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imdb Bio
January 1, 1985
Hampstead, London, England, UK
5'9
Son of Academy Award-winning director Anthony Minghella and choreographer Carolyn Choa.
Currently attending Columbia University
Trained with the National Youth Theater in London.
Filmography
Art School Confidential (2006)
Max plays the part of Jerome.
Syriana (2005)
Max plays Robby Barnes, son of Bob Barnes (George Clooney's son).
Bee Season (2005)
Max plays Aaron Naumann.
(usaweekend.com)
The Max Factor
Actor Max Minghella reveals what it's like to make your way as the son of a famous movie director.
AT JUST 20, Max Minghella is one well-connected guy. Yes, as the son of Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella ("The English Patient"), he has grown up on movie sets. But it takes more than a flashy pedigree to become the buddy of Jake Gyllenhaal, the protégé of Matt Damon and the guy Natalie Portman would date -- if she were into "younger men." (She's all of 24.) As the charismatic, curly-haired Minghella plays George Clooney's son in "Syriana," which opens Wednesday in select cities, we catch him on a break from classes in theater and sociology at New York's Columbia University. He offers this take on what's ina name.
MAKING HIS OWN WAY. Before this year, Minghella's on-screen career was limited to seconds as an extra in his dad's movies. "In 'Cold Mountain,'" he says, "I shot a gun for one of the sides of the Civil War, I think." He breaks that mold this month, playing Richard Gere's malcontent son in "Bee Season," about a family shaken when the daughter becomes a spelling bee champ. But Minghella has been trying for larger gigs for several years. "With a famous name," he says, "you have to work that much harder to get the part."
WHY CLOONEY IS A GEEK. In "Syriana," an ensemble "Traffic"-style drama about the global oil industry, Minghella plays another neglected offspring, this time of Clooney, a CIA informant. "He's not the kind of actor who's in his trailer all day. He hangs and jokes," Minghella says. "And we're both movie geeks. We talked camera techniques over dinner."
HAVING THAT DAD. An only child (he has an older half-sister), Minghella grew up in North London's posh Hampstead with his dad, who often was away on movie shoots, and his mom, Chinese choreographer Carolyn Choa. "I was alone more than most kids," he says. When Dad was home, "we would sit together at the piano, and he would play Cat Stevens and the Talking Heads."
BEST ACTOR GIFT. When Minghella was 13, Matt Damon, then 28, gave him a Super 8 video camera on the Italian set of his father's "The Talented Mr. Ripley." Minghella used it to mimic scenes his father was filming. "Matt is someone I learned from," he says. "He tries to live an ordinary life." Minghella is wary of celebrity. "If you're with Jude [Law] in London, you get chased by 20 photographers. I'll never be that kind of actor."
COLLEGE DAYS. Instead of partying to make the "New York Daily News" gossip pages, Minghella stays low-key. "I'm living in the dorms," he says resignedly. "It's depressing -- I'm older than my RA." He admits acting takes priority: "If ['Boogie Nights' director] P.T. Anderson calls tomorrow, I'm not going to say, 'Sorry, buddy, but I've got sociology class.' "
THE INNER POSSE. Minghella is close with Gyllenhaal and Portman, and he's friendly with tabloid favorite Law. But the young actor hopes to keep his personal life quiet. "I am a healthy young man. I'll leave it at that," he says when asked about his relationship status. Of course, if he wants a girlfriend, there's always Portman. "Max is extraordinarily handsome," the actress tells us. "If I ever go Demi, I'd beg him to be my younger man."
(pictures at fan-sites.org/max)
imdb Bio
January 1, 1985
Hampstead, London, England, UK
5'9
Son of Academy Award-winning director Anthony Minghella and choreographer Carolyn Choa.
Currently attending Columbia University
Trained with the National Youth Theater in London.
Filmography
Art School Confidential (2006)
Max plays the part of Jerome.
Syriana (2005)
Max plays Robby Barnes, son of Bob Barnes (George Clooney's son).
Bee Season (2005)
Max plays Aaron Naumann.
(usaweekend.com)
The Max Factor
Actor Max Minghella reveals what it's like to make your way as the son of a famous movie director.
AT JUST 20, Max Minghella is one well-connected guy. Yes, as the son of Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella ("The English Patient"), he has grown up on movie sets. But it takes more than a flashy pedigree to become the buddy of Jake Gyllenhaal, the protégé of Matt Damon and the guy Natalie Portman would date -- if she were into "younger men." (She's all of 24.) As the charismatic, curly-haired Minghella plays George Clooney's son in "Syriana," which opens Wednesday in select cities, we catch him on a break from classes in theater and sociology at New York's Columbia University. He offers this take on what's ina name.
MAKING HIS OWN WAY. Before this year, Minghella's on-screen career was limited to seconds as an extra in his dad's movies. "In 'Cold Mountain,'" he says, "I shot a gun for one of the sides of the Civil War, I think." He breaks that mold this month, playing Richard Gere's malcontent son in "Bee Season," about a family shaken when the daughter becomes a spelling bee champ. But Minghella has been trying for larger gigs for several years. "With a famous name," he says, "you have to work that much harder to get the part."
WHY CLOONEY IS A GEEK. In "Syriana," an ensemble "Traffic"-style drama about the global oil industry, Minghella plays another neglected offspring, this time of Clooney, a CIA informant. "He's not the kind of actor who's in his trailer all day. He hangs and jokes," Minghella says. "And we're both movie geeks. We talked camera techniques over dinner."
HAVING THAT DAD. An only child (he has an older half-sister), Minghella grew up in North London's posh Hampstead with his dad, who often was away on movie shoots, and his mom, Chinese choreographer Carolyn Choa. "I was alone more than most kids," he says. When Dad was home, "we would sit together at the piano, and he would play Cat Stevens and the Talking Heads."
BEST ACTOR GIFT. When Minghella was 13, Matt Damon, then 28, gave him a Super 8 video camera on the Italian set of his father's "The Talented Mr. Ripley." Minghella used it to mimic scenes his father was filming. "Matt is someone I learned from," he says. "He tries to live an ordinary life." Minghella is wary of celebrity. "If you're with Jude [Law] in London, you get chased by 20 photographers. I'll never be that kind of actor."
COLLEGE DAYS. Instead of partying to make the "New York Daily News" gossip pages, Minghella stays low-key. "I'm living in the dorms," he says resignedly. "It's depressing -- I'm older than my RA." He admits acting takes priority: "If ['Boogie Nights' director] P.T. Anderson calls tomorrow, I'm not going to say, 'Sorry, buddy, but I've got sociology class.' "
THE INNER POSSE. Minghella is close with Gyllenhaal and Portman, and he's friendly with tabloid favorite Law. But the young actor hopes to keep his personal life quiet. "I am a healthy young man. I'll leave it at that," he says when asked about his relationship status. Of course, if he wants a girlfriend, there's always Portman. "Max is extraordinarily handsome," the actress tells us. "If I ever go Demi, I'd beg him to be my younger man."
(pictures at fan-sites.org/max)
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, Minghella may just be coming into his own. This time out, Minghella plays the central character, Jerome, an art school student who finds fame for all the wrong reasons. As all of Zwigoff's films are quite colorful, this one which also stars John Malkovich and Anjelica Huston, does not appear to disappoint.
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