First Major Screen Credit: Fear, Anxiety & Depression (1989)
Biography
Many know actor Max Cantor for the role of Robbie Gould in the '80s classic Dirty Dancing. The son of theater producer Arthur Cantor, the young thespian studied at the Collegiate School and the Buxton School, and Harvard, and wrote for the Village Voice before pursuing a professional career on-screen. In addition to the memorable role in Dirty Dancing, Cantor appeared in the early Todd Solondz film Fear, Anxiety & Depression in 1989. Sadly, Cantor later struggled with heroin addiction and died of a drug overdose in 1991 at the age of 32. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
