Joseph Mazzello

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Joseph Mazzello : biography

September 21, 1983 –

Joseph Francis Mazzello III (born September 21, 1983) is an American actor who is best known for his roles as Tim Murphy in Jurassic Park, Eugene Sledge in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, and Dustin Moskovitz in The Social Network.

Career

Mazzello’s most notable roles were as Douglas Gresham in Shadowlands and Tim Murphy in Jurassic Park, both in 1993, Dexter in the 1995 film The Cure, and "Sledgehammer" Eugene Sledge in the HBO miniseries The Pacific. In 2010, Mazzello played the part of Dustin Moskovitz, one of the co-founders of Facebook in the David Fincher-directed movie, The Social Network.

Mazzello’s directorial debut was made with the film Matters of Life and Death in which he also stars; the cast includes David Strathairn (with whom he has worked in The Sensation of Sight, The River Wild, and Simon Birch), Daniel Gillies and Rachael Leigh Cook.

Early life

Mazzello was born in Rhinebeck, New York, and raised in Hyde Park, New York, the son of Virginia (née Strong) and Joseph Mazzello, Jr., who owned a performing arts school.http://issuu.com/hudsonvalleynews/docs/2-9_hudsonvalleynews He has one older sister, Mary Mazzello, and a younger brother, John Mazzello, who have both appeared in films. Mazzello went to Catholic school Our Lady of Lourdes. He is an alumnus of the University of Southern California.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1990 Unspeakable Acts Jason Harrison
1991 Presumed Innocent Wendell McGaffney
1992 Jersey Girl Jason
1992 Radio Flyer Bobby
1992 Desperate Choices: To Save My Child Willy Robbins
1993 Jurassic Park Tim Murphy
1993 Shadowlands Douglas Gresham
1994 The|River Wild}} Roarke Hartman
1995 Three Wishes Tom Holman
1995 The|Cure|dab = 1995 film}} Dexter
1995 High Lonesome : A Father For Charlie Charlie
1997 Star Kid Spencer Griffith
1997 The|Lost World: Jurassic Park}} Tim Murphy
1998 Simon Birch Joe Wenteworth
2001 Wooly Boys Charles
2004 The|Hollow|nolink = 1}} Scott
2004 Raising Helen Prom Date Peter
2006 The|Sensation of Sight}} Tripp
2007 Matters of Life and Death David Jennings WriterDirectorProducer
2010 The|Social Network}} Dustin Moskovitz
2010 The|Pacific|dab = miniseries}} Eugene B. Sledge Miniseries10 episodes
2011 Georgetown Peter Brooks
2011 First Kiss Derek
2011 Allison Joe
2012 Coma Geoffrey Fairweather Miniseries
2013 G.I. Joe: Retaliation Mouse
Justified Billy St. Cyr TV series