Max Casella | |
|---|---|
 Casella in August 2016 | |
| Born | Maximilian Deitch June 6, 1967 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Spouse | Leona Robbins (m. 2002;sep. 2018) |
| Children | 2 |
Max Casella (born Maximilian Deitch; June 6, 1967) [2] is an American actor. He is known for his roles on the television series Doogie Howser, M.D. , The Sopranos , Boardwalk Empire , Vinyl , Cro and the voice of Daxter in the Jak and Daxter video game series. [3]
Casella was born in Washington, D.C., the son of David Deitch, a newspaper columnist, and Doris Casella, a social worker. His father is Jewish and his mother is of Italian descent. [4] [5] [6] He grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts and attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, where his classmates included Traci Bingham, Ben Affleck, and Matt Damon. Casella has Growth hormone deficiency, which accounted for his ability to play characters much younger than his actual age. [7] His brother also shares the condition. He did not go through puberty until the age of 27 after medical intervention. [8] His physical changes caused him to gain weight and he was dropped by his agents. He then had to completely reinvent himself as an actor. [9]
Casella played Vincent "Vinnie" Delpino in the television series Doogie Howser, M.D. from 1989 to 1993 with Neil Patrick Harris. [10] In 1992, Casella played Racetrack Higgins in Newsies , which was based upon true events in the 1899 newsboys strike against Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. He appeared in WindRunner: A Spirited Journey, starring Margot Kidder and Russell Means as Jim Thorpe's ghost. In 1997, Casella played Timon in the original Broadway production of The Lion King ; a performance for which he was awarded a Theatre World Award and received a Drama Desk Award nomination. From 2000 to 2001 he returned to Broadway as Marcellus Washburn in the revival of The Music Man . Casella portrayed Pvt. Dino Paparelli in Sgt. Bilko . He joined the cast of the HBO series The Sopranos during its third season, as Benny Fazio. [11] Casella also starred in Ed Wood and Analyze This . In 2007, Casella portrayed Dick Howser in the ESPN mini-series The Bronx is Burning . He also voiced Tip in The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea , Zini in the CGI film Dinosaur and the titular character in ABC's Cro . In 2008, Casella played Mack Steiner in Leatherheads and Dennis, one of the main characters in Scaring the Fish. He also played Leo D'Alessio in season one of the HBO series Boardwalk Empire .
Casella married Leona Robbins in 2002, and has two daughters, Mia and Gioia. They lived in New York City; [12] and they separated in 2018. [13]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Newsies | Racetrack Higgins | |
| 1994 | Ed Wood | Paul Marco | |
| 1996 | Sgt. Bilko | Spc. Dino Paparelli | |
| 1997 | Trial and Error | Dr. Brown | |
| 1999 | Analyze This | Nicky Shivers | |
| Freak Talks About Sex | Freak's High School Friend | ||
| 2000 | The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | Tip (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| Dinosaur | Zini (voice) | ||
| 2005 | The Notorious Bettie Page | Howie | |
| 2006 | Bristol Boys | Donny | |
| 2008 | Leatherheads | Max Steiner | |
| Revolutionary Road | Ed Small | ||
| 2011 | Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son | Anthony Canetti | |
| Somewhere Tonight | Fred | ||
| 2012 | Killing Them Softly | Barry Caprio | |
| 2013 | Inside Llewyn Davis | Pappi Corsicato | |
| Blue Jasmine | Eddie | ||
| The Last of Robin Hood | Stanley Kubrick | ||
| Fading Gigolo | Guy at Counter | ||
| Oldboy | James Prestley | ||
| 2015 | Wild Card | Osgood | |
| Applesauce | Les | ||
| Christmas Eve | Randy | ||
| 2016 | Jackie | Jack Valenti | |
| Live by Night | Digger Pescatore | ||
| 2017 | Wonder Wheel | Ryan | |
| 2018 | Night Comes On | Mark | |
| 2019 | Late Night | Burditt | |
| 2020 | The Rhythm Section | Leon Giler | |
| Paper Spiders | Gary | ||
| 2021 | This Is the Night | Police Officer | Uncredited |
| The Tender Bar | Chief | ||
| 2022 | Allswell | Tim | |
| TBA | Special Delivery | Man | Short; post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Don't Look Now! | Max Deitch | 3 episodes |
| 1988 | The Equalizer | Streak | Episode: "The Child Broker" |
