Max Minghella

Max Minghella is a British actor and director who began with small film roles in the mid-2000s and later moved into directing. Born in Hampstead, London, he grew up around his father's film sets and attended the National Youth Theatre. His first professional part was in Bee Season (2005), and he followed it with Syriana (2005) and Art School Confidential (2006). He appeared in Elvis and Anabelle (2007), How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008), and Agora (2009), then played Divya Narendra in The Social Network (2010). Other credits include The Ides of March (2011), The Darkest Hour (2011), 10 Years (2011), The Internship (2013), and Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021). On television he played Nick Blaine in The Handmaid's Tale, earning a Primetime Emmy nomination. He made his directorial debut with the musical Teen Spirit (2018) and later directed Shell (2024).