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Max Casella
Max Casella

Max grew up in Boston and decided acting was the life for him when he was 12. He got picked to be in a high school performance of "Pippin." Then he kept doing more and more shows. When Max was in high school, he won the Massachusetts Drama Festival for his great acting. Max hit his first real professional role as a page in a production of Cyreno de Bergerac done at Boston's Huntington Theatre. After that, Max moved to New York City. There, he studied acting at the American Academy of Drama Arts. He got guest spots on shows as Kate and Allie, and The Equalizer. Max was noticed by casting directors. When the pilot season come around, Max was sent out for all different pilots, and he soon got a spot on Doogie Howser, M.D., as Vinnie Delpino, Doogie's best bud. Max says that he and his Doogie Howser character, Vinnie, are pretty much alike. "He's italian, I'm italian. We're both inner city kids..." Max also admits that, like Vinnie, he chases girls. But Max says that he [Max] is more of a gentleman than Vinnie is. Max also says that Vinnie is a bit younger. "I'm a little more mature than [Vinnie]. I also wasn't as daring as Vinnie [at 16]. Otherwise, we're really the same in a lot of ways because I take Vinnie from myself."
Personal Info
Fave Exercise: swimming
Weirdest stunt: He used to break into Broadway theaters in the middle of the night, and climb onstage and preform acting monologues with an actor friend!
Worst Job: Working as an apprentice in an off-Broadway theater. He cleaned floors, painted sets, and hung lights.
Sibling: Older brother, Lorenzo-- he's a photographer in Boston
Fave restaurant: Sabatinos in the San Fernando Valley; it's Italian
Fave pastime: Drawing
Fave music: Frank Sinatra, Oldies
Fave actor: Marlon Brando
Here's Max's Fimography:
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (2001) (VG) (voice) .... Daxter
The Little Mermaid II, Return to the sea(2000) (v) (voice) .... Tip
Dinosaur (2000)(voice) ... Zini
Freaks Talk about Sex (1999).... Freak's High School Friend
... aka Blowin' Smoke (1999) (USA: DVD title)
Analyze This (1999).... Nicky Shivers
Trial and Error (1997) .... Dr. Brown, Psychiatrist
Sgt. Bilko (1996).... Dino Paparelli
... aka Sergeant Bilko (1996)
Windrunner (1995).... Denny LeBlanc
Ed Wood (1994).... Paul Marco
"Cro" (1993) TV Series (voice) .... Cro
Newsies (1992) ... Racetrack Higgins
... aka Newsboys (1992)
" Doogie Howser M.D." (1989)TV Series .... Vinnie Delpino
" The Sopranos" (1999) playing "Benny Fazio" in episode: "Fortunate Son" (episode # 3.3) 3/11/2001
" Working" (1997) playing "Quinten McCracken"
" The Cosby Mysteries" (1994) playing "Simon Cosler" in episode: "Comic Book Murder" (episode # 1.12) 1/11/1995
" Kate and Allie" (1994)playing "Max Sheridan" 1989
" The Equalizer" ( 1985) playing "Slick" in episode: "Child Broker, The" (episode # 3.13) 1/20/1988
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MAX TRIVIA:
Was in the original Broadway cast of "The Lion King" playing Timon. Won the Theatre World award for Outstanding Broadway Debut,
as well as a Drama Desk nomination.
(December 2000) Co-Starring on Broadway in "The Music Man" as Marcellus Washburn.
Does the voice of Daxter on the Play Station 2 game Jak and Daxter.
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