Max Greenfield

Max Greenfield (born September 4, 1980) [1][2][3][4] is an American actor. He appeared in recurring roles in Veronica Mars and Ugly Betty, and co-starred in the WB series Modern Men. He co-starred as Schmidt in the Fox sitcom New Girl, for which he received Emmy, Critics' Choice Television, and Golden Globe awards nominations, and the voice of Roger in the Ice Age franchise. Since 2018, Greenfield has portrayed Dave Johnson in the CBS comedy series The Neighborhood.

Max Greenfield
Greenfield at the Golden Globe Awards in 2013
Born	(1980-09-04) September 4, 1980 Dobbs Ferry, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present
Spouse(s)	Tess Sanchez ( m. 2008)
Children	2

Early life

Greenfield was born and raised in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He is Jewish and had a Saturday Night Live-themed Bar Mitzvah.[5]

Career

Greenfield began pursuing his acting career in 1998 after he graduated from high school. He landed guest appearances on dramas such as Boston Public, Gilmore Girls and The O.C. Greenfield scored his first lead role on the short-lived series Modern Men as one of three bachelors who hire a life coach to help them understand and manage women. Greenfield had more success in supporting roles on Veronica Mars (reprising the role in the film adaptation in 2014) and Greek. In 2007 he landed a recurring role on Ugly Betty. He continued his television career with a slew of guest-starring roles on primetime series such as The CW's remake of Melrose Place, the short-lived No Ordinary Family, and Castle.

He created, produced, and starred in the comedy series The Gentlemen's League for the Audience Network in 2010, which followed the real-life fantasy football league he ran with actor Jerry Ferrara.[6] Greenfield had his feature film debut in the film Cross Bronx. Greenfield had a featured role in When Do We Eat?, as an Internet tycoon who, after losing his fortune, becomes a Hasidic Jew.[6] In 2011, Greenfield began playing the role of Schmidt in the sitcom New Girl. The role earned him nominations for both a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.[7]

In 2015, Greenfield starred in a series of McDonald's commercials promoting their Sirloin Third Pound Burgers.[8]

In 2018, Greenfield was cast in the lead role of Dave Johnson in the CBS comedy The Neighborhood. He took over the role from Josh Lawson, who played the character in the pilot episode.[9] On November 8, 2018, it was announced that Greenfield is set to reprise his role as Leo D'Amato in an upcoming 8-episode revival series of Veronica Mars.[10] In the same year, Greenfield was cast in the recurring role of the Denouement brothers on the third season of the Netflix comedy drama series A Series of Unfortunate Events.[11]

Philanthropy

Max Greenfield has worked with Young Storytellers Foundation on numerous occasions, stating that his own kids have inspired him to help children find self-confidence and creativity.[12]

Personal life

He has been married to casting director Tess Sanchez since 2008. They have two children, a daughter Lilly and a son Ozzie.[13]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Cross Bronx	Ike Green
2005	When Do We Eat?	Ethan
2014	They Came Together	Jake
2014	Veronica Mars	Leo D'Amato
2014	About Alex	Josh
2015	Hello, My Name Is Doris	John Fremont
2015	The Big Short	Mortgage Broker
2016	Ice Age: Collision Course	Roger (voice)
2017	Fist Fight	N/A	Producer
2017	Shot Caller	Tom
2017	The Glass Castle	David
2017	I'm Not Here	Dad
2018	A Futile and Stupid Gesture	Chris Miller
2018	The Oath	Dan Moore
2019	What Men Want	Kevin Myrtle
2020	Promising Young Woman	Joe

