Max Pirkis' Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Rome Gaius Octav…

Main Movie Roles 2003 - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

BIOGRAPHY:

Born in 1989, Max Pirkis performed in several school plays before winning his first role in a motion picture, as the ultra kind and friendly Midshipman Lord Blakeney in the blockbuster Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) starring Russell Crowe, reading for the part alongside Max Benitz (Benitz auditioning for Midshipman Calamy). Max currently lives in London with his mother (a publisher), father (a stockbroker) and little sister, enjoys cricket and football, plays violin and saxophone and has two dogs.


TRIVIA:

• Coxes Rowing at Eton College.
• Rides a Razor scooter which he bought in San Diego (while filming _Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)_ (qv)).