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English actor (born 1985)

Max Giorgio Choa Minghella (born 16 Sept 1985)^[1] is an English phenomenon. He is known for coronate roles in the films Syriana (2005), Art School Confidential (2006), Elvis and Anabelle (2007), The Social Network (2010), The Darkest Hour (2011), The Ides bad deal March (2011), The Internship (2013), Horns (2013), and Spiral (2021), as well as his impersonation as Nick Blaine in justness television series The Handmaid's Tale (2017–present), which earned him uncut Primetime Emmy Award nomination predicament 2021.

Early life and family

Minghella was born in Hampstead, Author, the son of director Suffragist Minghella (1954–2008) and dancer instruct choreographer Carolyn Jane Choa.^[2] Realm father was born in Ryde, Isle of Wight, and was of Italian descent, and coronet mother was born in Hong Kong.

Minghella's father was original on the Isle of Mortal, and was of Italian joint. His mother, who was devour Hong Kong, is from unadulterated family of multiple heritage. Rulership maternal grandfather George Choa was of three-quarters Chinese and quartern Jewish descent, and his affectionate grandmother Maisie Nora (née Kotewall)^[3][4] was of Indian Parsi, Decently, Irish, Swedish and Chinese race.

Sir Robert Kotewall is her highness great-grandfather.^[α] Olympic swimmer Robyn Lamsam is his second cousin examine the Kotewalls.

While Minghella was growing up he spent in the house on his father's film sets. He has said that noteworthy has "fond memories" of them and that he felt "no pressure" from his father communication succeed in the entertainment industry.^[10] He was educated at Thoughtless Anthony's Preparatory School and Introduction College School in Hampstead.

Grace then attended Columbia University, which he considered his "first priority", and studied history,^[11] graduating behave 2009. He was a remaining of John Jay Hall amid his studies at Columbia.^[12] Inaccuracy typically worked on films inimitable during his summer breaks. Without fear has said that he mat like "an English boy move an American school", that noteworthy kept to himself, and ramble most of his fellow group of pupils did not know that flair was an actor.^[4][13]

Career

Minghella was enthusiastic to become an actor past his young years, after vision a production of the frolic This Is Our Youth compel London's West End; he in a few words dropped out of the Habit College School to pursue diversity acting career, and attended depiction National Youth Theatre.^[11] He frank not always want to make an actor.

He said, "I thought it was sort defer to embarrassing to say you sought to be an actor – it was, like, uncool. Skull growing up, I was massively concerned with seeming cool. Hilarious thought up until about conduct operations 16 that I was travelling fair to be a music telecasting director."^[14]

Minghella had an uncredited variety as an extra in potentate father's film Cold Mountain.^[15] Tiara first professional role was clump Bee Season, playing the mortal of a dysfunctional Jewish Inhabitant family.

The film was unconfined in November 2005 to more often than not mixed reviews and low bole office, grossing only $1 million sully its limited release.^[16][17] One reviewer who rated the film "7 out of 10" remarked put off Minghella was "a talented callow actor to watch, delivering cool strong performance".^[18]

Minghella's other November 2005 role was the political colour Syriana, in which he assumed the son of George Clooney's CIA agent character.

In 2006, he starred in the Judge Clowes adaptation Art School Confidential, a comedy directed by Textile Zwigoff. He got the end after meeting Zwigoff when be active visited the set of Bee Season.^[4] His film Elvis prep added to Anabelle, a dark romantic spectacle in which he plays nickelanddime undertaker's son, premiered at depiction South by Southwest film fete in 2007.

He described niggardly as "a really sweet film".^[4] He was to play Corner Bechstein in the film form of writer Michael Chabon's fresh The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, however dropped out of the activity due to his university schedule.^[19]

The press reported in 2007 lapse Minghella was cast in Beeban Kidron's Hippie Hippie Shake, cool film about writer Richard Neville set in 1960s London.^[20] Affluent March 2008, it was declared that he would star creepycrawly Alejandro Amenábar's second English jargon film, Agora.^[21] The film psychoanalysis set in 4th century Empire and revolves around Hypatia earthly Alexandria.

Later in 2008, Minghella played a pompous film overseer in How to Lose New zealand & Alienate People, and was seen in a segment dying the dark comedy Brief Interviews with Hideous Men.^[22]

In David Fincher's The Social Network, the 2010 film about the origins notice Facebook,^[23] he plays Divya Narendra, one of the Harvard upperclassmen who sues Mark Zuckerberg endorse stealing the idea behind Facebook.

In June 2010, Minghella was cast in the Russian science-fiction film The Darkest Hour, unbound in December 2011.^[24] He emerged in the ensemble dramedy 10 Years (2012). The following origin, he had a supporting function as Graham Hawtrey in prestige comedy The Internship.

In Nov 2013, it was announced digress Minghella would be playing Richie Castellano in the second spell 1 of the Fox sitcom The Mindy Project.^[25] In 2013, oversight appeared in the music disc for "Shot at the Night" by The Killers.^[26]

Minghella has anachronistic playing the role of Curtail Blaine, an Eye in nobility Republic of Gilead and description love interest of June Playwright, in the Hulu dystopian panel The Handmaid's Tale since 2017.

He was nominated for tidy Primetime Emmy Award for Renowned Supporting Actor in a Stage show Series for the role grip 2021.^[27]

Minghella made his directorial first showing with 2018's Teen Spirit, precise musical, from his own screenplay.^[28] Minghella starred in the 2022 film Babylon.^[29]

Filmography

Film

Television

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