Max Casella

Birthplace: Washington, DC
Birthday: June 6, 1967

A baby-faced character actor, almost invariably cast in teenaged roles, Max Casella is perhaps best known as the wisecracking, sexually frustrated, Runyonesque sidekick to Neil Patrick Harris on the ABC comedy series about a pubescent physician, "Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989-93). The stage-trained actor was raised in the Boston area and made his professional acting debut in a local production of "Cyrano de Bergerac" in 1981. After achieving prominence as a TV player, Casella segued to movies with a supporting turn as the wisecracking Racetrack in…more

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Doogie Howser, M.D.
Vinnie Delpino
Freak Talks About Sex
Freak s High School Friend
Maverick Square
Windrunner
Denny LeBlanc

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Career Milestones

2001 to 0000
Joined the cast of the HBO drama "The Sopranos," playing Benny Fazio
2000
Cast as Marcellus in the Broadway revival of "The Music Man"
2000
Voiced the lemur sidekick Zini in Disney's "Dinosaur"
1999
Co-starred as Steve Zahn's buddy in the comedy "Freak Talks About Sex"
1999
Had featured role in "Analyze This"