
Max Greenfield
Biography
Max Greenfield (born September 4, 1979) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Dave Johnson on the CBS sitcom The Neighborhood, and as Schmidt on the Fox sitcom New Girl, the latter for which he received nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, and the Critics' Choice Television Awards. His films include Promising Young Woman, What Men Want, The Glass Castle, The Big Short, About Alex, and They Came Together.
He had recurring roles on Veronica Mars, American Crime Story, American Horror Story, The Mindy Project, Raising the Bar, Ugly Betty, Greek, and Modern Men. He also guest starred on a number of TV shows.
He has voiced characters on Hoops, Bob's Burgers, Bojack Horseman, and Robot Chicken.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Long Story Short as Yoshi (voice)
2025Running Point as Lev Levy
2025Hollywood Squares as Self
2024A Man on the Inside as Jack Berenger
2024Unfrosted as Rick Ludwin
2024Hot Ones Versus as Self
2024After Midnight as Self
2023First Time Female Director as Robbie
2022Pickled as Self
2022Celebrity Jeopardy! as Self
2022The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
2022The Valet as Vincent Royce
2021Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. as Dr. Arthur Goldstein
2021American Horror Stories as Bryce Taylor
2020Promising Young Woman as Joe
2020Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite as Roger the Dog (voice)
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019What Men Want as Kevin Myrtle
2018Busy Tonight as Self - Guest
2018The Oath as Dan
2018The Neighborhood as Dave Johnson
2018A Futile and Stupid Gesture as Chris Miller
2017I'm Not Here as Dad
2017No Activity as Cotric
2017Will & Grace as Eli Wolff
2017The Glass Castle as David
2017Shot Caller as Tom
2017All Hail King Julien: Exiled as Kipper (voice)
2017A Series of Unfortunate Events as Frank Denouement / Ernest Denouement / Dewey Denouement
2016Match Game as Self - Panelist
2016Ice Age: Collision Course as Roger (voice)
2016Chelsea as Self - Guest
2016American Crime Story as Ronnie
2015The Big Short as Mortgage Broker
2015Hello, My Name Is Doris as John Fremont
2015Celebrity Family Feud as Self
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
2014All Hail King Julien as Kipper (voice)
2014BoJack Horseman as Maximillian Banks (voice)
2014About Alex as Josh
2014They Came Together as Jake
2014Veronica Mars as Leo D'Amato
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2013Hollywood Game Night as Self
2013Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World as Max Greenfield
2012The Mindy Project as Lee
2012Good Mythical Morning as Self
2011American Horror Story as Gabriel
2011The Indestructible Jimmy Brown as Jimmy Brown
2011New Girl as Schmidt
2011Happy Endings as Ian
2011The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down as Joey
2011Bob's Burgers as Boo Boo (voice)
2010Conan as Self
2010Hot in Cleveland as Steve
2010Hot in Cleveland as Doug
2009Melrose Place as Mickey Richards
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009Castle as David Nicolaides
2008Kath & Kim as Bar Fight Guy
2008Raising the Bar as David Steinberg
2007Life as Bradley Sloane
2007Greek as Michael
2006Ugly Betty as Nick Pepper
2006When Do We Eat? as Ethan
2006Modern Men as Kyle Brewster
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2004Veronica Mars as Leo D'Amato
2004Cross Bronx as Ike Green
2003The O.C. as Young Sandy Cohen
2000Boston Public as Sean Tallen
2000Gilmore Girls as Lucas
1989The Simpsons as Schultz (voice)
—Let's Have Kids! as Brian
—Don't Say Good Luck









