Stephen "Max" James Sandvoss (born Stephen James Sandvoss) is an American businessman, farmer, and former
actor
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Early life and education
Sandvoss was born in New York City, New York. His mother, Joyce, is American-born, and his father, Rolf Herman George Sandvoss, was Swiss-born.
After attending school in the suburbs of New York City, and in Connecticut, Sandvoss studied Chinese, thinking about going into international business, but changed his studies to poetry and prose writing, graduating cum laude
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from Harvard University
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in 2002.
Career
Sandvoss’ break as an actor came in 2003 when he landed the role of a football star competing against Will Estes
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in the NBC
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drama series ''American Dreams
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'' and as the main character in the independent film ''Latter Days
''Latter Days'' is a 2003 American romantic comedy-drama film about a gay relationship between a closeted Mormon missionary and his openly gay neighbor. The film was written and directed by C. Jay Cox and stars Steve Sandvoss as the missionary ...
'' in the same year.
His second feature film was 2005's ''Rumor Has It
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Film and television
* ''Rumor Has It'' (film), a 2005 romantic comedy film
* ''Rumor Has It'' (game show), a 1993 game show on VH1
* ''Rumour Has It '', a 2016 series by Ndani TV
Music
* "Rumour Has It" (Donna S ...
'', starring Jennifer Aniston
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, Kevin Costner
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, Mark Ruffalo
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and Shirley MacLaine. Sandvoss was also cast in the short film ''Waning Moon'', directed by Luca Colombo, which debuted in August 2006 at a Swiss Film Festival in Lugano
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.
In June 2006, Sandvoss began filming the horror film ''Buried Alive
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Animals or humans may be buried alive accidentally on the mistaken assumption that they are dead, or intentionally as a form of t ...
'', in the role of Danny. The film was released on DVD in October 2007. In late 2006, it was announced that he would reunite with director/writer C. Jay Cox in a supporting role in the film '' Kiss the Bride'', released in 2008.
In May 2007, Sandvoss took on the role of Mason Michael Finch in the indie film ''Fling
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'' (formerly titled ''Lie to Me''), filmed on location in Kansas City, Missouri. The film had its premiere on 26 April 2008, at the Newport Beach Film Festival
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during the time that Sandvoss was filming a pilot for the Sci-Fi channel
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, titled "Revolution". It was announced in November 2008 that he would appear in the independent film ''Exquisite Corpse
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''.
After working as a film and television actor from 2003 to 2010, Sandvoss founded a dairy and creamery in East Bethany, New York
East Bethany is a hamlet located within Bethany
Bethany ( grc-gre, Βηθανία,Murphy-O'Connor, 2008, p152/ref> Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܥܢܝܐ ''Bēṯ ʿAnyā'') or what is locally known as Al-Eizariya or al-Azariya ( ar, العيزرية, " lace ...
, with his brother Trystan Sandvoss.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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Old Chatham Creamery
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1980 births
Living people
American male film actors
American male television actors
Male actors from New York City
Harvard University alumni