
Max Casella
Highest Rated: 100% A Midsummer Night's Dream (2014)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Jun 6, 1967
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., USA
As an actor who worked successfully on screen since the earliest days of his adulthood, actor Max Casella was equally well known for the roles he took on early in his career, like that of Vinnie on "Doogie Howser, M.D." (ABC, 1989-1993) and Racetrack Higgins in the big screen musical "Newsies" (1992), as he is for the roles he played later in life, like Leo D'Alessio on the period series "Boardwalk Empire" (HBO, 2010-2014). Born in Washington D.C. and raised in the Boston area, Casella was encouraged to participate in school plays and local professional theater by his drama teacher. He was inspired to travel to New York after graduating to pursue acting full time, and soon landed his first TV role on an episode of "The Equalizer" (CBS, 1985-1989). Soon, the "Doogie Howser" role followed, making Casella a very familiar face to audiences all over America. In 1997. he branched into Broadway, originating the role of Timon in the musical "The Lion King." Still more roles would follow, including turns in "Boardwalk Empire" and in the acclaimed Coen brothers film "Inside Llewyn Davis" (2013) and the Woody Allen film "Blue Jasmine" (2013). In 2016, Casella joined the cast of the short-lived HBO series "Vinyl" (HBO, 2016) and co-starred in Ben Affleck's Prohibition-set crime drama "Live By Night" (2016), based on the novel by Dennis Lehane.





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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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88% | No Score Yet | Allswell | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
51% | 69% | The Tender Bar | Chief (Character) | - | 2021 |
75% | No Score Yet | That Cold Dead Look in Your Eyes | Andy (Character) | - | 2021 |
13% | No Score Yet | This Is the Night | Unknown (Character) | - | 2021 |
82% | 80% | Scenes from an Empty Church | Paul (Character) | - | 2021 |
100% | 93% | Paper Spiders | Gary (Character) | - | 2021 |
28% | 44% | The Rhythm Section | Leon Giler (Character) | $4.9M | 2020 |
80% | 77% | Late Night | Burditt (Character) | $15.5M | 2019 |
98% | 75% | Night Comes On | Mark (Character) | - | 2018 |
31% | 43% | Wonder Wheel | Ryan (Character) | $1.2M | 2017 |
88% | 60% | Jackie | Jack Valenti (Character) | $14.0M | 2016 |
0% | 52% | Christmas Eve | Randy (Character) | $82.0K | 2015 |
67% | 61% | Applesauce | Les (Character) | - | 2015 |
31% | 29% | Wild Card | Osgood (Character) | - | 2015 |
100% | 67% | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Nick Bottom (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trust, Greed, Bullets & Bourbon | Tyler (Character) | - | 2013 |
28% | 24% | The Last of Robin Hood | Stanley Kubrick (Character) | $269.6K | 2013 |
92% | 74% | Inside Llewyn Davis | Poppy Corsicatto (Character) | $13.2M | 2013 |
39% | 37% | Oldboy | James Prestley (Character) | $2.2M | 2013 |
91% | 77% | Blue Jasmine | Eddie (Character) | $33.4M | 2013 |
74% | 44% | Killing Them Softly | Caprio (Character) | $14.9M | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Somewhere Tonight | Fred (Character) | - | 2011 |
5% | 58% | Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son | Canetti (Character) | $37.9M | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Confession | Unknown (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Confession | Unknown (Character) | - | 2011 |
89% | 63% | Passion |
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$258.2K | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scaring the Fish | Dennis (Character) | - | 2009 |
67% | 71% | Revolutionary Road | Ed Small (Character) | $22.9M | 2008 |
52% | 38% | Leatherheads | Mack Steiner (Character) | $31.2M | 2008 |
17% | 45% | The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | Tip (Voice) | - | 2000 |
65% | 48% | Dinosaur | Zini (Voice) | $137.7M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dinosaur | Zini (Voice) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 69% | Freak Talks About Sex | Freak's High School Friend (Character) | - | 1999 |
69% | 62% | Analyze This | Nicky Shivers (Character) | $106.8M | 1999 |
50% | 30% | Trial and Error | Dr. Brown, Psychiatrist (Character) | $13.6M | 1997 |
30% | 47% | Sgt. Bilko | Spc. Dino Paparelli (Character) | $30.1M | 1996 |
93% | 88% | Ed Wood | Paul Marco (Character) | $5.9M | 1994 |
39% | 88% | Newsies | Racetrack Higgins (Character) | $2.7M | 1992 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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79% | 91% | Tulsa King | Armand Truisi (Character) | 2022-2023 |
91% | 78% | The Blacklist | Henry Morris (Guest Star) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 76% | Shades of Blue | Capt. Daniel Pines (Guest Star) | 2018 |
94% | 93% | The Night Of | Edgar (Character) | 2016 |
74% | 74% | Vinyl | Julius "Julie" Silver (Character) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 70% | Hawaii Five-0 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Medium | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
92% | 96% | The Sopranos | Benny Fazio (Guest Star) | 2001-2002 2004 2006-2007 |
No Score Yet | 73% | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 93% | Hey Arnold! | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Vinnie Delpino (Character) | 1989-1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kate & Allie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Equalizer | Streak (Guest Star) | 1988 |