Max Greenfield Biography

Max Greenfield (born September 4, 1980) is an American actor. He appeared in recurring roles in Veronica Mars and Ugly Betty, and co-starred in the WB series Modern Men. He co-stars as Schmidt in the Fox sitcom New Girl, for which he received Emmy, Critics' Choice Television, and Golden Globe awards nominations.

Career

Greenfield began pursuing his acting career in 1998 after he graduated from high school. He landed guest stints on dramas such as Boston Public, Gilmore Girls and The O.C. Greenfield scored his first lead role on the short-lived series Modern Men as one of three bachelors who hire a life coach to help them understand and manage women. Greenfield had more success in supporting roles on Veronica Mars (reprising the role in the film adaptation in 2014) and Greek. In 2007 he landed a recurring role on Ugly Betty. He continued his television career with a slew of guest-starring roles on primetime series such as The CW's remake of Melrose Place, the short-lived No Ordinary Family, and Castle.

He created, produced, and starred in the comedy series The Gentlemen's League for the Audience Network in 2010, which followed the real-life fantasy football league he ran with actor Jerry Ferrara. As for film, Greenfield had his feature film debut in the film Cross Bronx. Greenfield had a featured role in When Do We Eat?, as an Internet tycoon who, after losing his fortune, becomes a Hasidic Jew. In 2011, Greenfield began playing the role of Schmidt in the sitcom New Girl. The role earned him nominations for both a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film.

In 2015, Greenfield starred in a series of McDonald's commercials promoting their Sirloin Third Pound Burgers.

Personal life

Greenfield was born and raised in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He is Jewish and had a Saturday Night Live-themed Bar Mitzvah. As of 2011, he lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Tess Sanchez, who is a casting director. The couple have two children, daughter Lily (2009) and son Ozzie (2015).

Philanthropy

Max Greenfield has worked with Young Storytellers Foundation on numerous occasions, stating that his own kids have inspired him to help children find self-confidence and creativity.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Cross Bronx	Ike Green
2005	When Do We Eat?	Ethan
2014	They Came Together	Jake
2014	Veronica Mars	Leo D'Amato
2014	About Alex	Josh
2015	Hello, My Name Is Doris	John Fremont
2015	The Big Short	Mortgage Broker
2016	Ice Age: Collision Course	Roger (voice)
2017	The Glass Castle	Eric Goldberg	In post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Undressed	Victor	3 episodes
2002	Boston Public	Sean Tallen	Episode: "Chapter Thirty-Five"
2003	Gilmore Girls	Lucas	Episode: "Chicken or Beef?"
2005-2007	Veronica Mars	Leo D'Amato	11 episodes
2005	Sleeper Cell	Teen #2	Episode: "Al-Faitha"
2006	Modern Men	Kyle Brewster	Main cast; 7 episodes
2007	'	Young Sandy Cohen	Episode: "The Case of the Franks"
2007-2008	Ugly Betty	Nick Pepper	8 episodes
2007	Life	Bradley Sloane	Episode: "Tear Asunder"
2008	Greek	Michael	5 episodes
2008	Kath & Kim	Bar fight guy	Episode: "Wicked Gay"
2009	Raising the Bar	David Steinberg	4 episodes
2009	Melrose Place	Mickey Richards	Episode: "Cannon"
2010	Castle	David Nicolaides	Episode: "Food to Die For"
2010	Lie to Me	Damien Musso	Episode: "The Whole Truth"
2010	No Ordinary Family	Mr. Robbins	Episode: "No Ordinary Quake"
2010-2011	'	Max	2 episodes
2010	'	Joseph Tucci	Episode: "Cold Case"
2010	Undercovers	Redman	Uncredited; episode: "The Key to It All"
2011	Hot in Cleveland	Steve	Episode: "I Love Lucci, Part 1"
2011	Happy Endings	Ian	Episode: "You've Got Male"
2011-present	New Girl	Schmidt	Main cast Nominated - Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Scene Stealer - Male
2012	NTSF:SD:SUV::	Alistair McQueen	Episode: "Lights, Camera, Assassination"
2013-2016	Bob's Burgers	Boo Boo	Voice; 3 episodes
2014	Hot in Cleveland	Doug	Episode: "The One with George Clooney"
2014	Robot Chicken		Voice; episode: "Super Guitario Center"
2014-2015	'	Lee	2 episodes
2015	American Horror Story: Hotel	Gabriel	3 episodes

As producer

• Fist Fight (2017)