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My Take
Max Greenfield will always be Schmidt to me, the gloriously self-absorbed roommate on New Girl whose every line landed somewhere between cringe and charm. That role earned him Emmy and Golden Globe nominations, and it is still the performance I associate with him most. What I appreciate is how he kept working steadily afterward, anchoring The Neighborhood on CBS for years as the well-meaning dad next door. A Wisconsin-Madison graduate from suburban New York, he has quietly built a career on likable comic specificity, and I find his consistency more impressive than any single flashy turn.
Overview
Max Greenfield (born September 4, 1979) is an American actor and author. He appeared in recurring roles in Veronica Mars and Ugly Betty. He co-starred as Schmidt in the Fox sitcom New Girl, for which he received nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, and the Critics' Choice Television Awards. From 2018 to 2026, Greenfield portrayed Dave Johnson in the CBS sitcom The Neighborhood.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Max Greenfield
- Name (Japanese)
- マックス・グリーンフィールド
- Reading
- まっくす・ぐりーんふぃーるど
- Born
- September 4, 1979 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Goat
- Origin
- Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / screenwriter / director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.