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Max Martini

Biography

Max Martini is an American actor known for playing Wiley in Level 9, Sid Wojo in The Great Raid, and Mack Gerhardt in The Unit. Born in Woodstock, he found regular work on screen after college. He played Willie in Robert Zemeckis's Contact (1997) and Corporal Henderson in Saving Private Ryan (1998). In Captain Phillips (2013), Paul Greengrass's Academy Award-nominated film, he was a U.S. Navy SEAL commander. Guillermo del Toro cast him in Pacific Rim (2013). In Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) and its sequels he was Christian Grey's bodyguard, and he played Mark Oz Geist in 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016). His television work includes a lead in The Unit as Master Sergeant Mack Gerhardt, a role in the Emmy-nominated miniseries Taken, and parts in 24, Castle, and Bosch: Legacy. He was a writer, co-director, and star of Desert Son (1999), and made his directorial debut with SGT. Will Gardner (2019).

56years old

Turns 57 on December 11in 59 days

  • Born Woodstock
  • Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
  • Also credited as Maximilian Carlo Martini

Movie Career

Films
26
Career span
28 years1997 to 2025

Genres

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  1. Behind the camera

    In 2019 Martini directed his first film, the military drama Sgt. Will Gardner, and he also played the title role of Sgt. Will Gardner in it.

  2. Behind the camera

    Martini helped start the Theatre North Collaborative in New York City. The group is made up of American and Canadian actors, and its only goal is to stage new works from both countries.

  3. A change of course

    In 2011, Martini was invited by the Noor Iranian Film Festival in Los Angeles to take part as an official festival judge.

Max Martini movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Pacific Rim2013 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fias Herc Hansen

    IMDb rating 6.9564K votes

  2. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi2016 Drama, History, Waras Mark 'Oz' Geist

    IMDb rating 7.3182K votes

  3. Saving Private Ryan1998as Corporal Henderson

    IMDb rating 8.61.7M votes

  4. Fifty Shades of Grey2015as Taylor

    IMDb rating 4.2360K votes

  5. Fifty Shades Freed2018as Taylor

    IMDb rating 4.685K votes

  6. Spectral2016as Maj. Sessions

    IMDb rating 6.372K votes

  7. Captain Phillips2013as SEAL Commander

    IMDb rating 7.8523K votes

  8. Contact1997as Willie

    IMDb rating 7.5317K votes

Most often with

James Foley directed two of these films, William Kaufman two. Eleven actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Max Martini's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$2.8 billion

12 of the 26 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 26 films: 12 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 5 figure not found.

  • 12Worldwide figure
  • 3US gross only
  • 5Never in cinemas
  • 1Streaming, short cinema run
  • 5Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 94% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    $570M20.1% of the total
  2. 2
    Saving Private Ryan1998as Corporal Henderson
    $482M17.0% of the total
  3. 3
    Pacific Rim2013as Herc Hansen
    $411M14.5% of the total
  4. 4
    Fifty Shades Darker2017as Taylor
    $382M13.4% of the total
  5. 5
    Fifty Shades Freed2018as Taylor
    $372M13.1% of the total
  6. 6
    Captain Phillips2013as SEAL Commander
    $219M7.7% of the total
  7. 7
    Contact1997as Willie
    $171M6.0% of the total
  8. 8
    Colombiana2011as Agent Robert Williams
    $72M2.5% of the total
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016), $69.4 millionMy Little Pony: The Movie (2017), $61.3 millionSabotage (2014), $22.1 millionThe Great Raid (2005), $10.2 million

$163 millionfrom the other 4 films with a worldwide figure, 6% of the total