Maxwell Caulfield

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Maxwell Caulfield (2010)

Maxwell Caulfield (born November 23, 1959 in Glasgow , Scotland ) is a British actor .

Life

Maxwell 's American stepfather , an instructor for US Marines in Parris Island , kicked him out of the house when he was 15 years old. He moved to the United States, got a green card and found work as a dancer before making his New York stage debut in the title role of Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr. Sloane .

His Broadway - debut he had in JB Priestley's An Inspector Calls in addition Siân Phillips .

In 1982 he got the lead role in the musical Grease 2 alongside Michelle Pfeiffer . The film was not a box-office hit at the time, but has since achieved something of cult status and has enjoyed success both as a commercial video / DVD and on television broadcasts. Caulfield is best known - alongside Grease 2 - for his role as Miles Colby in the Denver Clan offshoot Das Imperium - The Colbys . In 1984 he appeared in the film Electric Dreams , in 1997 in Real Blonde .

He also had a guest appearance on Beverly Hills' first episode , 90210 , as an older man who took an interest in Shannen Doherty until he found out how young she is. In the 1995 film Empire Records , he played Rex Manning , a seedy rock star . In 2000 he played in two episodes of the dramatic agent series Nikita the role of Helmut Volker , who is interested in the female title character, played by Peta Wilson . In 2006 he appeared in the docudrama The Big One .

At 21, Caulfield married his fellow actor Juliet Mills in 1980 , who is 18 years his senior, and became the stepfather of their daughter, Melissa Miklenda. Caulfield and Mills live in Santa Barbara , California .

Filmography (selection)

Movies

TV Shows

Awards

The Bravo readers voted Maxwell Caulfield the 1982 Bravo Otto winner in the male movie stars category (ahead of Adriano Celentano and Arnold Schwarzenegger ).

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personal data
SURNAME Caulfield, Maxwell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow , Scotland