Max Sandvoss

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Max Sandvoss
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Sandvoss at Fling premiere in Florida in 2008
Born
Stephen James Sandvoss

(1980-06-23) June 23, 1980 (age 43)
Education Harvard University (AB)
OccupationActor

Stephen "Max" James Sandvoss (born Stephen James Sandvoss) is an American businessman, farmer, and former actor. [1]

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Early life and education

Sandvoss was born in New York City, New York. His mother, Joyce, is American-born, and his father, Rolf Herman George Sandvoss, was Swiss-born. [2] [3] [4]

After attending school in the suburbs of New York City, and in Connecticut, Sandvoss studied Chinese, thinking about going into international business, but changed his studies to poetry and prose writing, graduating cum laude from Harvard University in 2002. [5] [1]

Career

Sandvoss’ break as an actor came in 2003 when he landed the role of a football star competing against Will Estes in the NBC drama series American Dreams and as the main character in the independent film Latter Days in the same year.

His second feature film was 2005's Rumor Has It , starring Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Mark Ruffalo and Shirley MacLaine. Sandvoss was also cast in the short film Waning Moon, directed by Luca Colombo, which debuted in August 2006 at a Swiss Film Festival in Lugano.

In June 2006, Sandvoss began filming the horror film Buried Alive , in the role of Danny. The film was released on DVD in October 2007. In late 2006, it was announced that he would reunite with director/writer C. Jay Cox in a supporting role in the film Kiss the Bride , released in 2008.

In May 2007, Sandvoss took on the role of Mason Michael Finch in the indie film Fling (formerly titled Lie to Me), filmed on location in Kansas City, Missouri. The film had its premiere on 26 April 2008, at the Newport Beach Film Festival during the time that Sandvoss was filming a pilot for the Sci-Fi channel, titled "Revolution". It was announced in November 2008 that he would appear in the independent film Exquisite Corpse . [6]

After working as a film and television actor from 2003 to 2010, Sandvoss founded a dairy and creamery in East Bethany, New York, with his brother Trystan Sandvoss. [5] [7] [8] [9] Since January 2018, he has held the position of national sales and marketing director at Old Chatham Sheepherding Co.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Latter Days Elder Aaron Davis
2005 Rumor Has It Scott
2006Price to PayRazor
2007 Kiss the Bride Sean
2007 Buried Alive Danny
2008 Fling Mason
2010 Exquisite Corpse Nicholas

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 American Dreams DaveEpisode: "High Hopes"
2004 Dr. Vegas BradEpisode: "Pilot"
2005 Cold Case Garrett CaineEpisode: "Ravaged"
2005 Nip/Tuck Evan BoltonEpisode: "Tommy Bolton"
2006 The Inside Corey Hall3 episodes
2007 Grey's Anatomy JasonEpisode: "Kung Fu Fighting"
2007Judy's Got a GunPatrickTelevision film
2009RevolutionChris Hart
2010 Miami Medical Marc TischerEpisode: "Pilot"

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