Maxwell Caulfield Biography

Fast Facts

• After working as an exotic dancer at London's Windmill Theatre, received an Equity card enabling him to work as an actor and got his green card through his stepfather, taking his stage surname Caulfield and in 1980 married actress Juliet Mills
• Born in Duffield, Derbyshire in Derby, England, first appeared at the age of seven in the 1967 film "Accident" and started working as an exotic dancer at London's Windmill Theatre after his stepfather kicked him out of the house at 15
• Quote: "Before 'Grease 2' came out I was being hailed as the next Richard Gere or John Travolta․ But when 'Grease 2' flopped nobody would touch me․ It felt like a bucket of cold water had been thrown in my face․"
• Contributed vocals for the song "Say No More (Mon Amore)" in the 1995 coming-of-age comedy "Empire Records," starring Anthony LaPaglia, Renee Zellweger and Liv Tyler
• His theatrical work is extensive, appearing in many stage productions such as "Class Enemy," which won him a Theatre World Award in 1979, "Hitting Town," "Entertaining Mr․ Sloane" and "An Inspector Calls․"
• Made a name for himself on the New York stage by making nude appearances, once performing a role uncovered for forty minutes with Academy Award-winning actress Jessica Tandy
• Voice works includes Alistair Smythe in Stan Lee's "Spider-Man: The Animated Series" and James Bond for the 2002 video game "007: Nighfire," also narrating audio books such as "Anonymous Rex" by Eric Garcia and "Sebastian Darke" by Philip Caveney