Joseph Mazzello
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Joseph Francis Mazzello III (born September 21, 1983) is an American actor who is best known for his roles as Tim Murphy in Jurassic Park
, Eugene Sledge
in the HBO miniseries The Pacific
, and Dustin Moskovitz
in The Social Network
.
, the son of Virginia (née Strong) and Joseph Mazzello, Jr., who owned a performing arts
school. He has one older sister, Mary Mazzello, and a younger brother, John Mazzello
, who have both appeared in films. Mazzello is an alumnus of Our Lady of Lourdes High School
and the University of Southern California
.
Mazzello's most notable roles were as Douglas Gresham
in Shadowlands
and Tim Murphy in Jurassic Park, both in 1993, Dexter in the 1995 film The Cure
, and "Sledgehammer" Eugene Sledge in the HBO miniseries The Pacific. In 2010, Mazzello played the part of Dustin Moskovitz
, one of the co-founders of Facebook
in the David Fincher
-directed movie, The Social Network.
Mazzello's directorial debut was made with the film Matters of Life and Death
in which he also stars; the cast includes David Strathairn
(with whom he has worked in The Sensation of Sight
, The River Wild
, and Simon Birch
), Daniel Gillies
and Rachael Leigh Cook
.
Jurassic Park (film)
Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. It stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Martin Ferrero, and Bob Peck...
, Eugene Sledge
Eugene Sledge
Eugene Bondurant Sledge was a United States Marine, university professor, and author. His 1981 memoir With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa chronicled his combat experiences during World War II and was subsequently used as source material for Ken Burns's PBS documentary, The War, as well as...
in the HBO miniseries The Pacific
The Pacific (miniseries)
The Pacific is a 2010 television series produced by HBO, Seven Network Australia, Sky Movies, Playtone and DreamWorks that premiered in the United States on March 14, 2010....
, and Dustin Moskovitz
Dustin Moskovitz
Dustin Moskovitz is an American internet entrepreneur who co-founded the social networking website Facebook along with Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin and Chris Hughes. Moskovitz owns a 6% share of Facebook. He is also a co-founder and the CEO of Asana. Moskovitz is Jewish...
in The Social Network
The Social Network
The Social Network is a 2010 American drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin. Adapted from Ben Mezrich's 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires, the film portrays the founding of social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits...
.
Life and career
Mazzello was born in Rhinebeck, New York, and raised in Hyde Park, New YorkHyde Park, New York
Hyde Park is a town located in the northwest part of Dutchess County, New York, United States, just north of the city of Poughkeepsie. The town is most famous for being the hometown of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt....
, the son of Virginia (née Strong) and Joseph Mazzello, Jr., who owned a performing arts
Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
school. He has one older sister, Mary Mazzello, and a younger brother, John Mazzello
John Mazzello
John Mazzello is an actor residing in Hyde Park, NY. He is the brother of Joseph Mazzello. He often plays a minor role in films, and is currently a teacher at Our Lady of Lourdes High School, teaching global history.-Filmography:*Simon Birch...
, who have both appeared in films. Mazzello is an alumnus of Our Lady of Lourdes High School
Our Lady of Lourdes High School
Our Lady of Lourdes High School is located in Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. The current principal is Father John M. Lagiovane. The school received accreditation from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in May 2004...
and the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
.
Mazzello's most notable roles were as Douglas Gresham
Douglas Gresham
Douglas Gresham is an American-born British biographer and film producer, resident in Malta, and one of the two stepsons of C. S. Lewis.- Personal life :...
in Shadowlands
Shadowlands (film)
Shadowlands is a 1993 British biographical film directed by Richard Attenborough. The screenplay by William Nicholson is based on his 1985 television production and 1989 stage adaptation of the same name. The original television film began life as a script entitled I Call it Joy written for Thames...
and Tim Murphy in Jurassic Park, both in 1993, Dexter in the 1995 film The Cure
The Cure (1995 film)
The Cure is a 1995 comedy-drama film starring Brad Renfro and Joseph Mazzello about two boys searching for the cure of AIDS, from which one of them is suffering...
