Max Julien

Max Julien
Born	January 1, 1945 (1945-01-01) (age 66) Washington, D.C.

Max Julien (born January 1, 1945), is an American actor, best known for his role as Goldie in the 1973 blaxploitation film, The Mack. He also appeared in Def Jam's How to Be a Player and has guest starred on TV shows such as The Mod Squad and One on One.

Film career

A classically trained actor, Julien began his career on the stage in New York's Off-Broadway circuit including Joseph Papp's Shakespeare-In-The-Park. Moving westward to Hollywood, he landed co-starring roles with Jack Nicholson in Psych-Out and Candice Bergen in Columbia's box-office hit film Getting Straight.

While spending time in Rome, Italy, he wrote and directed a documentary called Trestevre then wrote the screenplay and subsequently co-produced Warner Brothers' blaxplotation classic Cleopatra Jones which starred actress Tamara Dobson. Refusing to participate in the sequel Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold he was credited with "based on characters created by Max Julien."

Critics

For his performance in Uptight, New York Times movie critic Judith Crist stated that Julien was "a standout in a standout cast." Raoul Gripenwaldt from the Santa Monica Evening Outlook once wrote: "Max Julien's portrayal of Johnny Wells in Paramount's Uptight could very well result in an Academy Award." The Hollywood Reporter chimed in: "Max Julien creates a memorable piece of reality." As a reward he was invited to Europe to discuss film possibilities.

In popular culture

• About 30% of the world's rappers have sampled his voice from "The Mack."^{[citation needed]} Hundreds of them including R&B and Rock artists (i.e., P. Diddy, Snoop Dogg, Kid Rock) admittedly fashioned their images after Max's character from the film.

• Director Quentin Tarantino even scripted a film, True Romance, that shows Julien in a clip while Christian Slater says "I know that film. It's 'The Mack' starring Max Julien."

• Julien appeared as "Goldie" in an episode of UPN's One on One.

Filmography

• One on One (TV) - Goldie (2005) 1 episode
• Restore (2001) - Coach Barnes
• How to Be a Player (1997) - Uncle Fred
• Thomasine & Bushrod (1974) - Bushrod
• The Mack (1973) - Goldie
• The Name of the Game (TV) - Mjoma (1970) 1 episode
• Getting Straight (1970) - Ellis
• CBS Playhouse (TV) - Joe Barnes (1969) 1 episode
• Deadlock (1969) - Coley Walker
• The Mod Squad (TV) - Jack Dawson (1968) 1 episode
• Up Tight! (1968) - Johnny Wells
• The Savage Seven (1968) - Grey Wolf
• Psych-Out (1968) - Elwood
• The Black Klansman (1966) - Raymond

External links

• Max Julien at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Julien, Max
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Short description	American actor
Date of birth	January 1, 1945
Place of birth	Washington, D.C.
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