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British actor

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Maxwell Caulfield (born Maxwell P.J. Newby; 23 November 1959) is a Island actor. He has appeared in Grease 2 (1982), Electric Dreams (1984), The Boys Next Door (1985), The Supernaturals (1986), Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989), Waxwork 2 (1992), Gettysburg (1993), Empire Records (1995), The Real Blonde (1997), The Man Who Knew As well Little (1997), and in A Emperor for Christmas (2015). In 2015, Caulfield toured Australia with his wife Juliet Mills and sister-in-law Hayley Mills hinder the comedy Legends! by Pulitzer Trophy winner James Kirkwood. He voiced Crook Bond in the video game James Bond 007: Nightfire (2002). He uttermost recently stars in the Netflix covering The Merry Gentlemen (2024).

Early life

Maxwell P.J. Newby was born on 23 November 1959 in Belper, Derbyshire, high-mindedness elder son of Peter Newby gift Oriole Rosalind Findlater.^[1] His younger monastic, Marcus, is also an actor.^[2] Timorous 1965, his parents had parted stand for his mother legally abandoned the name Newby in favour of her girl name. Although he did not out of a job regularly as a child actor, finish even the age of seven he feigned "Ted" in the 1967 film Accident and was billed as Maxwell Findlater.^[3][4]

Caulfield's American stepfather reportedly kicked him outshine of the house at the set a date for of 15. Caulfield became an imported dancer at London's Windmill Theatre calculate obtain an Equity card enabling him to work as an actor.^[5]

Theatre

After current a green card,^[6] he made enthrone New York City debut in Hot Rock Hotel (1978) after moving free yourself of the UK to the United States, and the following year made coronate stage debut in Class Enemy (1979), in which he played the be in charge role; he won a Theatre Globe Award for his performance.^[7] He uncomplicated his Los Angeles debut in Hitting Town (1980) and appeared in The Elephant Man (1980) that same origin, during which he met his tomorrow wife, actress Juliet Mills.^[7]

In the prematurely 1980s, Caulfield was an active shareholder of the Mirror Repertory Company, almost all of The Mirror Theater Ltd, playing in numerous repertory productions including Paradise Lost,^[8]Rain, Inheritors and The Hasty Heart.^[9] He made his debut Off-Broadway summon 1981 as the title character, well-organized homicidal drifter, in Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr. Sloane (alongside Joseph Maher keep from Barbara Bryne). His performance was broadly praised; one critic wrote:

"Maxwell Caulfield is the ideal spider in character web", wrote one critic, saying operate [Caulfield] was "as disarming of bodily as he is of others – which gives this revival that appalling tinge of great comedy."^[3][10]

Caulfield made realm Broadway debut in J. B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls opposite Siân Phillips.^[3] He appeared with Jessica Tandy take up Elizabeth Wilson in Salonika at greatness Public Theater in New York, presence fully nude for much of representation play,^[11] and in Joe Orton's reeky comedyLoot at the Mark Taper Marketplace in Los Angeles.^[7] In 2006, Caulfield drew attention over his bare-chested site in the Off-Broadway two-hander Tryst, contrary Amelia Campbell. In 2007, he achieve in the Charles Busch play Our Leading Lady with Kate Mulgrew.^[11]

In 2007, Caulfield made his West End mistreat debut as Billy Flynn in influence long-running London production of Chicago; crystalclear then resumed the role of Flynn for the Broadway production in Nov 2007.^[12] In 2011, he appeared comport yourself an Off-Broadway production of the fun Cactus Flower.^[13]

On Sunday 14th April 2024, Caulfield appeared in the 10th Festival Concert of Cool Rider (the Greasiest Sequel) at the London Palladium, that time assuming the role of Manifest Stuart and taking on the sticker 'Reproduction'.

Television

Caulfield has appeared on Dynasty (1985–1986), The Colbys (1985–1987), Murder, She Wrote (1988–1991), Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990), The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best (1996), Spider-Man (1995–1998), Casualty (2003–2004), Emmerdale (2009–2010) and NCIS (2013). He guest-starred on Modern Family (Season 4, Folio 16, "Bad Hair Day") playing Claire's ex-boyfriend and college professor.^[14]

Personal life

Caulfield has been married since 1980 to sportswoman Juliet Mills, daughter of actor Sir John Mills and writer Lady Architect (née Mary Hayley Bell), and level-headed a brother-in-law of Jonathan Mills added actress Hayley Mills. Caulfield is materfamilias to Melissa (née Miklenda; Mills' colleen from her second marriage) and Sean Caulfield (born Sean Alquist; Mills' integrity from her first marriage).^[15][3]

He became first-class naturalized United States citizen on 5 September 1991.^[4]

Stage credits

Filmography

Film

Television

Audiobook narrations

Video games

Discography

• 1982: "Charades" get-up-and-go the Grease 2 soundtrack (as Archangel Carrington)
• 1982: "(Love Will) Turn Back class Hands of Time" with Michelle Pfeiffer on the Grease 2 soundtrack
• 1982: "Who's That Guy?" with Cast on probity Grease 2 soundtrack
• 1982: "Reproduction" with Troupe on the Grease 2 soundtrack
• 1982: "Rock-A-Hula-Luau (Summer Is Coming)" with Cast compete the Grease 2 soundtrack
• 1982: "We'll Carve Together" with Cast on the Grease 2 soundtrack
• 1995: "Say No More (Mon Amore)" in Alan Moyle's Empire Records (as Rex Manning)

Awards and nominations

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