Jack Griffo Biography

Jack Davis Griffo (born December 11, 1996) is an American actor and singer. He starred as Max Thunderman on the Nickelodeon series The Thundermans (2013-2018). Griffo also had starring roles in the Nickelodeon original movies Jinxed and Splitting Adam.

Career

Acting

Griffo first made appearances as an extra in 2011, on the television series Kickin' It and Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures. He followed this up with several guest appearances on television series such as See Dad Run and Jessie.

From 2013 to 2018, Griffo starred in the Nickelodeon series The Thundermans, where he played Max Thunderman, the twin brother who strived to become a supervillain (his twin sister Phoebe is played by Kira Kosarin). The same year Griffo also starred along with Ciara Bravo in the Nickelodeon original film Jinxed.

Griffo starred alongside Isabela Moner, Tony Cavalero, and Jace Norman in the Nickelodeon original movie Splitting Adam, which aired in February 2015. He played the role of Billy, the boyfriend of Fin Shepard (Ian Ziering)'s daughter Claudia Shepard (Ryan Newman), in the Syfy original movie Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!, which premiered on July 22, 2015. In 2016, Griffo guest-starred in the season 7 finale of NCIS: Los Angeles as a military cadet named McKenna.

In 2017 Griffo played the role of Sebastian in the inspirational family drama film Apple of My Eye (originally titled And Then There Was Light). The same year, he was cast as Noah in the indie drama film Those Left Behind. In August 2017 Griffo was added to the cast of the Netflix original series Alexa & Katie, playing the recurring role of Dylan.

Music

Griffo has a YouTube channel where he posts music covers. As of January 2017, the channel has over 96,500 subscribers and over 8.60 million views. Griffo released a single, "Hold Me", with his friend Kelsey, on October 17, 2011. The music video for "Hold Me" was released on October 29, 2011, and received over 4 million views. He released his solo debut single, "Slingshot", on November 13, 2013, which features Douglas James. The music video for "Slingshot" was released on Griffo's YouTube channel on January 14, 2014, and has received over 1.8 million views.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Sound of My Voice	Young Peter
2012	American Hero	Big Brother
2017	Apple of My Eye	Sebastian	originally titled And Then There Was Light
2017	Those Left Behind	Noah

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Kickin' It	Benny	Episode: "All the Wrong Moves"
2011	Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures	Surf Team Member	Episode: "Epic Musical"
2013	Marvin Marvin	Ellis	Episode: "Scary Movie"
2013	Jessie	Brett	Episode: "Somebunny's in Trouble"
2013	See Dad Run	Xander McGinley	Recurring role
2013	Jinxed	Brett O'Leary	Television film (Nickelodeon)
2013-2018	The Thundermans	Max Thunderman	Main role
2014	AwesomenessTV	Himself	Episode: "Teen Challenge"
2015	Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn	Himself	Episode: "Go Hollywood"
2015	Splitting Adam	Vance Hansum	Television film (Nickelodeon)
2015	Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!	Billy	Television film (Syfy)
2016	NCIS: Los Angeles	McKenna	Episode: "Talion"
2016	Henry Danger	Max Thunderman	Crossover episode: "Danger & Thunder"
2016-2017	Paradise Run	Himself	Contestant, 7 episodes
2017	The Dude Perfect Show	Himself	Episode: "Velcro Dodgeball, Trust"
2018	Alexa & Katie	Dylan	Recurring role
2018	Lip Sync Battle Shorties	Himself	Episode: "Catwalk/Jungle/Girls Night Out"
2018	The Loud House	Blake Bradley	Voice role; episode: "Fandom Pains"
2018	School of Rock	Slade	Episodes: "I Love Rock and Roll, Parts I & II"
2018	Knight Squad	Sir Swayze	Episode: "Working on the Knight Moves"

Awards and nominations

Griffo has been nominated for five Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite TV Actor, the first in 2014, the second in 2015, the third in 2016, the fourth in 2017, and the fifth in 2018.

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Refs
2014	Kids' Choice Award	Favorite TV Actor	The Thundermans
2015	Kids' Choice Award	Favorite TV Actor	The Thundermans
2016	Kids' Choice Award	Favorite Male TV Star	The Thundermans
2017	Kids' Choice Award	Favorite Male TV Star	The Thundermans
2018	Kids' Choice Award	Favorite Male TV Star	The Thundermans