Max Greenfield (born September 4, 1979) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Dave Johnson on the CBS sitcom The Neighborhood, and as Schmidt on the Fox sitcom New Girl, the latter for which he received nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, and the Critics' Choice Television Awards. His films include Promising Young Woman, What Men Want, The Glass Castle, The Big Short, About Alex, and They Came Together. He had recurring roles on Veronica Mars, American Crime Story, American Horror Story, The Mindy Project, Raising the Bar, Ugly Betty, Greek, and Modern Men. He also guest starred on a number of TV shows. He has voiced characters on Hoops, Bob's Burgers, Bojack Horseman, and Robot Chicken.

KNOWN FOR

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2012
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Simpsons
2025
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
American Horror Story
2015
Conan
2021
Castle
2010
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2021
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2012
Good Mythical Morning
2019
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Gilmore Girls
2003

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
79
Writing
1
Producing
1
2026
Let's Have Kids!
as Brian · unreleased
2026
Don't Say Good Luck
as Ted Birenbaum
2025
Celebrity Jeopardy!
as Self - Contestant
2025
Hollywood Squares
as Self
2025
Long Story Short
as Yoshi (voice)
2025
The Simpsons
as Schultz (voice)
2025
A Man on the Inside
as Jack Berenger
2025
Running Point
as Lev Levenson
2024
Unfrosted
as Rick Ludwin
2024
After Midnight
as Self
2024
Hot Ones Versus
as Self
2023
First Time Female Director
as Robbie
2022
Pickled
as Self
2022
The Valet
as Vincent Royce
2022
American Horror Stories
as Bryce Taylor
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self - Guest
2021
Conan
as Self
2021
Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.
as Dr. Arthur Goldstein
2021
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2020
Promising Young Woman
as Joe
2020
Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite
as Roger the Dog (voice)
2020
Celebrity Family Feud
as Self
2019
What Men Want
as Kevin Myrtle
2019
Good Mythical Morning
as Self
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
BoJack Horseman
as Maximillian Banks (voice)
2019
A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Frank Denouement / Ernest Denouement / Dewey Denouement
2018
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
as Chris Miller
2018
The Oath
as Dan
2018
Busy Tonight
as Self - Guest
2018
The Neighborhood
as Dave Johnson
2018
American Crime Story
as Ronnie
2018
Match Game
as Self - Panelist
2018
No Activity
as Cotric
2017
The Glass Castle
as David
2017
I'm Not Here
as Dad
2017
Shot Caller
as Tom
2017
All Hail King Julien: Exiled
as Kipper (voice)
2017
All Hail King Julien
as Kipper (voice)
2017
Will & Grace
as Eli Wolff
2017
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2016
Ice Age: Collision Course
as Roger (voice)
2016
Chelsea
as Self - Guest
2015
Hello, My Name Is Doris
as John Fremont
2015
The Big Short
as Mortgage Broker
2015
American Horror Story
as Gabriel
2015
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2014
Veronica Mars
as Leo D'Amato
2014
About Alex
as Josh
2014
They Came Together
as Jake
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
The Mindy Project
as Lee
2014
Hot in Cleveland
as Doug
2013
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
as Max Greenfield
2013
Bob's Burgers
as Boo Boo (voice)
2013
Hollywood Game Night
as Self
2012
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2012
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2012
NTSF:SD:SUV::
as Alistair McQueen
2011
The Indestructible Jimmy Brown
as Jimmy Brown
2011
The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down
as Joey
2011
New Girl
as Schmidt
2011
Hot in Cleveland
as Steve
2011
Happy Endings
as Ian
2010
Castle
as David Nicolaides
2010
Lie to Me
as Damien Hardy
2009
Melrose Place
as Mickey Richards
2009
Raising the Bar
as David Steinberg
2008
Greek
as Michael
2008
Kath & Kim
as Bar Fight Guy
2007
Life
as Bradley Sloane
2007
The O.C.
as Young Sandy Cohen
2007
Ugly Betty
as Nick Pepper
2006
When Do We Eat?
as Ethan
2006
Modern Men
as Kyle Brewster
2005
Veronica Mars
as Leo D'Amato
2004
Cross Bronx
as Ike Green
2003
Gilmore Girls
as Lucas
2002
Boston Public
as Sean Tallen