Mazzello, Joseph 1983(?)– (Joe Mazzello)

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MAZZELLO, Joseph 1983(?)–
(Joe Mazzello)

PERSONAL

Full name, Joseph Mazzello III; born September 21, 1983 (some sources cite 1982), in Rhinebeck, NY; son of Joseph, Jr. (a dance studio owner) and Ginny (a dance studio owner) Mazzello; brother of Mary Mazzello (an actress) and John Mazzello (an actor). Education: Student of film and television at University of Southern California, 2002. Avocational Interests: Baseball, soccer.

Addresses: Agent —Innovative Artists, 235 Park Ave. S., 7th Floor, New York, NY 10003. Contact —Official Joseph Mazzello Fan Club, 46691 Mission Blvd., Fremont, CA 94539.

Career: Actor. Appeared in commercials.

Awards, Honors: Young Artist Award nomination, best young actor under ten in a television movie, 1993, for Desperate Choices: To Save My Child; Young Artist Award nomination, best actor under ten in a motion picture, 1993, for Radio Flyer; Young Artist Award, best youth actor costarring in a motion picture drama, 1994, for Jurassic Park; Young Artist Award nomination, best young leading actor in a feature film (with Brad Renfro), 1996, for The Cure; YoungStar Award, best performance by a young actor in a drama film, Hollywood Reporter, and Young Artist Award nomination, best performance in a feature film by a leading young actor, both 1999, for Simon Birch.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(Film debut) Wendell McGaffney, Presumed Innocent, Warner Bros., 1990.

Bobby Wright, Radio Flyer, Columbia, 1992.

Tim Murphy, Jurassic Park (also known as JP ), Universal, 1993.

Douglas Gresham, Shadowlands, Savoy, 1993.

Jason, Jersey Girl, Triumph Releasing, 1994.

Roarke Hartman, The River Wild, Universal, 1994.

Dexter, The Cure, Universal, 1995.

Tom Holman, Three Wishes, Savoy, 1995.

Tim Murphy, The Lost World (also known as The Lost World: Jurassic Park ), Universal, 1997.

Spencer Griffith, Star Kid (also known as The Warrior of Waverly Street ), Trimark Pictures, 1998.

Joseph "Joe" Wenteworth, Simon Birch (also known as Angels and Armadillos, A Prayer for Owen Meany, and A Small Miracle ), Buena Vista, 1998.

Charles, Wooly Boys, Mac Releasing, 2001.

Peter, Raising Helen, Buena Vista/Walt Disney, 2004.

Scott, The Hollow, Lightning Entertainment, 2004.

Television Appearances; Movies:

(As Joe Mazzello) Jason Harrison, Unspeakable Acts, 1990.

(As Joe Mazzello) Willy Robbins, Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (also known as The Final Choice and Solomon's Choice ), 1992.

Charlie Cantwell, A Father for Charlie (also known as High Lonesome ), CBS, 1994.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Voice of Pinocchio, "Pinocchio and the Golden Key," Stories from My Childhood (also known as Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood ), PBS, 1998.

Guest, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1998.

"The Eleventh Hour: Parts 1 & 2," Providence, NBC, 2002.

Justin Lamond, "One Hit Wonder," CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 2003.