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In his mid-teens, he started his first career as a session musician with a variety of groups including Take That, George Michael and Jamiroquai, playing drums and keyboard. He also spent some time doing modeling gigs.
At the end of an eight-month tour with Incognito, he decided to quit the music scene and go for something more challenging, acting. Remembering that he quite enjoyed the little bit of theatre he'd done when he was younger, he went to New York and signed up with a method acting coach. After nine months of coaching and 14 months of unemployment in England, he landed the starring role in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. Tom Jones was a complete apprenticeship for me, he confides, "Metin Huseyin, who directed it really did steer me about 80of the way. I just came on set with about 20 I think."
Critics and audiences labelled his performance as Tom Jones in the television mini-series as charming, sexy and charismatic. It was enough to keep him out of unemployment as he was soon offered jobs on feature films like The Match, Five Seconds to Spare, and Kill Me Later. In 2001 he landed his first big budget starring role alongside singing sensation Mariah Carey, in Glitter.
Beesley continues to write songs when not busy, and meditates for an hour each morning. In 2000 he was dating Spice Girl, Melanie Brown.
Max Beesley Facts
| Birth Name | Maxton Gig Beesley Jr. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Birthplace | Brunage, England, United Kingdom |
Selected Filmography
| Glitter | ||
| Torque | ||
| Henry Fielding's Tom Jones | ||
| Kill Me Later | ||
| Hotel | ||
| Her Name Is Carla | ||
| Bloodlines | ||
| The Last Minute | ||
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Bio courtesy Overseas Filmgroup/First Look Pictures for "The Emperor's Wife" (29-Jan-2003)