Max Greenfield
Actor, Producer and Director; Stars as Schmidt on the FOX Comedy New Girl
Biography
Max Greenfield is an actor, producer and director, who has been in the FOX comedy “New Girl” and appeared in recent Academy Award-winning film “The Big Short”. Born and raised in New York, Greenfield currently stars in a lead role in “New Girl” opposite Zooey Deschanel. 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. In 2015, Max was featured in the fifth season of “American Horror Story: Hotel”. He will next be seen in the independent film “Hello, My Name Is Doris” alongside Sally Field. Greenfield also has a passion for producing, which led him to create and star in the DirecTV Channel 101 series “The Gentleman’s League,” which follows himself and friend Jerry Ferrar, in their real-life fantasy football league. Greenfield began pursuing his acting career in 1998 after he graduated from high school. He landed guest stints 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”, “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. As for film, Greenfield had his feature film debut in the 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. In 2011. Greenfield is Jewish and had a Saturday Night Live-themed Bar Mitzvah. As of 2011, he lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Tess Sanchez, who is a casting director. The couple have two children, daughter Lily and son Ozzie.
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