| 1989 | Kate & Allie | Mike Sheridan | Episode: "Chip's Notes" |
| 1989–1993 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Vinnie Delpino | 97 episodes |
| 1993–1994 | Cro | Cro (voice) | 20 episodes |
| 1995 | The Cosby Mysteries | Simon Cosler | Episode: "Comic Book Murder" |
| 1995–1996 | The Adventures of Hyperman | Studd Puppy (voice) | 13 episodes |
| 1996 | Hey Arnold! | Tony B. / Philly D. (voices) | Episodes: "Benchwarmer/Cool Jerk" |
| 1998 | Working | Quinten McCracken | Episode: "Greenery" |
| 2001–2007 | The Sopranos | Benny Fazio | 28 episodes |
| 2002 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Nicky | Episode: "Shandeh" |
| Courage the Cowardly Dog | The Beaver (voice) | Episode: "A Beaver's Tale" | |
| 2007 | Queens Supreme | Christopher Schiffer | Episode: "Case by Case" |
| The Bronx Is Burning | Dick Howser | 4 episodes | |
| 2009 | Medium | Joel Tiernan | Episode: "Soul Survivor" |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Joey | Episode: "Malama Ka Aina" |
| Boardwalk Empire | Leo D'Alessio | 7 episodes | |
| 2011 | The Confession | Eddie | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Vinyl | Julian "Julie" Silver | Main cast; 10 episodes |
| The Night Of | Edgar | Episode: "The Art of War" | |
| Crisis in Six Scenes | Barber | Episode #1.1 | |
| 2017–2022 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Michael Kessler | 5 episodes |
| 2017–2018 | The Detour | Joe Delicious | 13 episodes |
| 2018 | Shades of Blue | Capt. Daniel Pines | 2 episodes |
| Ray Donovan | Emerson Lake | 6 episodes | |
| 2019 | The Blacklist | Henry Morris | Episode: "Lady Luck (No. 69)" |
| 2021 | The Good Fight | Danny Trumpet | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | WeCrashed | Detective Donny | Episode: "Masha Masha Masha" |
| 2022–present | Tulsa King | Armand Truisi | Main role [14] |
| 2023 | Kaleidoscope | Taco | Episode: "Pink" (6 Months After the Heist) |
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy | Daxter |
| 2003 | Jak II | |
| 2004 | Jak 3 | |
| 2005 | Jak X: Combat Racing | |
| 2006 | Daxter | Daxter, Hotelier |
| 2007 | Pain | Daxter |
| 2009 | Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier | |
| Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony | Union Official | |
| 2011 | PlayStation Move Heroes | Daxter |
| 2012 | PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale |
Richard Dalton Howser was an American Major League Baseball shortstop, coach, and manager who was best known as the manager of the Kansas City Royals during the 1980s and for guiding them to the franchise's first World Series title in 1985.
Michael Imperioli is an American actor. He is best known for the role of Christopher Moltisanti in the HBO crime drama The Sopranos (1999–2007), which earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2004.
Dominic Chianese is an American actor, singer, and musician. He is best known for his roles as Corrado "Junior" Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos (1999–2007), Johnny Ola in The Godfather Part II (1974), and Leander in Boardwalk Empire (2011–2013).
Doogie Howser, M.D. is an American medical sitcom that ran for four seasons on ABC from September 19, 1989, to March 24, 1993, totaling 97 episodes. Created by Steven Bochco and David E. Kelley, the show stars Neil Patrick Harris in the title role as a teenage physician who balances the challenge of practicing medicine with the everyday problems of teenage life.
Vincent Pastore is an American actor. Often cast as a mafioso, he is best known for his portrayal of Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on the HBO series The Sopranos.
Peter Riegert is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Donald "Boon" Schoenstein in Animal House (1978), oil company executive "Mac" MacIntyre in Local Hero (1983), pickle store owner Sam Posner in Crossing Delancey (1988) and Lt. Mitch Kellaway in The Mask (1994). He directed the short film By Courier (2000), for which he was nominated along with producer Ericka Frederick for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
Timothy Van Patten is an American director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He has directed episodes of Perry Mason, Boardwalk Empire, Black Mirror, Deadwood, Ed, Game of Thrones, The Pacific, Rome, Sex and the City, The Sopranos, and The Wire.