, and "Sledgehammer" Eugene Sledge in the HBO miniseries The Pacific. In 2010, Mazzello played the part of Dustin Moskovitz
Dustin Moskovitz
Dustin Moskovitz is an American internet entrepreneur who co-founded the social networking website Facebook along with Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin and Chris Hughes. Moskovitz owns a 6% share of Facebook. He is also a co-founder and the CEO of Asana. Moskovitz is Jewish...
, one of the co-founders of Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
in the David Fincher
David Fincher
David Andrew Leo Fincher is an American film and music video director. Known for his dark and stylish thrillers, such as Seven , The Game , Fight Club , Panic Room , and Zodiac , Fincher received Academy Award nominations for Best Director for his 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and...
-directed movie, The Social Network.
Mazzello's directorial debut was made with the film Matters of Life and Death
Matters of Life and Death
Matters of Life and Death is a film about three siblings who lost their parents on 9/11. It is also Joseph Mazzello's directorial debut.- Story :On September 11, 2001, David Jennings lost his parents....
in which he also stars; the cast includes David Strathairn
David Strathairn
David Russell Strathairn is an American actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for portraying journalist Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck...
(with whom he has worked in The Sensation of Sight
The Sensation of Sight
The Sensation of Sight is a feature film produced by independent film company Either/Or Films. Shot in 2005 and completed in 2006, it was written and directed by Aaron Wiederspahn and stars David Strathairn, Ian Somerhalder, Daniel Gillies, Jane Adams, Ann Cusack, Elisabeth Waterston, Joseph...
, The River Wild
The River Wild
The River Wild is a 1994 thriller film directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly, and Joseph Mazzello...
, and Simon Birch
Simon Birch
Simon Birch is a 1998 American [drama] film loosely based on A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. It was directed and written for the screen by Mark Steven Johnson. The film stars Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt, and Jim Carrey. It omitted much of the latter half of...
), Daniel Gillies
Daniel Gillies
-Early life:Gillies was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to a pediatrician father. He was raised in New Zealand and went to Southwell School and the Hamilton Boys' High School.-Acting career:...
and Rachael Leigh Cook
Rachael Leigh Cook
Rachael Leigh Cook is an American actress, known for her role in the romantic comedy She's All That and her This is Your Brain on Drugs public service announcement.-Early life:...
.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | G.I. Joe: Retaliation G.I. Joe: Retaliation G.I. Joe: Retaliation is an upcoming science fiction action film directed by Jon Chu. It is a sequel to 2009's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.-Plot:... |
Mouse | |
| 2011 | Georgetown | Peter Brooks | |
| First Kiss | Derek | ||
| Allison | Joe | ||
| 2010 | The Social Network The Social Network The Social Network is a 2010 American drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin. Adapted from Ben Mezrich's 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires, the film portrays the founding of social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits... |
Dustin Moskovitz Dustin Moskovitz Dustin Moskovitz is an American internet entrepreneur who co-founded the social networking website Facebook along with Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin and Chris Hughes. Moskovitz owns a 6% share of Facebook. He is also a co-founder and the CEO of Asana. Moskovitz is Jewish... |
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| The Pacific The Pacific (miniseries) The Pacific is a 2010 television series produced by HBO, Seven Network Australia, Sky Movies, Playtone and DreamWorks that premiered in the United States on March 14, 2010.... |
Eugene B. Sledge | TV Series: 10 Episodes | |
| 2007 | Matters of Life and Death Matters of Life and Death Matters of Life and Death is a film about three siblings who lost their parents on 9/11. It is also Joseph Mazzello's directorial debut.- Story :On September 11, 2001, David Jennings lost his parents.... |
