Maxwell Caulfield

Maxwell Caulfield (born Maxwell Maclaine, November 23, 1959) is a British-born film, stage and television actor.

Early life

Caulfield was born as Maxwell Maclaine in Chesterfield. ^[1] the elder son of Peter Nelby Maclaine and his wife, Oriole. He has a younger brother, Marcus Maclaine, a musician. The actor's American stepfather, a Marine instructor at Parris Island, reportedly kicked Caulfield out of the house at the age of 15.

He later became a go-go dancer at Raymond Revue Bar, a famous striptease club in London.^[2][3] At 18, he moved to the U.S.^[4] and obtained his green card.

Career

Theatre

Caulfield made his acting debut off-Broadway in 1981 as the titular drifter in Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr. Sloane.^[4]

He made his Broadway debut in J. B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls opposite Siân Phillips.^[4] He also played opposite Jessica Tandy and Elizabeth Wilson in Salonika.^[4] In 2007, Caulfield performed in the Charles Busch play, Our Leading Lady, opposite Kate Mulgrew. He has also played the leading role in a regional production of the Jerry Herman musical, La Cage aux Folles.

Film and television

His first major movie role was as the geek-turned-hunk Michael Carrington in the musical film Grease 2 (1982) opposite Michelle Pfeiffer.

Caulfield's other appearances include:

• Electric Dreams (1984) as Bill
• The Boys Next Door (1985)
• Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again (1989)
• Gettysburg (1993) as Colonel Strong Vincent
• The Colbys as Miles Colby
• Beverly Hills 90210's first episode, as Jason, an older man interested in Shannen Doherty (unaware of how young she is)
• Empire Records (1995) as Rex Manning, a spoiled has-been rock star
• All My Children (1996-1997) as Pierce Riley
• Casualty (British hospital-based TV series) as Dr Jim Brodie
• The Real Blonde (1997) as Bob
• The Nanny "The Fran in the Mirror" (1999)^[5] as Rodney Pembroke
• Dragon Storm (2004) as Silas
• Emmerdale (TV Soap opera) Mark Wylde 2009-2010

Caulfield is currently playing the role of Mark Wylde in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale from January 2009. ^[6]

Caulfield has also done voice work. He voiced the character of Alistair Smythe in Spider-Man: The Animated Series from 1994-1998 and was the voice of James Bond in the videogame Nightfire.

Stage roles

• Class Enemy at the Player's Theater, West Village, New York
• The Elephant Man
• Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1981) at the Cherry Lane Theater, New York
• An Inspector Calls (1992) Broadway (New York) & Royal National Theatre, UK
• Salonika at the The Public Theater, New York
• Tryst at the Promenade Theater
• Our Leading Lady at the City Centre, New York (Manhattan Theatre Club)
• Chicago played Billy Flynn at the Cambridge Theatre, London

Awards

• Theater World Award for his performance in Class Enemy.^[4]

In 1980, Caulfield, who was then 21, became the third husband of actress Juliet Mills, who is 18 years his senior.^[4] Nonetheless the marriage has remained intact for almost three decades. Caulfield is stepfather to Mills' son Sean Alquist from her first marriage and he also adopted her daughter, Melissa, from Mills' second marriage. Caulfield's younger brother, Marcus, had a relationship with Juliet Mills' younger sister, Hayley.^{[citation needed]}

Caulfield and Mills reside in Santa Barbara, California.

References

External links

• Maxwell Caulfield at the Internet Movie Database
• Maxwell Caulfield at the Internet Broadway Database
• Maxwell Caulfield at the Internet off-Broadway Database
• Maxwell Caulfield Q&A on Theatre.Com