Maxim Knight (born August 21, 1999) is an American adolescent actor who started acting at the age of eight. He is known for portraying Matt Mason in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies.

Biographie

Maxim was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He moved to Los Angeles at the age of five.


Career
Knight started acting in films at the age of eight. His first role was in All for Melissa in 2007 as Little Jared. He has also appeared in shorts including Gator Armstrong Plays with Dolls, Al’s Beef, How My Dad Killed Dracula, and Number One Dad. He guest starred in his first role, The Cleaner (TV series) in 2009 as Aidan Kearn. He also starred in such television shows as Criminal Minds, Brothers & Sisters, Special Agent Oso and Sofia the First as Prince Desmond.

In 2011, he joined the cast of TNT's new sci-fi series from Steven Spielberg titled Falling Skies as Tom Mason's son Matt Mason. He has been a series regular in all five seasons of the series.

At the age of seven, Knight booked his first feature film, starring opposite Melissa Leo, Nick Cannon, Rosanna Arquette & Chris "Ludacris" Bridges in Ball Don't Lie. Maxim portrayed Sticky a young boy who is witness to his mother's suicide and has to face and ultimately triumph over life's challenges and unfair circumstances. Maxim has 15 film credits to date.