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Undressed	Victor	3 episodes
2002	Boston Public	Sean Tallen	Episode: "Chapter Thirty-Five"
2003	Gilmore Girls	Lucas	Episode: "Chicken or Beef?"
2005–2007, 2019	Veronica Mars	Leo D'Amato	14 episodes
2005	Sleeper Cell	Teen #2	Episode: "Al-Faitha"
2006	Modern Men	Kyle Brewster	Main cast; 7 episodes
2007	The O.C.	Young Sandy Cohen	Episode: "The Case of the Franks"
2007–2008	Ugly Betty	Nick Pepper	8 episodes
2007	Life	Bradley Sloane	Episode: "Tear Asunder"
2008	Greek	Michael	5 episodes
2008	Kath & Kim	Bar fight guy	Episode: "Wicked Gay"
2009	Raising the Bar	David Steinberg	4 episodes
2009	Melrose Place	Mickey Richards	Episode: "Cannon"
2010	Castle	David Nicolaides	Episode: "Food to Die For"
2010	Lie to Me	Damien Musso	Episode: "The Whole Truth"
2010	No Ordinary Family	Mr. Robbins	Episode: "No Ordinary Quake"
2010–2011	The Gentlemen's League	Max	2 episodes
2010	The Whole Truth	Joseph Tucci	Episode: "Cold Case"
2010	Undercovers	Redman	Uncredited; episode: "The Key to It All"
2011	Hot in Cleveland	Steve	Episode: "I Love Lucci, Part 1"
2011	Happy Endings	Ian	Episode: "You've Got Male"
2011–2018	New Girl	Schmidt	Principal cast, 7 seasons Nominated – Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Scene Stealer – Male
2012	NTSF:SD:SUV::	Alistair McQueen	Episode: "Lights, Camera, Assassination"
2013–2018	Bob's Burgers	Boo Boo	Voice; 4 episodes
2014	Hot in Cleveland	Doug	Episode: "The One with George Clooney"
2014	Robot Chicken	Bobby, Blue Robot, Bone Age Warrior	Voice; episode: "Super Guitario Center"
2014–2015	The Mindy Project	Lee	2 episodes
2015	American Horror Story: Hotel	Gabriel	3 episodes
2017	All Hail King Julien: Exiled	Kipper	Voice; 2 episodes
2017	Will & Grace	Eli Wolf	Episode: "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying"
2018	The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story	Ronnie	Recurring role; 3 episodes
2018–present	The Neighborhood	Dave Johnson	Main role
2018	No Activity	Cotric	2 episodes
2019	A Series of Unfortunate Events	Dewey Denouement, Frank Denouement, Ernest Denouement	Episode: "Penultimate Peril: Part 1" and "Penultimate Peril: Part 2"
2019	BoJack Horseman	Maximilian Banks	Voice; episode: "A Quick One, While He's Away"

References

1. Char Adams (2016-03-07). "Max Greenfield and Sally Field Kiss on Ellen DeGeneres Show". People.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
2. "OFFBEAT: 'Mary Poppins' and 'South Pacific' among Marriott's 2013 season | OffBeat with Phil Potempa". Nwitimes.com. 2016-11-10. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
3. Lempel, Robin. "Kelly & Michael: Max Greenfield 35th Birthday + New Girl Review". Recapo. Retrieved June 6, 2016. Part of a recap of Season 27, Episode 6 of Live! with Kelly and Michael, which aired September 8, 2014.
4. https://www.instagram.com/p/B1_nHlyJKDG/
5. Bans, Lauren (January 2012). "The GQ&A: Max Greenfield". GQ. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
6. "Max Greenfield". Yahoo! TV. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-05-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
8. "Max Greenfield Will Be McDonald's Sirloin Pitchman". Huffington Post. May 7, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
9. Andreeva, Nellie (May 15, 2018). "Max Greenfield To Star In CBS Comedy Series 'The Neighborhood' In Recasting". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
10. Andreeva, Nellie (November 8, 2018). "'Veronica Mars': Max Greenfield To Return, Patton Oswalt Also Cast In Revival". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
11. Mathews, Liam (November 13, 2018). "The Final Season of A Series of Unfortunate Events Is Coming New Year's Day". TVGuide. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
12. Bhatt, Rakhee. "Max Greenfield on Young Storytellers & Whether or Not We'll Ever Find out Schmidt's First Name on 'New Girl'". Los Angeles Confidential. Greengale Publishing. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
13. Corneau, Allison (2015-08-25). "New Girl's Max Greenfield, Wife Tess Sanchez Welcome Baby No. 2: Find Out His Name!". US Magazine. Retrieved 2016-11-24.

External links

• Max Greenfield on IMDb
• Max Greenfield on Twitter