Max Records

Max Records

Records at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con International
Born Maxwell Records
June 18, 1997 (1997-06-18) (age 14)
Occupation Actor
Years active 2006–present

Maxwell Records[1] (born June 18, 1997) is an American child actor. Records is most notable for the role of Max in the 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are. His earlier experiences in film include a minor role in Directions: The Plans Video Album, and an appearance in the music video for Cake's cover of "The Guitar Man".[2] He played the small role of young Stephen (played as an adult by Mark Ruffalo) in the 2008 film The Brothers Bloom.[3]

His parents are Jenny Fleenor, a librarian, and Shawn Records, a photographer, Master of Fine Arts, and teacher at several colleges in the Portland, Oregon area.[4][5][6] In August 2003, he and his family moved from Syracuse, where Records was a student at Ed Smith School, to Portland.[6] Records also has a younger brother, Sam, and the family currently lives in North Portland, where he attends middle school at a public school.[4][5]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Directions: The Plans Video Album Brother Segment "Stable Song"
2008 The Brothers Bloom Young Stephen
2009 Where the Wild Things Are Max Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor
Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer
Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
2010 Blinky™ Alex Neville Short film[7]
2011 The Sitter Slater Pedulla

References

  1. ^ Ramey, Jim (October 23, 2009). "Not afraid to scare". SocialistWorker.org. http://socialistworker.org/2009/10/23/not-afraid-to-scare. Retrieved June 5, 2010. 
  2. ^ Cake – Guitar Man on YouTube
  3. ^ "Something to Toy With". Presenters: Matt Gamble, Andrew James and Kurt Halfyard; Guest: Rian Johnson. Cinecast. Row Three. 2009-10-20. No. 141. 5:31 minutes in. Retrieved on October 27, 2009. "So Max [Records] came [to Brother's Bloom] ... a little bit after finishing Where the Wild Things Are."
  4. ^ a b Wloszczyna, Susan (March 23, 2009). "First look: 'Where the Wild Things Are' gets Maxed out". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2009-03-22-wild-things-main_N.htm. Retrieved October 19, 2009. 
  5. ^ a b Levy, Shawn (October 31, 2009). "Portland family took a big leap to let son star in 'Where the Wild Things Are'". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/O/index.ssf/2009/10/portland_family_took_a_big_lea.html. Retrieved November 1, 2009. 
  6. ^ a b "Max Records, star of "Where the Wild Things Are," has Syracuse connection". http://blog.syracuse.com/entertainment/2009/10/max_records_star_of_where_the.html. Retrieved January 31, 2010. 
  7. ^ http://vimeo.com/21216091

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