Max Thieriot

Thieriot was born in Los Altos Hills, California, the son of Bridgit Ann (née Snyder) and George Cameron Thieriot. He has one older sister and one younger brother. He was raised in the small town of Occidental in Sonoma County, California. Thieriot was educated at the Sonoma Country Day School in Santa Rosa, California, for middle school, and went on to attend El Molino High School in Forestville, California, from which he graduated in 2006.{{cite web |url=http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070223/NEWS/702230303/1033/NEWS01 |title=NEl Molino graduate seeing stars |website=The Press Democrat |last=Payne |first=Paul |date=February 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005164731/http://srweb.sar.dc.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070223%2FNEWS%2F702230303%2F1033%2FNEWS01 |archive-date=October 5, 2013 |url-status=dead}} Thieriot's ancestors once owned the San Francisco Chronicle. His great-great-grandfather, M. H. de Young, who was of Dutch Jewish descent and later converted to Catholicism, co-founded the paper with his brother Charles de Young,{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/murderbybay00char|url-access=registration |isbn=1-884995-46-2 |title=Murder By The Bay: Historic Homicide In And About The City Of San Francisco |publisher=Quill Driver Books |last=Adams |first=Charles F. |year=2005 |location=San Francisco |page=[https://archive.org/details/murderbybay00char/page/59 59]}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lGJq8nWqY-oC |isbn=0-520-22902-9 |title=Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin |publisher=University of California Press |last=Brechin |first=Gray|author-link=Gray Brechin |year=1999 |page=172}} and his relatives, Charles and Richard Thieriot, were the editors and publishers of the paper.{{cite web |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/02/05/DDGI64O8ED1.DTL |title=Just another 15-year-old, except for the acting stuff |website=San Francisco Chronicle |last=Nevius |first=C.W. |date=January 5, 2004|access-date=February 4, 2008}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/2000/07/28/NEWS15070.dtl&hw=section%3Dfinance+subject%3DFIN&sn=206&sc=718 |title=History of The Chronicle |website=San Francisco Chronicle |date=July 28, 2000|access-date=February 4, 2008}} Thieriot's paternal grandparents, Frances Harrison (née Dade) and Ferdinand Melly Thieriot, died in the collision and sinking of the Italian liner SS Andrea Doria off the coast of Nantucket in 1956, which Thieriot's paternal uncle Peter, 13 years old at the time, survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Nion-Thieriot-Conservationist-2954479.php |title=Nion Thieriot, Conservationist |website=San Francisco Chronicle |date=January 1, 1999 |access-date=December 7, 2017}}

Thieriot was signed to talent manager Don Gibble after taking his improvisation class. He modeled for Gap and appeared in two short films, before being cast in his first feature film role, 2004's adventure film Catch That Kid. He was subsequently cast in 2005's action comedy film The Pacifier, portraying one of the family members protected by a Navy SEAL (Vin Diesel). He was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor for his role. Thieriot then appeared in the drama The Astronaut Farmer (2007) and the film adaptation of Nancy Drew (2007).

In 2008, he played a younger version of Hayden Christensen's character in Jumper.{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=19428 |title=Max Thieriot On Board Jumper |website=Empire |date=August 29, 2006}} That same year, he appeared in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl,{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/4-more-board-kit-kittredge-137363 |title=4 more board 'Kit Kittredge' for HBO Films |website=The Hollywood Reporter |first=Nellie |last=Andreeva |date=May 29, 2007}} for which he won the Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Ensemble Cast with his co-stars.{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/46027-kit-kittredge-tackles-the-great-depression |title=Kit Kittredge Tackles the Great Depression |website=ComingSoon.net |last=Douglas |first=Edward |date=June 30, 2008}} In 2009, Thieriot co-starred in the erotic thriller Chloe.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/max-thieriot-joins-atom-egoyans-80101 |title=Max Thieriot joins Atom Egoyan's 'Chloe' |website=The Hollywood Reporter |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=March 2, 2009}} Chloe enjoyed commercial success and became director Atom Egoyan's biggest ever box office earner.{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/article/901059--the-digital-revolution-film |title=The Digital Revolution: Part 1 |website=The Toronto Star |first=Geoff |last=Pevere |date=December 7, 2010}} The following year, he played the lead role in Wes Craven's horror film My Soul to Take.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a94093/jumper-star-attached-to-craven-horror.html#~poIDJUM2cgYpj6 |title='Jumper' star attached to Craven horror |website=Digital Spy |last=Hilton |first=Beth |date=April 18, 2008}}

