Max Thieriot

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Max Thieriot

Birth name	Max Thieriot
Born	October 14, 1988 (age 18) Los Altos Hills, California
Notable roles	"Seth Plummer" in The Pacifier

Max Drake Thieriot (born October 14, 1988) is an American actor.

Thieriot was born in Los Altos Hills, California to Cameron Thieriot and Bridget Snyder; he has a sister, Frances, and a brother, Aidan. His paternal grandfather was Charles de Young Thieriot, the owner and publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle, and a descendant of the de Young brothers, founders of the Chronicle.

Thieriot was signed to an agent after being noticed in an improvisation class. He modelled for GAP and appeared in two short films before being cast in his first feature film role, in 2004's Catch That Kid, a comedic thriller aimed at teenage audiences. He was subsequently cast in 2005's The Pacifier, playing one of the family members protected by a Navy Seal played by Vin Diesel. Thieriot performed all of his own singing for the film.

Thieriot will next appear in the drama The Astronaut Farmer, scheduled for release on February 23, 2007, as well as in the feature film version of Nancy Drew, which has a release date of June 15, 2007. He will also play a younger version of Hayden Christensen's lead character in Jumper,^[1] which began filming in September of 2006.

Thieriot lives in Manhattan Beach and graduated in 2006 from El Molino High School. He enjoys basketball, hunting, surfing, fishing, and wrestling. Thieriot lived in Occidental, California.

[edit] Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Jumper	Young David	filming
	Nancy Drew	Ned	post-production; scheduled for June 15
	The Astronaut Farmer	Shepard Farmer
2005	The Pacifier	Seth Plummer
2004	Catch That Kid	Gus