Joseph Mazzello

Joseph Mazzello III (born September 21, 1983) is an American actor.

He was born in Rhinebeck, New York and raised in Hyde Park, New York, the son of Ginnie and Joseph Mazzello, Jr., who own a performing arts school.^[1] He has one older sister, Mary Mazzello, and a younger brother, John Mazzello, who have also appeared in a few films. Mazzello is an alumnus of Our Lady of Lourdes High School and the University of Southern California.

Mazzello's most notable roles were Tim Murphy in the 1993 film Jurassic Park and Dexter in the 1995 film The Cure. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 2005.

Joseph's directorial debut was made with the film Matters of Life and Death in which he also stars; the cast includes David Strathairn (with whom he has worked in The River Wild and Simon Birch), Daniel Gillies and Rachael Leigh Cook. He also stars with David Strathairn in The Sensation of Sight and the upcoming HBO Miniseries The Pacific.

Filmography

• The Pacific HBO mini-series (2010)
• The Sensation of Sight (2006)
• Matters of Life and Death (2006)
• The Hollow (2004)
• Raising Helen (2004)
• Wooly Boys (2001)
• Simon Birch (1998)
• Star Kid (1997)
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
• Three Wishes (1997)
• The Cure (1995)
• The River Wild (1994)
• Jurassic Park (1993)
• Shadowlands (1993)
• Jersey Girl (1992)
• Radio Flyer (1992)
• Presumed Innocent (1991)
• Unspeakable Acts (1990)

References

External links

• Official site
• Joseph Mazzello at the Internet Movie Database

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