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Max Greenfield

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Max Greenfield

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American actor (born 1979)

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Max Greenfield, born 4 September 1979 in Dobbs Ferry, is an American actor, television actor, film actor, and screenwriter educated at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He began his career in 2000, resides in Los Angeles, and follows Judaism. He has two children. Open Library credits him with eight works, including We've Decided to Go in a Different Direction, Good Night Thoughts, I Don't Want to Read This Book Aloud, and This Book Is Not a Present.

Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, TMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
8

Top works

  • We've Decided to Go in a Different Direction
  • Good Night Thoughts
  • I Don't Want to Read This Book Aloud
  • I Dont Want to Read This Book Aloud
  • This Book Is Not a Present

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Film & TV

Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA

Max Greenfield (born September 4, 1979) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Dave Johnson on the CBS sitcom The Neighborhood, and as Schmidt on the Fox sitcom New Girl, the latter for which he received nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, and the Critics' Choice Television Awards. His films include Promising Young Woman, What Men Want,…

Known for

  • Don't Say Good Luck2026
  • Hollywood Squares — Self2025
  • Long Story Short — Yoshi (voice)2025
  • Running Point — Lev Levenson2025
  • Unfrosted — Rick Ludwin2024
  • After Midnight — Self2024
  • Hot Ones Versus — Self2024
  • A Man on the Inside — Jack Berenger2024
  • First Time Female Director — Robbie2023
  • Pickled — Self2022

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Key facts

Born
( 1979-09-04 ) September 4, 1979 (age 46) , Dobbs Ferry, New York , U.S.
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1998–present
Spouse
Tess Sanchez ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2008 ) ​

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Max
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Dobbs Ferry
Occupation
screenwriter
Educated at
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Religion
Judaism
Image
Max Greenfield at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival on August 24, 2024 (cropped).jpg
Number of children
2
Residence
Los Angeles
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date of birth
1979-09-04
Commons category
Max Greenfield
start of work period
2000-00-00
social media followers
487824
writing language
English language
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Encyclopedic overview

Max Greenfield (born September 4, 1979) is an American actor and author. He appeared in recurring roles in Veronica Mars and Ugly Betty. He co-starred as Schmidt in the Fox sitcom New Girl, for which he received nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, and the Critics' Choice Television Awards. From 2018 to 2026, Greenfield portrayed Dave Johnson in the CBS sitcom The Neighborhood.

He voiced Roger in the Ice Age franchise, and numerous characters in the shows Bob's Burgers, Robot Chicken and BoJack Horseman. He has also written the children's books I Don't Want to Read This Book, I Don't Want to Read This Book Aloud, This Book is Not a Present and Good Night Thoughts.

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