Maxton
Gig Beesley, Jr. (Max) is born in 1971 in Burnage, and is the son of British
jazz drummer Maxton Beesley and jazz singer Chris Marlowe. His parents separated
when young Max was only 18 months, but his father stayed living near, so he
could go to see him whenever he wanted to. His mum died some years ago because
of a tragical accident in the hospital.
Max has a stepbrother Jason
Milligan, who he is really close to.
When Max was three, his father gave
him a pair of drumsticks. At 11, five music schools had offered him
scholarships. He chose to go to nearby Chetham's as a choral scholar and at 17
went to Guildhall School of Music and Drama to study piano and percussion. But
within months The Style Council offered him a job on their tour as a session
musician. He got an ulcer after a year on the road, but by his early twenties
was earning up to pounds 5,000 a week. His career took an abrupt twist when he
became an actor at the age of 23. He had just played at the MTV awards for
George Michael when he watched Robert De Niro in Raging Bull. He was so
impressed that he decided to become an actor too.
He went to New York and
signed up with a method acting coach. A year later he landed the starring role
in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. Critics and audiences labelled his
performance as Tom Jones in the television mini-series as charming, sexy and
charismatic. It was enough to keep him out of unemployment as he was soon
offered jobs on feature films like The Match, Five Seconds to Spare, and Kill Me
Later.
In 2001 he landed his first big budget starring role alongside
singing sensation Mariah Carey in Glitter. Unfortunately this film got
horrendously panned. He then had several other film-projects and was on tour
with Robbie Williams in 2003 as he is a really talented percussionist and
keyboarder as well.
Max did also the BBC Drama "Bodies" in 2004. This series
was a really big success in England and it will be on BBC with a second series
and a 90-minutes special "show-down".
His recent projets is the second season
of "Hotel Babylon". The first season has been aired in 2006 and will be
continued in 2007 again.
For knowing more about his films, klick here ;)
