max born january english actor appearing productions film debut master commander film crew recruited school critically praised performance won evening standard british film award promising newcomer international film years later cast bbc hbo television series rome role held personal life born london january mother publisher sister educated began attending college cambridge read theology captain college football team career master commander started acting school plays attending took seriously unsure wanted life cast professional role appeared successful film master commander hire occurred production staff visited hire boys ship teenage crew attended workshop auditions joke ultimately securing year old eventually armed lord director thought stood early extent film complete surprise according nervous acting changed mind realised pretty normal guy teenage actors chosen film began researching history royal_navy napoleonic wars prepare role ultimately spending months shooting film soon discovered old actor soul body consequently gave acting challenges character loses arm wore prosthetic set real arm practised write eat left arm completed scene takes thinking death family friend inspiration soon cast master commander contracted represented hollywood talent agency income earned film placed bank making wait turned eighteen role received critical acclaim won evening standard british film award promising newcomer young actor 25th young artist awards nominated youth lead supporting role male 4th phoenix film critics society awards slant_magazine praised writing makes winning impression lord armed masculine reserve rome television debut played later bbc hbo television series rome critics highlighted character praise beginning season washington_post columnist remarked played gives audience desperately needs character root care second series replaced order depict older version character filmography
Max Pirkis