14 Facts About Joseph Mazzello

Joseph Francis Mazzello III was born on September 21,1983 and is an American actor.

Joseph Mazzello is best known for his roles as Tim Murphy in Jurassic Park, Roarke Hartman in The River Wild, Eugene Sledge in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, Dustin Moskovitz in The Social Network, and Queen bass player John Deacon in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.

Joseph Mazzello is an alumnus of the University of Southern California, entering the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2001 following a recommendation letter from director Steven Spielberg.

Joseph Mazzello paid for school with his salary from a small appearance in The Lost World: Jurassic Park, something the actor jokingly referred to as his graduation present from Spielberg.

Joseph Mazzello's first film appearance was a small role in 1990s Presumed Innocent, starring Harrison Ford.

Joseph Mazzello then went on to appear in Radio Flyer, Jersey Girl and the TV film Desperate Choices: To Save My Child in 1992.

In 1993, Joseph Mazzello got his first big breakthrough when he portrayed Tim Murphy in Steven Spielbergs Jurassic Park.

Joseph Mazzello continued his film career with lead roles in Star Kid in 1997, and in Simon Birch with Ian Michael Smith in 1998.

Joseph Mazzello provided voice-over work in the English dub of The Adventures of Buratino.

Joseph Mazzello then appeared on CBS hit shows CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Without a Trace.

Joseph Mazzello made his directorial debut with the short film Matters of Life and Death.

In 2010, Joseph Mazzello played Dustin Moskovitz, one of the co-founders of Facebook, in the David Fincher-directed film The Social Network.

Joseph Mazzello's performance was well-received by critics and he and the cast were nominated for several awards.

In 2018, Joseph Mazzello portrayed John Deacon in the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, reuniting with his co-star from The Pacific, Rami Malek.