In 2011, he starred in the independent comedy The Family Tree{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/class-size-grows-lessons-105627 |title=Class size grows for 'Lessons' |website=The Hollywood Reporter |last=Goldstein |first=Gregg |date=February 26, 2008}} and played the lead role in the drama film Foreverland.{{cite web |url=http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/19240/lewis-dekker-thieriot-visit-foreverland |title=Lewis, Dekker, Thieriot Visit "Foreverland" |website=Dark Horizons |last=Franklin |first=Garth |date=January 27, 2011|access-date=September 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118183208/http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/19240/lewis-dekker-thieriot-visit-foreverland|archive-date=November 18, 2015|url-status=dead}} Thieriot then co-starred in the Mark Tonderai–directed psychological horror-thriller House at the End of the Street (2012).{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/two-join-house-at-end-24282 |title=Two join 'House at the End of the Street' |website=The Hollywood Reporter |first=Borys |last=Kit |date=June 3, 2010}} That same year, he starred in the drama film Disconnect.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2011/09/max-theriot-joins-disconnect-175232/ |title=Max Thieriot Joins 'Disconnect' |website=Deadline Hollywood |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=September 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118193509/http://deadline.com/2011/09/max-theriot-joins-disconnect-175232/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 18, 2015 }} Also in 2012, Thieriot was cast in a leading role in Roland Emmerich's drama pilot for ABC, Dark Horse, but the project was not picked up to series.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2012/02/max-thieriot-autumn-reeser-and-kevin-alejandro-cast-in-pilots-229030/ |title=Max Thieriot, Autumn Reeser And Kevin Alejandro Cast In Pilots |website=Deadline Hollywood |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=February 9, 2012}} From 2013 until its ending in 2017, he portrayed Dylan Massett, the half-brother of Norman Bates, in the critically acclaimed drama series Bates Motel.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/ae-bates-motel-psycho-prequel-max-thieriot-freddie-highmore-vera-farmiga-370533 |title=A&E's 'Bates Motel' Adds Max Thieriot as Norman's Brother |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=September 14, 2012}} He made his directorial debut on the series with the fifth season episode "Hidden".{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/tv/bates-motel-postmortem-star-max-thieriot-on-directing-those-pivotal-norman-moments-125949357.html |title='Bates Motel' Postmortem: Star Max Thieriot on Directing Those Pivotal Norman Moments |website=Yahoo! TV |last=Potts |first=Kimberly |date=March 14, 2017}}

In 2015, he starred in the History Channel event miniseries Texas Rising as Jack Hays, a captain of the Texas Rangers,{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bill-paxton-brendan-fraser-historys-687998 |title=Bill Paxton, Brendan Fraser Among History's All-Star 'Texas Rising' Cast |website=The Hollywood Reporter |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=March 12, 2014}} and appeared in the remake of the action-thriller film Point Break. In 2017, Thieriot began starring as Navy SEAL Clay Spenser in the CBS drama series SEAL Team until 2022. {{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/max-thierot-cast-cbs-navy-seal-drama-pilot-1202035865/ |title=Max Thieriot Cast In CBS' Navy SEAL Drama Pilot |website=Deadline Hollywood |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=March 3, 2017}} In 2022, Thieriot began portraying Bode Donovan in the CBS drama series Fire Country, for which he also serves as a producer.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/max-thieriot-star-cal-fire-cbs-pilot-seal-team-future-season-6-clay-spencer-1234959439/|title=Max Thieriot To Star In His CBS Drama Pilot 'Cal Fire'; 'SEAL Team' Future Uncertain, But There Are Positive Signs|website=Deadline Hollywood|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=February 24, 2022}}

In 2012, Thieriot became engaged to Alexis Murphy, his girlfriend of seven years. He proposed during a trip to the Caribbean, where the pair met as teenagers.{{cite web |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/actor-max-thieriot-engaged-to-lexi-murphy-2012113 |title=Actor Max Thieriot Engaged to Lexi Murphy! |website=Us Weekly |first=Zach |last=Johnson |date=March 11, 2012}} On June 1, 2013, they were married in Lake Tahoe, California.{{cite web |url=https://www.twitter.com/maxthieriot/status/341719695147286528 |title=Best weekend of my life. Married the most beautiful and amazing woman in the entire world. |website=Twitter |first=Max |last=Thieriot |date=June 3, 2013}} The couple announced the birth of their first child, a boy, in 2015.{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/_z640Ft6uN/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/_z640Ft6uN |archive-date=December 24, 2021 |url-access=registration |title=Christmas came early this year! @lexithieriot and I are so excited to announce the birth of our son Beaux. |website=Instagram |first=Max |last=Thieriot |date=December 27, 2015}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |url=http://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/Max-Thieriot-Welcomes-Baby-Boy-His-Wife-Lexi-39560843 |title=Bates Motel Star Max Thieriot Is a Dad — See the First Photo of His Baby Boy! |website=PopSugar |first=Monica |last=Sisivat |date=December 27, 2015}} Through his sister's marriage, Thieriot is the brother-in-law of former Philadelphia Phillies baseball pitcher Michael Stutes.{{cite web |url=http://eventingnation.com/frankie-thieriot-ties-the-knot-bahama-style/ |title=Frankie Thieriot Ties the Knot Bahama Style |website=Eventing Nation |first=Sally |last=Spickard |date=January 4, 2015}}

As well as being an actor, Thieriot is a vintner.{{cite web |url=http://www.winemag.com/May-2015/Max-Thieriot-on-Making-Wine-and-Films/ |title=Movie Star Max Thieriot Reveals his Wine Project Secrets |website=Wine Enthusiast Magazine |first=Virginie |last=Boone |date=May 2015 |access-date=November 16, 2015 |archive-date=November 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033337/http://www.winemag.com/May-2015/Max-Thieriot-on-Making-Wine-and-Films/ |url-status=dead}} He, along with childhood friends Christopher Strieter and Myles Lawrence-Briggs, owns vineyards in his hometown of Occidental and distributes wine through their label Senses.{{cite web |url=http://www.senseswines.com |title=Senses Wines – Official Website|access-date=December 27, 2015}} In the third season of Bates Motel, the main characters can be seen drinking Senses during a family-dinner scene.{{cite web |url=http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/bates-motel-actor-max-thierrots-wine-centric-halloween-dinner |title=Halloween at Bates Motel |website=Food & Wine |first=Ray |last=Isle |date=September 17, 2015 |access-date=November 16, 2015 |archive-date=December 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212161827/http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/bates-motel-actor-max-thierrots-wine-centric-halloween-dinner |url-status=dead}}

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