Max Greenfield
Biography
Max Greenfield is an American actor who also writes children's books, and he began pursuing acting after high school. Raised in Dobbs Ferry, New York, he first took guest spots on shows including Boston Public, Gilmore Girls and The O.C. before his first lead in the short-lived Modern Men. Supporting parts on Veronica Mars, including the 2014 film adaptation, and Greek followed, along with a recurring role on Ugly Betty. Greenfield created and starred in his own comedy series, The Gentlemen's League. His feature debut came in Cross Bronx, and he appeared in When Do We Eat? (2005). He became known as Schmidt on New Girl, earning Emmy and Golden Globe nominations, and from 2018 to 2026 played Dave Johnson on The Neighborhood. His voice work includes Roger in the Ice Age franchise and characters in Bob's Burgers, Robot Chicken and BoJack Horseman.
47years old
Turns 48 on September 4in 326 days
- Born Dobbs Ferry
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 21 years2005 to 2026
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Behind the camera
Greenfield created, produced and starred in The Gentlemen's League, a comedy series for the Audience Network, in 2010. It was based on the real-life fantasy football league he and actor Jerry Ferrara ran.
First role
Greenfield landed his first lead role on Modern Men, a short-lived series. He was one of three bachelors who bring in a life coach to help them figure out women.
Max Greenfield movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Box office
What Max Greenfield's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$544 million
8 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$409M75.2% of the total
- 2$70M12.8% of the total
- 3$22M4.1% of the total
- 4$20M3.7% of the total
- 5$15M2.7% of the total
- 6$4.2M0.8% of the total
- 7$3.5M0.6% of the total
- 8$404K0.1% of the total
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