Joseph Mazzello

Joseph Mazzello
Born	Joseph Francis Mazzello III September 21, 1983 (1983-09-21) Rhinebeck, New York, U.S.
Other names	Joe Mazzello
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present
Website
http://www.josephmazzello.com/

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.

Life and career

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. He has one older sister, Mary Mazzello, and a younger brother, John Mazzello, who have both appeared in films. Mazzello is an alumnus of Our Lady of Lourdes High School and the University of Southern California.

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.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2012	G.I. Joe: Retaliation	Mouse
2011	Georgetown	Peter Brooks
	First Kiss	Derek
	Allison	Joe
2010	The Social Network	Dustin Moskovitz
	The Pacific	Eugene B. Sledge	TV Series: 10 Episodes
2007	Matters of Life and Death	David Jennings	Also Writer/Director/Producer
2006	The Sensation of Sight	Tripp
2004	The Hollow	Scott
	Raising Helen	Prom Date Peter
2001	Wooly Boys	Charles
1998	Simon Birch	Joe Wenteworth
1997	Star Kid	Spencer Griffith
	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Tim Murphy
1995	Three Wishes	Tom Holman
	The Cure	Dexter
	High Lonesome : A Father For Charlie	Charlie
1994	The River Wild	Roarke Hartman
1993	Jurassic Park	Tim Murphy
	Shadowlands	Douglas Gresham
1992	Jersey Girl	Jason
	Radio Flyer	Bobby
1991	Presumed Innocent	Wendell McGaffney
1990	Unspeakable Acts	Jason Harrison

External links

• Official site
• Matters of Life and Death Official Site
• Joseph Mazzello at the Internet Movie Database