Max Thieriot

Max Thieriot
Thieriot in 2013
Born
Maximillion Drake Thieriot

October 14,1988
Los Altos Hills, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present
Spouse
Lexi Murphy
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(m. 2013)​
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Children2
Relatives

Maximillion Drake Thieriot (/ˈtɛriɒt/;[2] born October 14,1988 is an American actor. He made his acting debut in the 2004 adventure comedy film Catch That Kid. Thieriot has since appeared in the action comedy The Pacifier (2005), the mystery comedy Nancy Drew (2007), the sci-fi Jumper (2008), the erotic thriller Chloe (2009), the supernatural horror My Soul to Take (2010), the drama Disconnect (2012), the psychological horror-thriller House at the End of the Street (2012), and the action-thriller Point Break (2015).

From 2013 to 2017, Thieriot starred as Dylan Massett in A&E's drama-thriller series Bates Motel. He appeared as John Coffee "Jack" Hays in History Channel's miniseries Texas Rising (2015). From 2017 to 2022, he played Navy SEAL Clay Spenser in the CBS drama series SEAL Team.[3] Starting in 2022, Thieriot has a starring role as Bode Donovan (aka Bode Leone) in the CBS drama series Fire Country, [3]which he also co-created, and sometimes writes and executive produces.

Early life

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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.[4] 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.[4] 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,[5][6] and his relatives, Charles and Richard Thieriot, were the editors and publishers of the paper.[7][8] Thieriot's paternal grandparents, Frances Harrison (née Dade) and Ferdinand Melly Thieriot, died in the sinking of the SS Andrea Doria in 1956.[9]

Career

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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.[10] That same year, he appeared in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl,[11] for which he won the Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Ensemble Cast with his co-stars.[12] In 2009, Thieriot co-starred in the erotic thriller Chloe.[13] Chloe enjoyed commercial success and became director Atom Egoyan's biggest ever box office earner.[14] The following year, he played the lead role in Wes Craven's horror film My Soul to Take.[15]

In 2011, he starred in the independent comedy The Family Tree[16] and played the lead role in the drama film Foreverland.[17] Thieriot then co-starred in the Mark Tonderai–directed psychological horror-thriller House at the End of the Street (2012).[18] That same year, he starred in the drama film Disconnect.[19] 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.[20] 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.[21] He made his directorial debut on the series with the fifth season episode "Hidden".[22]

In 2015, he starred in the History Channel event miniseries Texas Rising as Jack Hays, a captain of the Texas Rangers,[23] 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. [24] In 2022, Thieriot began portraying Bode Donovan in the CBS drama series Fire Country, for which he also serves as a producer.[25]

Personal life

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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.[26] On June 1, 2013, they were married in Lake Tahoe, California.[1][27] The couple announced the birth of their first child, a boy, in 2015.[28][29] They had a second son in 2018.[citation needed] Through his sister's marriage, Thieriot is the brother-in-law of former Philadelphia Phillies baseball pitcher Michael Stutes.[30]

As well as being an actor, Thieriot is a vintner.[31] 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.[32] In the third season of Bates Motel, the main characters can be seen drinking Senses during a family-dinner scene.[33]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 Catch That Kid Gus
2005 The Pacifier Seth Plummer[34]
2007 The Astronaut Farmer Shepard Farmer
Nancy Drew Ned Nickerson
2008 Jumper Young David Rice
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Will Shepherd
2010 My Soul to Take Adam "Bug" Hellerman
Stay Cool Shasta's Boyfriend
Chloe Michael Stewart
2011 The Family Tree Eric Burnett
Foreverland William "Will" Rankin
2012 Yellow Young Nowell
Disconnect Kyle
House at the End of the Street Ryan Jacobson[34]
2015 Point Break Jeff

Television series

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 Dark Horse Carter Henderson Unsold TV pilot
2013–17 Bates Motel Dylan Massett Main role
2015 Texas Rising John Hays Recurring role; miniseries
2017–2022 SEAL Team Clay Spenser Main role
2022–present Fire Country Bode Donovan[35] Main role
Also creator and executive producer

Director

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Year Title Notes
2017 Bates Motel Episode: "Hidden"
2020–2021 SEAL Team 2 episodes
2023 Fire Country Episode: "Backfire"

