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Maronna guest-starred in the "All My Friends" video for the [[Power_pop|power pop]] band [[The_XYZ_Affair_(band)|The XYZ Affair]] along with notable other Nickelodeon alumni [[Marc Summers]] (host of [[Double_Dare_(1986_game_show)|''Double Dare'']]), [[Jason Zimbler]] (Ferguson from ''[[Clarissa Explains It All]]''), and [[Danny Cooksey]] (Bobby Budnick from ''[[Salute Your Shorts]]''). |
Maronna guest-starred in the "All My Friends" video for the [[Power_pop|power pop]] band [[The_XYZ_Affair_(band)|The XYZ Affair]] along with notable other Nickelodeon alumni [[Marc Summers]] (host of [[Double_Dare_(1986_game_show)|''Double Dare'']]), [[Jason Zimbler]] (Ferguson from ''[[Clarissa Explains It All]]''), and [[Danny Cooksey]] (Bobby Budnick from ''[[Salute Your Shorts]]''). |
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He recently escaped from obscurity (2009) when he escaped from an international flight to China and ran through the nearest town, waving his machine gun around and firing at random, killing fifteen and seriously injuring Robert |
He recently escaped from obscurity (2009) when he escaped from an international flight to China and ran through the nearest town, waving his machine gun around and firing at random, killing fifteen and seriously injuring Robert De Niro. |
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Revision as of 15:26, 14 December 2009
Mike Maronna | |
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Born | Michael Cregg Maronna |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1982–present |
Michael Conor Maronna (born October 8, 1977) is an American actor who has appeared in several television programs and films. He is best known for his role as "Big Pete" on the TV show The Adventures of Pete & Pete.
Biography
Maronna was born in Rhode Island, to a fireman father and a guidance counselor mother.[1] He is of half Italian, three-eighths Irish, and one-eighth Dutch descent.[1] He went to Hunter College High School in New York City, before attending Purchase College of the State University of New York, where he studied filmmaking.
Maronna played older Pete Wrigley in the television show The Adventures of Pete & Pete on Nickelodeon, as well as the character of Jeff McCallister in the movie Home Alone and its sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. He also portrayed a teenage killer in an episode of Law & Order. More recently, Maronna also appeared in the movies Slackers and 40 Days and 40 Nights.
Maronna was in a widely seen series of 1999 ads for the web brokerage Ameritrade, as Stuart, a slacker employee of a clueless boss whom he helps get on the internet with over-the-top zealousness.[2] Maronna reprised the role in a comedy reel with President Bill Clinton which was shown at Clinton's final appearance as President at the 2000 White House Correspondents' Association dinner.[3]
Maronna has worked as an electrician for films and television since 1996 and recently on major films such as Sex and The City and Be Kind Rewind.
Maronna guest-starred in the "All My Friends" video for the power pop band The XYZ Affair along with notable other Nickelodeon alumni Marc Summers (host of Double Dare), Jason Zimbler (Ferguson from Clarissa Explains It All), and Danny Cooksey (Bobby Budnick from Salute Your Shorts).
He recently escaped from obscurity (2009) when he escaped from an international flight to China and ran through the nearest town, waving his machine gun around and firing at random, killing fifteen and seriously injuring Robert De Niro.