Full Name Maxwell Records Years active 2006–present | Occupation Actor Siblings Sam Records | |
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Born June 18, 1997 (age 19) ( 1997-06-18 ) Syracuse, New York,United States Parents Shawn Records, Jenny Fleenor Nominations British Independent Film Award for Best Actor, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer Movies Where the Wild Things Are, I Am Not a Serial Killer, The Sitter, BlinkyTM, The Brothers Bloom Similar Billy O'Brien, Laura Fraser, Karl Geary, Spike Jonze, Maurice Sendak | ||
I am not a serial killer interview with director billy o brien actor max records
Max Records (born June 18, 1997) is an American actor. He is most notable for his roles as Max in the film Where the Wild Things Are, for which he won the 2009 Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film, and as Slater Pedulla in The Sitter. He has also appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show.
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- I am not a serial killer interview with director billy o brien actor max records
- Scannain talks i am not a serial killer with max records and billy o brien
- Personal life
- Career
- References
Scannain talks i am not a serial killer with max records and billy o brien
Personal life
Records was born in Syracuse, New York, the son of Shawn Records, a photographer, and Jenny, a Librarian. He moved to Portland, Oregon at a very young age and attended Metropolitan Learning Center for most of his schooling. He has a younger brother named Sam.
Career
Records first became famous for the main role in Where the Wild Things Are when he was hired personally by Spike Jonze. Records's father, who is a photographer, was asked to send the company information of actors fitting a certain description, Max happened to fit it so his information was also provided.
Before being cast in Where the Wild Things Are, Records starred in a music video for the band Death Cab for Cutie.
After Where the Wild Things Are, his most notable roles are Young Stephen in The Brothers Bloom and Slater Pedula in The Sitter.
Records co-stars with Christopher Lloyd as John Wayne Cleaver in the film, I Am Not a Serial Killer, shot in 2015 and released in early 2016. Rolling Stone described the role as "a homicidal Midwestern teen who has to kill a mass murderer in order to stop becoming one himself".