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Max Carver

Max Carver
Carver in 2019
Born	Robert Maxwell Martensen Jr (1988-08-01) August 1, 1988 (age 35) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Southern California (BA)
Occupations	Actor director writer
Years active	2008–2018 2022
Parent	Robert Martensen (father)
Relatives	Charlie Carver (brother)

Max Carver (born Robert Maxwell Martensen Jr;^[1][2] August 1, 1988) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Preston Scavo in the ABC television series Desperate Housewives,^[3]asAiden on the MTV teen-horror drama Teen Wolf, and in the first season of the HBO series The Leftovers; his twin brother Charlie Carver portrayed the twin of his characters in all three shows.

Early life and education[edit]

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Max Carver was born in San Francisco, California, on August 1, 1988. His identical twin brother Charles was born seven minutes earlier on July 31.^[4] Before he began acting professionally, he was known as Max Martensen.^{[citation needed]} His father was physician, historian, and author Robert Martensen, and his mother, Anne Carver, is a philanthropist and community activist.^{[citation needed]} In 1992, Anne and her new husband Denis Sutro moved the family to Calistoga in Napa Valley.^{[citation needed]} Max attended high school at St. Paul’s SchoolinConcord, New Hampshire, from which he graduated in 2007.^{[citation needed]} In 2012, he graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor's degree in English.^{[citation needed]}

Career[edit]

His acting debut was with his brother in the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives; they played Preston and Porter Scavo, sons to Lynette Scavo and Tom Scavo. He and his brother appeared in season 3 of MTV's Teen Wolf as a pair of twin werewolves – Max played Aiden, and Charlie played Ethan.^[5] They next appeared in the first season of HBO series The Leftovers.^[6][7][8]

Carver has also acted separately from his brother. He has guest starred on shows such as The Office, Good Luck Charlie, Victorious, and Best Friends Forever. He had a cameo role in the 2014 comedy Mantervention, playing Lifeguard Joe.^[9][10] He made his principal film debut in 2014 in Ask Me Anything, co-starring with Britt Robertson, Justin Long, and Martin Sheen.

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