David Jennings | Also Writer/Director/Producer |
| 2006 | The Sensation of Sight The Sensation of Sight The Sensation of Sight is a feature film produced by independent film company Either/Or Films. Shot in 2005 and completed in 2006, it was written and directed by Aaron Wiederspahn and stars David Strathairn, Ian Somerhalder, Daniel Gillies, Jane Adams, Ann Cusack, Elisabeth Waterston, Joseph... |
Tripp | |
| 2004 | The Hollow | Scott | |
| Raising Helen Raising Helen Raising Helen is a 2004 American comedy-drama film directed by Garry Marshall and written by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler. It stars Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Joan Cusack, Hayden Panettiere, Spencer and his sister Abigail Breslin and Helen Mirren... |
Prom Date Peter | ||
| 2001 | Wooly Boys Wooly Boys Wooly Boys is a 2001 comedy film about sheep farmers set in the Badlands of North Dakota.-Plot:Grizzled North Dakota rancher Stoney heads to the big city to see his daughter and winds up bonding with the grandson he never knew in this heartwarming tale. Stoney's city-bred grandson, Charles ,... |
Charles | |
| 1998 | Simon Birch Simon Birch Simon Birch is a 1998 American [drama] film loosely based on A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. It was directed and written for the screen by Mark Steven Johnson. The film stars Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt, and Jim Carrey. It omitted much of the latter half of... |
Joe Wenteworth | |
| 1997 | Star Kid Star Kid Star Kid is a 1997 sci-fi/family film directed and written by Manny Coto. The film stars Joseph Mazzello, Richard Gilliland, and Corinne Bohrer.-Plot:... |
Spencer Griffith | |
| The Lost World: Jurassic Park The Lost World: Jurassic Park The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a 1997 science fiction thriller film, directed by Steven Spielberg. The film was produced by Bonnie Curtis, Kathleen Kennedy, Gerald R. Molen and Colin Wilson... |
Tim Murphy Tim Murphy Timothy John Murphy is a former politician and was the chief of staff of the Canadian Prime Minister's Office under Paul Martin's government.-Background:... |
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| 1995 | Three Wishes Three Wishes (film) Three Wishes is a 1995 drama-fantasy film directed by Martha Coolidge and starring Patrick Swayze, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Joseph Mazzello.-Plot:... |
Tom Holman | |
| The Cure The Cure (1995 film) The Cure is a 1995 comedy-drama film starring Brad Renfro and Joseph Mazzello about two boys searching for the cure of AIDS, from which one of them is suffering... |
Dexter | ||
| High Lonesome : A Father For Charlie | Charlie | ||
| 1994 | The River Wild The River Wild The River Wild is a 1994 thriller film directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly, and Joseph Mazzello... |
Roarke Hartman | |
| 1993 | Jurassic Park Jurassic Park (film) Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. It stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Martin Ferrero, and Bob Peck... |
Tim Murphy | |
| Shadowlands Shadowlands (film) Shadowlands is a 1993 British biographical film directed by Richard Attenborough. The screenplay by William Nicholson is based on his 1985 television production and 1989 stage adaptation of the same name. The original television film began life as a script entitled I Call it Joy written for Thames... |
Douglas Gresham Douglas Gresham Douglas Gresham is an American-born British biographer and film producer, resident in Malta, and one of the two stepsons of C. S. Lewis.- Personal life :... |
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| 1992 | Jersey Girl | Jason | |
| Radio Flyer Radio Flyer (film) Radio Flyer is a 1992 drama-fantasy film from Columbia Pictures. It is a Stonebridge Entertainment Production in association with Donner/Shuler-Donner Productions .... |
Bobby | ||
| 1991 | Presumed Innocent Presumed Innocent (film) Presumed Innocent is a 1990 film adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name by Scott Turow, which tells the story of a prosecutor charged with the murder of his female colleague and mistress.... |
Wendell McGaffney | |
| 1990 | Unspeakable Acts | Jason Harrison |