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Max Thieriot Born Maximillion Drake Thieriot
October 14, 1988
Los Altos Hills, California, U.S.Occupation Actor Years active 2004–present Maximillion Drake "Max" Thieriot (born October 14, 1988) is an American actor. During the 2000s, he appeared in several Hollywood films, including My Soul to Take, Catch That Kid, The Pacifier, Nancy Drew, Jumper, and Kit Kittredge: An American Girl.
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Career
Thieriot was signed to talent manager Don Gibble after taking his improvisation class. He modeled for GAP and appeared in two short films before being cast in his first feature film role, in 2004's Catch That Kid alongside Kristen Stewart and Corbin Bleu. He was subsequently cast in 2005's The Pacifier, playing one of the family members protected by a Navy Seal played by Vin Diesel.
Thieriot appeared in The Astronaut Farmer, released on February 23, 2007, as well as in the feature film version of Nancy Drew, released on June 15, 2007. In 2008, he played a younger version of Hayden Christensen's lead character in Jumper (co-starring with Rachel Bilson and, for the second time, with Kristen Stewart) and appeared in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl.
In 2009, Thieriot co-starred in the erotic thriller Chloe, theatrically released by Sony Pictures Classics on March 26, 2010. Chloe had enjoyed commercial success and became director Atom Egoyan's biggest moneymaker ever.[1] Thieriot also appeared in Wes Craven's 2010 film My Soul to Take, replacing Dennis Hopper's son Henry Lee Hopper. In the film, he portrays the main character Adam "Bug" Hellerman, who is one of seven characters chosen to die.
Thieriot is also set to star in the horror-thriller House at the End of the Street.[2]
Personal life & family background
Maximillion Drake Thieriot was born in Los Altos Hills, California, the son of Bridgit (née Snyder) and George Cameron Thieriot. He has a sister, Frances, and a brother, Aidan.[3] Thieriot was raised in Occidental, California and divides his time between his home in Northern California and Los Angeles. He graduated middle school from Sonoma Country Day School in 2002 and he graduated in 2006 from El Molino High School.[3] Thieriot enjoys hunting, basketball, wrestling, surfing, snowboarding, and other sports in his spare time, and lists Johnny Depp as his favorite actor.[4]
Thieriot's family once owned the San Francisco Chronicle; his great-great-grandfather, M. H. de Young, who was of Dutch Jewish descent, co-founded the paper,[5][6] and his relatives, Charles and Richard Thieriot, were the editors and publishers of the paper.[7][8] Thieriot's paternal grandparents, Ferdinand and Frances Thieriot, died in the sinking of the SS Andrea Doria.[9]
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes 2004 Catch That Kid Gus 2005 The Pacifier Seth Plummer Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor[10] 2007 The Astronaut Farmer Shepard Farmer Nancy Drew Ned Nickerson 2008 Jumper Young David Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Will Shepherd Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Ensemble Cast[11] 2010 My Soul to Take Adam "Bug" Hellerman Stay Cool Shasta's Boyfriend The Family Tree Eric Burnett Chloe Michael Stewart 2012 House at the End of the Street Post-production Yellow Young Nowell Post-production Foreverland Will Rankin Filming References
- ^ http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/article/901059--the-digital-revolution-film
- ^ Two Move Into 'House at the End of the Street'
- ^ a b Payne, Paul (2007-02-23). "NEl Molino graduate seeing stars". The Press Democrat. http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070223/NEWS/702230303/1033/NEWS01. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ Teen Stars Online Mini-Biography
- ^ Adams, Charles F. (2005). Murder By The Bay: Historic Homicide In And About The City Of San Francisco. San Francisco: Quill Driver Books. p. 59. ISBN 1884995462. http://books.google.com/books?id=Lfw1vdIQ51oC&dq=.
- ^ Brechin, Gray (1999). Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin. University of California Press. p. 172. ISBN 0520229029. http://books.google.com/books?id=lGJq8nWqY-oC&dq=.
- ^ Nevius, C.W. (2004-02-05). "Just another 15-year-old, except for the acting stuff". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/02/05/DDGI64O8ED1.DTL. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ "History of The Chronicle". San Francisco Chronicle. 2000-07-28. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/2000/07/28/NEWS15070.dtl&hw=section%3Dfinance+subject%3DFIN&sn=206&sc=718. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ "NION R. THIERIOT, CONSERVATIONIST". Telegram & Gazette. 1999-01-01. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WO&p_theme=wo&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADF9EA343AEFB0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ "27th Annual Young Artist Awards – Nominations / Special Awards". The Young Artist Foundation. 2006. http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms27.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
- ^ "30th Annual Young Artist Awards – Nominations / Special Awards". The Young Artist Foundation. 2009. http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms30.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
External links
- Max Thieriot at the Internet Movie Database
- Teen Stars Online
- Kidz Scoop interview (February 6, 2004)
Categories:- 1988 births
- Actors from California
- American child actors
- American film actors
- American people of Dutch-Jewish descent
- Living people
- People from the San Francisco Bay Area
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