Sebastian, a reclusive writer who is tortured by a traumatic past littered with the loss of loved ones. Set in post-9/11 New York City, the play expores the personality of this once-successful artist, who has resigned himself to the confines...