Max Greenfield

Greenfield was born and raised in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He is Jewish and had a Saturday Night Live-themed Bar Mitzvah.{{cite news|url=https://www.gq.com/story/max-greenfield-interview-new-girl|title=The GQ&A: Max Greenfield|last=Bans|first=Lauren|date=January 10, 2011|work=GQ|access-date=March 31, 2022}} He graduated from Dobbs Ferry High School in 1998.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/680553260/|title=Graduations|date=June 28, 1998|newspaper=The Herald Statesman (Yonkers, New York) |access-date=July 27, 2021}} At DFHS, Greenfield played wide receiver for the football team.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/717617225/|title=Dobbs Ferry/Hastings ends with win|date=November 5, 1997|newspaper=The Daily Item (Port Chester, New York) |access-date=July 27, 2021}}

Greenfield began pursuing an acting career in 1998 after he graduated from high school. He briefly attended college at the University of Wisconsin, but dropped out after earning a 0.67 GPA his freshman year.{{Cite web |date=2021-04-04 |title=Max Greenfield to speak at Monday's ULS |url=https://www.usforacle.com/2021/04/04/max-greenfield-to-speak-at-mondays-uls/ |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=The Oracle |language=en-US}} He landed guest appearances 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 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 made other guest-starring appearances on the 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.{{cite web |url=https://tv.yahoo.com/person/max-greenfield/biography.html |title=Max Greenfield |publisher=Yahoo! TV |access-date=July 25, 2014}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/max-greenfield/biography.html |title=Max Greenfield |access-date=2013-05-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927213445/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/max-greenfield/biography.html |archive-date=2013-09-27 }}

In 2015, Greenfield starred in a series of McDonald's commercials promoting their Sirloin Third Pound Burgers.{{cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/max-greenfield-will-mcdon_b_7233622|title=Max Greenfield Will Be McDonald's Sirloin Pitchman|date=May 7, 2015|work=HuffPost|access-date=March 31, 2022}}

In 2018, Greenfield was cast in the lead role of Dave Johnson in the CBS comedy The Neighborhood. He took over the role from Josh Lawson, who played the character in the pilot episode.{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=Max Greenfield To Star In CBS Comedy Series 'The Neighborhood' In Recasting|url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/max-greenfield-the-neighborhoodc-cast-cbs-comedy-series-recasting-1202391107/|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=March 1, 2019|date=May 15, 2018}} On November 8, 2018, it was announced that Greenfield was set to reprise his role as Leo D'Amato in the 8-episode revival series of Veronica Mars.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/11/veronica-mars-max-greenfield-patton-oswalt-cast-revival-hulu-1202498280/|title='Veronica Mars': Max Greenfield To Return, Patton Oswalt Also Cast In Revival|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=November 8, 2018|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=January 9, 2019}} In the same year, Greenfield was cast in the recurring role of the Denouement brothers on the third season of the Netflix comedy drama series A Series of Unfortunate Events.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/a-series-of-unfortunate-season-3-premiere-date/|title=The Final Season of A Series of Unfortunate Events Is Coming New Year's Day|last=Mathews|first=Liam|date=November 13, 2018|website=TVGuide|access-date=January 9, 2019}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://la-confidential-magazine.com/max-greenfield-on-young-storytellers-and-new-girl-season-6|title=Max Greenfield on Young Storytellers & Whether or Not We'll Ever Find out Schmidt's First Name on 'New Girl'|last1=Bhatt|first1=Rakhee|website=Los Angeles Confidential|publisher=Greengale Publishing|access-date=21 October 2016}}

Greenfield married Tess Sanchez, a former casting director, in 2008.{{Cite news |last=Nesvig |first=Kara |date=May 6, 2024 |title=Who Is Max Greenfield's Wife? All About Tess Sanchez |url=https://people.com/who-is-tess-sanchez-max-greenfield-wife-7974997 |work=People}} They have two children, a daughter and a son.{{cite news|last=Corneau|first=Allison|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/max-greenfield-wife-tess-sanchez-welcome-baby-no-2-2015258|title=New Girl's Max Greenfield, Wife Tess Sanchez Welcome Baby No. 2: Find Out His Name!|date=2015-08-25|work=US Magazine|access-date=2016-11-24}}

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