Joseph Mazzello

Joseph Mazzello is one of those rare actors who successfully made the leap from adorable child star to genuinely compelling adult performer, and I find that kind of career arc fascinating. I grew up watching him get chased by dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, but the moment that really locked in my respect for him was The Pacific — his portrayal of Eugene Sledge in that HBO miniseries was raw, haunted, and completely unforgettable. Then he quietly slipped into The Social Network as Dustin Moskovitz and held his own against Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield, which is no small feat. And his take on John Deacon in Bohemian Rhapsody was charming and understated in exactly the right way. He consistently chooses real, substantial roles over vanity projects, and that speaks volumes about what kind of actor he actually wants to be.

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Name (English)

Joseph Mazzello

Name (Japanese)

ジョゼフ・マゼロ

Reading

じょぜふ・まぜろ

Born

September 21, 1983 (age 43)

Origin

Rhinebeck, New York, United States

Occupation

actor / screenwriter / film producer / television actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Boar

High school

Our Lady of Lourdes High School

University

University of Southern California

• Official sitehttp://www.josephmazzello.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/joe_mazello/
• Xhttps://x.com/MazzelloJoe
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Mazzello
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%BC%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%BC%E3%83%AD
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447872

Tags

• New York
• actor
• screenwriter
• film producer

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.