Jack Davis Griffo was born on December 11, 1996 in Orlando, the fourth largest city in Florida. This American actor and singer is best known for his role as Max Sanderman in The Terrible Family.
Career
Jack Griffo made his debut in the television series Kick and The Epic Adventures of Bucket and Skinner, where actors such as Taylor Gray, Dillon Lane, Ashley Argot, Tiffany Espensen, Glenn McQueen and George Beck became Griffo's partners on the set. The actor's current work is the role of Max Sanderman in the sitcom The Terrible Family. The series has been running since 2016 on the Nickelodeon children's and youth television channel.
The most interesting works in the biography of the young actor were the roles in the films "Jinxed!" and The Splitting of Adam. Based on the plot of the series "Jinxed!" generations ago, the Murphy family was doomed to constant disaster and failure. Meg Murphy is about to break the circle of bad luck and heal a normal life. Jack also played a guest star in one of the episodes of the military detective "NCIS: Los Angeles", which talks about how an elite division of the Naval Investigation Directorate operates undercover.
Filmography
Jack Griffo's first movie role was as young Peter in the 2011 film The Sound of My Voice. This fantastic psychological thriller was directed by Batmanglidge Hall. The screenwriters of the film are Batmanglidge and Brit Marling. The latter played the main role in the film. The film tells about two aspiring documentary filmmakers. They seek to expose the sect and infiltrate it.
The head of the organization is a mysterious and charismatic young woman who claims to have come from the future to prepare people for impending disasters. She predicts that the world will soon change dramatically. Scriptwriter Batmanglidge was planning a trilogy or TV series, so there's a lot of unsaid in the film. Jack then starred in the 2012 film American Hero, produced by TalentGPS. In this picture, he plays an older brother. Arielle Fornier, Mika Tailow Owens and Tom Riordan starred with Jack in the film. After 5 years, Griffo participated in the creation of the film drama "The Left Behind".
Jack Griffo starred in a lot of TV shows. The first of them was "In shock". This Disney XD comedy show premiered on June 13, 2011. It was shown for 3 years. In total, "In Hit" consists of 4 seasons. The last episode was shown on August 4, 2014. The series is about martial arts students. Their training room is under threat, and they must rescue him. The premiere of the series attracted a record number of viewers.
The emergence of a talented young actor did not go unnoticed for the creators of the series "Marvin Marvin". This American sci-fi entertainment series ran from November 24, 2012 to April 27, 2013. Nickelodeon then kicked off the film The Terrible Family, in which Jack plays the lead role. The original title of the show translates to "The Sandermen". This superhero comedy television series has been running since October 14, 2013.
Main characters: Phoebe, played by Kira Kosarin, and Max, as Jack Griffo. They are 16 years old, they are twins with supernatural powers that they inherited from their parents. Unlike his kind sister, Max is evil incarnate. The series is built on their confrontation with the use of magical abilities. Along with this, adolescents solve everyday problems and often find themselves in a funny situation.
The rest of the family was played by Diego Velazquez, Addison Riquet, Chris Tallman, Rose Blazy and Maya Lee Clark. Supporting actors include Dana Snyder, Audrey Whiteby, Ryan Newman, Tanner Stein and Kenny Ridwan. The series is produced by Jed Spingarn, Dan Ross and Agustin Matus. Jonathan Judge, Robbie Countryman and Shannon Flynn are directing. The Terrible Family script was written by Anthony K. Farrell and Dickie Murphy.
Jack Griffo played Max not only in the series "The Terrible Family", but also in the sitcom "The Haunting of Hathaway House". The show aired on Nickelodeon from July 13, 2013 to March 5, 2015. Also Max Sunderman played by Jack Griffo appears in the TV series Henry Danger. It has been streaming on Nickelodeon since July 26, 2014.
For his role in The Terrible Family, Griffo was nominated for the Kids' Choice Awards in the Favorite TV Actor section for 4 years in a row - from 2014 to 2017. However, Jack never received the annual Nickelodeon film award.
Personal life
Jack Griffo dated Ryan Newman, an American actress and model, for several years. Ryan, like Jack, sings. She played Miley Stewart as a child on Hannah Montana. In 2009, Ryan landed the role of Ginger in the television series Zeke and Luther. In total, she starred in 54 episodes of this show. In 2012, Newman played Emily Hobbs in Oh, That Dad, and 3 years later in the movie Shark Tornado. It was on the set of Oh, That Daddy that Ryan met Jack. They broke up a few years later. At the end of 2017, Griffo had a relationship with actress Paris Berels.
In addition to his film career, Jack is interested in musical creativity. In 2013, his first single, Slingshot, was released. Griffo has his own YouTube channel. It is on it that he places his compositions. The talented guy's channel is quite popular with over 100,000 subscribers and several million video views.
