Max Elliott Slade

Max Elliott Slade
Born	Max Slade (1980-07-04) July 4, 1980 Pasadena, California
Years active	1989–1996

Max Elliott Slade (born July 4, 1980) is an American former child actor who starred in 3 Ninjas, 3 Ninjas Kick Back, and 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up as the character named Jeffrey Douglas, later nicknamed Colt by his grandfather Mori Tanaka. He was the middle child of the Douglas family in the films. He was featured as Jay Lovell in Apollo 13, young Mark Goddard in The Sweeper, and young Gil Buckman in Parenthood.

Slade earned a brown belt in Gosoku-ryū karate at age 11.

Slade began his acting career in 1989 playing Young Gil Buckman in Parenthood. In 1990, he played Kevin Buckman in twelve episodes of Parenthood. In 1991, he played Willy in the made-for-TV film To the Moon, Alice. In 1992, he played Jeffrey Colt Douglas in 3 Ninjas. In 1994, he reprised his role as Jeffrey Colt Douglas in 3 Ninjas Kick Back. In 1995, he reprised his role as Jeffrey Colt Douglas in 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up. Although, the film was shot before Kick Back started production. In 1996, he played Jay Lovell in Apollo 13. Afterwards, he played Mark in the direct-to-TV film The Sweeper.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Parenthood	Young Gil Buckman
1992	3 Ninjas	Jeffrey 'Colt' Douglas
1994	3 Ninjas Kick Back
1995	3 Ninjas Knuckle Up		Filmed in 1992, but not released until 1995
	Apollo 13	James 'Jay' Lovell
1996	The Sweeper	Young Mark	Direct-to-Video Release
2008	Frost/Nixon	Camera Operator (Smith crew)	Uncredited
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Parenthood	Kevin Buckman	12 episodes
1991	To the Moon, Alice	Willy	TV movie

External links

• Max Elliott Slade at IMDb
• Max Elliott Slade on Twitter
• Max Elliott Slade on Myspace
• Podcast Interview 2017
• Official Vishuda website