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.

Filmography

• 2026Don't Say Good Luck — Ted Birenbaum
• 2026Let's Have Kids! — Brian
• Long Story Short — Yoshi (voice)
• Running Point — Lev Levenson
• A Man on the Inside — Jack Berenger
• 2024Unfrosted — Rick Ludwin
• 2023First Time Female Director — Robbie
• 2022The Valet — Vincent Royce
• American Horror Stories — Bryce Taylor
• Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. — Dr. Arthur Goldstein
• 2020Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite — Roger the Dog (voice)
• 2020Promising Young Woman — Joe
• 2019What Men Want — Kevin Myrtle
• 2018A Futile and Stupid Gesture — Chris Miller
• The Neighborhood — Dave Johnson
• 2018The Oath — Dan
• A Series of Unfortunate Events — Frank Denouement / Ernest Denouement / Dewey Denouement
• All Hail King Julien: Exiled — Kipper (voice)
• 2017Fist Fight — Story, Producer
• 2017I'm Not Here — Dad
• No Activity — Cotric
• 2017Shot Caller — Tom
• 2017The Glass Castle — David
• Will & Grace — Eli Wolff
• American Crime Story — Ronnie
• 2016Ice Age: Collision Course — Roger (voice)
• 2015Hello, My Name Is Doris — John Fremont
• 2015The Big Short — Mortgage Broker
• 2014About Alex — Josh
• All Hail King Julien — Kipper (voice)
• BoJack Horseman — Maximillian Banks (voice)
• 2014They Came Together — Jake
• 2014Veronica Mars — Leo D'Amato
• 2013Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World — Max Greenfield
• The Mindy Project — Lee
• American Horror Story — Gabriel
• Bob's Burgers — Boo Boo (voice)
• Happy Endings — Ian
• NTSF:SD:SUV:: — Alistair McQueen
• New Girl — Schmidt
• 2011The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down — Joey
• 2011The Indestructible Jimmy Brown — Jimmy Brown
• Hot in Cleveland — Steve, Doug
• Castle — David Nicolaides
• Lie to Me — Damien Hardy
• Melrose Place — Mickey Richards
• Kath & Kim — Bar Fight Guy
• Raising the Bar — David Steinberg
• Greek — Michael
• Life — Bradley Sloane
• Modern Men — Kyle Brewster
• Ugly Betty — Nick Pepper
• 2006When Do We Eat? — Ethan
• 2004Cross Bronx — Ike Green
• Veronica Mars — Leo D'Amato
• The O.C. — Young Sandy Cohen
• Boston Public — Sean Tallen
• Gilmore Girls — Lucas
• The Simpsons — Schultz (voice)

Appearances as themselves (19)

• Hollywood Squares — Self
• After Midnight — Self
• Hot Ones Versus — Self
• Celebrity Jeopardy! — Self - Contestant
• 2022Pickled — Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Busy Tonight — Self - Guest
• Chelsea — Self - Guest
• Match Game — Self - Panelist
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
• Hollywood Game Night — Self
• Good Mythical Morning — Self
• Conan — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self