1. Max Casella was born on Maximilian Deitch; June 6,1967 and is an American actor.
15 Facts About Max Casella
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Max Casella's father is Jewish and his mother is of Italian descent.
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Max Casella grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts and attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, where his classmates included Traci Bingham, Ben Affleck, and Matt Damon.
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Max Casella has growth hormone deficiency, which accounted for his ability to play characters much younger than his actual age.
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Max Casella did not go through puberty until the age of 27 after medical intervention.
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Max Casella then had to completely reinvent himself as an actor.
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In 1992, Max Casella played Racetrack Higgins in Newsies, which was based upon true events in the 1899 newsboys strike against Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst.
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Max Casella appeared in WindRunner: A Spirited Journey, starring Margot Kidder and Russell Means as Jim Thorpe's ghost.
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In 1997, Max Casella played Timon in the original Broadway production of The Lion King; a performance for which he was awarded a Theatre World Award and received a Drama Desk Award nomination.
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Max Casella joined the cast of the HBO series The Sopranos during its third season, as Benny Fazio.
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Max Casella voiced Tip in The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, Zini in the CGI film Dinosaur and the titular character in ABC's Cro.
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In 2008, Max Casella played Mack Steiner in Leatherheads and Dennis, one of the main characters in Scaring the Fish.
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Max Casella played Leo D'Alessio in season one of the HBO series Boardwalk Empire.
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Since 2022, Max Casella has portrayed Armand Truisi on the Paramount+ series Tulsa King.
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Max Casella married Leona Robbins in 2002, and has two daughters, Mia and Gioia.