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Nominated work Result Ref.
2005 The Stinkers Bad Movie Award for Worst Performance by a Child The Pacifier Nominated
2006 Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor The Pacifier Nominated [36]
2009 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Ensemble Cast Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Won [37]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Max Thieriot of Bates Motel Marries; Kristen Stewart Attends". People. June 3, 2013.
  2. ^ "Max Thieriot Recaps All Of 'Bates Motel' In 30 Seconds". Entertainment Weekly. May 6, 2015. Archived from the original on December 19, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Andreeva, Nellie (May 14, 2022). "Double Duty: 'Fire Country' Star Max Thieriot Will Return To 'SEAL Team' For Season 6". Deadline. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Payne, Paul (February 23, 2007). "NEl Molino graduate seeing stars". The Press Democrat. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013.
  5. ^ Adams, Charles F. (2005). Murder By The Bay: Historic Homicide In And About The City Of San Francisco. San Francisco: Quill Driver Books. p. 59. ISBN 1-884995-46-2.
  6. ^ Brechin, Gray (1999). Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin. University of California Press. p. 172. ISBN 0-520-22902-9.
  7. ^ Nevius, C.W. (January 5, 2004). "Just another 15-year-old, except for the acting stuff". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 4, 2008.
  8. ^ "History of The Chronicle". San Francisco Chronicle. July 28, 2000. Retrieved February 4, 2008.
  9. ^ "Nion Thieriot, Conservationist". San Francisco Chronicle. January 1, 1999. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  10. ^ "Max Thieriot On Board Jumper". Empire. August 29, 2006.
  11. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (May 29, 2007). "4 more board 'Kit Kittredge' for HBO Films". The Hollywood Reporter.
  12. ^ Douglas, Edward (June 30, 2008). "Kit Kittredge Tackles the Great Depression". ComingSoon.net.
  13. ^ Kit, Borys (March 2, 2009). "Max Thieriot joins Atom Egoyan's 'Chloe'". The Hollywood Reporter.
  14. ^ Pevere, Geoff (December 7, 2010). "The Digital Revolution: Part 1". The Toronto Star.
  15. ^ Hilton, Beth (April 18, 2008). "'Jumper' star attached to Craven horror". Digital Spy.
  16. ^ Goldstein, Gregg (February 26, 2008). "Class size grows for 'Lessons'". The Hollywood Reporter.
  17. ^ Franklin, Garth (January 27, 2011). "Lewis, Dekker, Thieriot Visit "Foreverland"". Dark Horizons. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  18. ^ Kit, Borys (June 3, 2010). "Two join 'House at the End of the Street'". The Hollywood Reporter.
  19. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (September 23, 2011). "Max Thieriot Joins 'Disconnect'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015.
  20. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (February 9, 2012). "Max Thieriot, Autumn Reeser And Kevin Alejandro Cast In Pilots". Deadline Hollywood.
  21. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (September 14, 2012). "A&E's 'Bates Motel' Adds Max Thieriot as Norman's Brother". The Hollywood Reporter.
  22. ^ Potts, Kimberly (March 14, 2017). "'Bates Motel' Postmortem: Star Max Thieriot on Directing Those Pivotal Norman Moments". Yahoo! TV.
  23. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (March 12, 2014). "Bill Paxton, Brendan Fraser Among History's All-Star 'Texas Rising' Cast". The Hollywood Reporter.
  24. ^ Petski, Denise (March 3, 2017). "Max Thieriot Cast In CBS' Navy SEAL Drama Pilot". Deadline Hollywood.
  25. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (February 24, 2022). "Max Thieriot To Star In His CBS Drama Pilot 'Cal Fire'; 'SEAL Team' Future Uncertain, But There Are Positive Signs". Deadline Hollywood.
  26. ^ Johnson, Zach (March 11, 2012). "Actor Max Thieriot Engaged to Lexi Murphy!". Us Weekly.
  27. ^ Thieriot, Max (June 3, 2013). "Best weekend of my life. Married the most beautiful and amazing woman in the entire world". Twitter.
  28. ^ Thieriot, Max (December 27, 2015). "Christmas came early this year! @lexithieriot and I are so excited to announce the birth of our son Beaux". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021.
  29. ^ Sisivat, Monica (December 27, 2015). "Bates Motel Star Max Thieriot Is a Dad — See the First Photo of His Baby Boy!". PopSugar.
  30. ^ Spickard, Sally (January 4, 2015). "Frankie Thieriot Ties the Knot Bahama Style". Eventing Nation.
  31. ^ Boone, Virginie (May 2015). "Movie Star Max Thieriot Reveals his Wine Project Secrets". Wine Enthusiast Magazine. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  32. ^ "Senses Wines – Official Website". Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  33. ^ Isle, Ray (September 17, 2015). "Halloween at Bates Motel". Food & Wine. Archived from the original on December 12, 2015. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  34. ^ a b "13 celebrities to spot in Vancouver this March | Curated". dailyhive.com. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  35. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (February 24, 2022). "Max Thieriot To Star In His CBS Drama Pilot 'Cal Fire'; 'SEAL Team' Future Uncertain, But There Are Positive Signs". Deadline. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  36. ^ "27th Annual Young Artist Awards – Nominations / Special Awards". The Young Artist Foundation. 2006. Archived from the original on July 4, 2010. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  37. ^ "30th Annual Young Artist Awards – Nominations / Special Awards". The Young Artist Foundation. 2009. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
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