Bryan Dattilo is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Lucas Horton on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives.
Christopher McDonald is an American film, television, theatre and voice actor.
Wayne Federman is an American comedian, actor, author, writer, comedy historian, producer, and musician. He is noted for numerous stand-up comedy appearances in clubs, theaters, and on television; his book on The History of Stand-Up; and supporting comedic acting roles in The X-Files, The Larry Sanders Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Crashing, Silicon Valley, Legally Blonde, 50 First Dates, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Step Brothers. He was the head monologue writer for NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in its first season. He won a 2022 Primetime Emmy Award for producing the HBO documentary George Carlin's American Dream.
Vincent Piazza is an American film, television and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of gangster Lucky Luciano in the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire. He has also played Earl Hefner in the comedy-drama Rocket Science (2007) and singer Tommy DeVito in Clint Eastwood's film adaptation of Jersey Boys (2014).
Christopher Randolph is an American actor known for providing the English voice for Hal "Otacon" Emmerich and Dr. "Huey" Emmerich in the Metal Gear Solid series. Prior to landing his role as Otacon, he auditioned for multiple parts, including Solid Snake. After David Hayter was recast from playing Snake in Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, Randolph became the longest serving English voice actor in the franchise, having a role in all but one main Metal Gear Solid series game since 1998. He also writes, directs, and teaches acting. He received an MFA from the graduate acting program at UCSD.
Lawrence Sheldon Gelman was an American film and television character actor. He was known for playing Dr. Bernie Tupperman on the TV series The Bob Newhart Show and Vinnie, the poker playing friend of Oscar and Felix, in the original TV series version of The Odd Couple.
Boardwalk Empire is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and broadcast on the premium cable channel HBO. The series is set chiefly in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era of the 1920s and stars Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson. Winter, a Primetime Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer, created the show, inspired by Nelson Johnson's 2002 non-fiction book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City, about the historical criminal kingpin Enoch L. Johnson.
Erik Weiner is an American actor, writer, comedian, and producer best known for co-creating the play The Bomb-itty of Errors and his role as Agent Sebso on HBO's Boardwalk Empire.
Gregory Gerald Antonacci was an American television actor, director, producer, and writer. He portrayed Johnny Torrio in Boardwalk Empire in every season, from 2010 to 2014, and as Phil Leotardo's right-hand man Butch DeConcini in The Sopranos from 2006 to the series finale in 2007.
The first season of the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire premiered on September 19, 2010, and concluded on December 5, 2010, consisting of 12 episodes. The series was created by Terence Winter and based on the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson. Set in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era, the series stars Steve Buscemi as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, a political figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the 1920s and 1930s. The first season takes place between January and November 1920, beginning with the start of national prohibition and ending with the 1920 presidential election.
Donald George Calfa was an American film and television character actor whose credits spanned over 40 years, playing both comedic and dramatic roles. Although Calfa appeared in many high-profile films and television series, he was perhaps best known for his turn as mortician Ernie Kaltenbrunner in the 1985 cult zombie horror-comedy The Return of the Living Dead, and the bumbling hitman in Weekend at Bernie's.
Peyton Elizabeth Lee is an American actress. She is known for starring in the title role of the Disney Channel comedy-drama series Andi Mack (2017–2019). She has continued to work with Disney in the film Secret Society of Second-Born Royals (2020) and the series Doogie Kameāloha, M.D. (2021–2023).
Doogie Kameāloha, M.D. was an American family medical comedy-drama developed by Kourtney Kang that is based on the 1989–93 ABC television series Doogie Howser, M.D.. It stars Peyton Elizabeth Lee as the title character of Lahela "Doogie" Kameāloha, and Kathleen Rose Perkins, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Jason Scott Lee, and Ronny Chieng in supporting roles. The series premiered September 8, 2021 on Disney+. In February 2022, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on March 31, 2023. In August 2023, the series was canceled by Disney after two seasons.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
| Other | |
