---
name: "Max Minghella"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/max-minghella"
fi1m_id: "max-minghella"
imdb_id: "nm1540404"
tmdb_id: 2978
wikidata_id: "Q360426"
roles: ["Actor","Director"]
born: "16 September 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-22T02:51:12.785243+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Max Minghella

## Identity

Max Minghella

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/max-minghella
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** max-minghella
- **IMDb ID:** nm1540404
- **TMDB ID:** 2978
- **Wikidata ID:** Q360426
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Minghella, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360426, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1540404/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2978

Actor and director. Born 16 September 1985 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Director
- **Born:** 16 September 1985, Hampstead, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Also known as:** Max Giorgio Choa Minghella
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 8: 6 acting, 1 directing, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 67 (3), 2010s 79 (3), 2020s 60 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 74 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 5 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Thriller 2, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1, History 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $435m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Minghella, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360426, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1540404/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2978

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Handmaid's Tale*](https://film.one/tv/the-handmaids-tale.md) (75), [*The Shards*](https://film.one/tv/the-shards.md) (56)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Social Network*](https://film.one/film/the-social-network.md) (91)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Ides of March*](https://film.one/film/the-ides-of-march.md) (71)
- **Netflix:** [*Agora*](https://film.one/film/agora.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Max Minghella is a British actor. He was born Max Giorgio Choa Minghella on 16 September 1985 in Hampstead, London, the son of director Anthony Minghella and choreographer Carolyn Choa. He studied history at Columbia University.

Minghella is known for his role as Divya Narendra in *The Social Network* (2010). His other film credits include *Syriana* (2005), *The Ides of March* (2011), *The Internship* (2013), *Horns* (2013), *Spiral: From the Book of Saw* (2021) and *Babylon* (2022). On television he played Nick Blaine in *The Handmaid's Tale* (2017–2025). He is cast as John Borrelli in the forthcoming film *Clayface* (2026). He has also directed features including *Teen Spirit* (2019).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, movieweb.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

### Performed in (6) — the average rests on these

- *Clayface* (2026), Fi1m 65, as John Borrelli — [page](https://film.one/film/clayface.md)
- *The Handmaid's Tale* (2017), Fi1m 75, as Nick Blaine — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-handmaids-tale.md)
- *The Ides of March* (2011), Fi1m 71, as Ben Harpen — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ides-of-march.md)
- *The Social Network* (2010), Fi1m 91, as Divya Narendra — [page](https://film.one/film/the-social-network.md)
- *Agora* (2009), Fi1m 66, as Davus — [page](https://film.one/film/agora.md)
- *Syriana* (2005), Fi1m 72, as Robby Barnes — [page](https://film.one/film/syriana.md)

### Directed (1)

- *The Shards* (2026), Fi1m 56, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shards.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Cold Mountain* (2003), Fi1m 62, as Young Confederate Soldier (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/cold-mountain.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Clayface* (2026), as John Borrelli — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/clayface.md)
- *The Shards* (2026), series, Director — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shards.md)
- *Shell* (2025), Producer, Director
- *Maximum Truth* (2023), as Antonio Kelly-Zhang
- *Babylon* (2022), as Irving Thalberg
- *Spiral: From the Book of Saw* (2021), as William Schenk
- *Industry* (2020), series, as Whitney Halberstram — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/industry.md)
- *Teen Spirit* (2019), Executive Producer, Writer, Director
- *The Handmaid's Tale* (2017), series, as Nick Blaine — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-handmaids-tale.md)
- *Fluffy* (2016), as Mark Mason
- *The 9th Life of Louis Drax* (2016), Screenplay, Producer
- *Into the Forest* (2016), as Eli
- *About Alex* (2014), as Isaac
- *The Two Faces of January* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Not Safe for Work* (2014), as Tom Miller
- *Gravity - Trentemøller* (2014), Thanks
- *Horns* (2013), as Lee Tourneau
- *The Internship* (2013), as Graham Hawtrey
- *The Mindy Project* (2012), series, as Richie Castellano — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mindy-project.md)
- *10 Years* (2012), as AJ
- *The Darkest Hour* (2011), as Ben
- *The Ides of March* (2011), as Ben Harpen — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ides-of-march.md)
- *The Social Network* (2010), as Divya Narendra — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-social-network.md)
- *Brief Interviews with Hideous Men* (2009), as Kevin / Subject #28
- *Agora* (2009), as Davus — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/agora.md)
- *How to Lose Friends & Alienate People* (2008), as Vincent Lepak
- *Elvis & Anabelle* (2007), as Elvis Moreau
- *Art School Confidential* (2006), as Jerome
- *Syriana* (2005), as Robby Barnes — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/syriana.md)
- *Bee Season* (2005), as Aaron
- *Cold Mountain* (2003), as Young Confederate Soldier (uncredited) — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/cold-mountain.md)
- *Toy Boys* (1999), as Danny
- *Let the Good Times Roll* (1998), as Boy with Dog
- *Fred & Ginger*, Producer, Executive Producer
- *The Turn of the Key*, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Max Minghella](https://film.one/media/person/96186/gallery-d83c2b6699fb.jpg) Max Minghella — Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Max_Minghella_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Max_Minghella_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Fred Berger, Suzie Riemer, and Max Minghella at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Shell.](https://film.one/media/person/96186/gallery-0b2ce5067bc7.jpg) Fred Berger, Suzie Riemer, and Max Minghella at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Shell. — Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Fred_Berger%2C_Suzie_Riemer%2C_and_Max_Minghella_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Fred_Berger%2C_Suzie_Riemer%2C_and_Max_Minghella_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Max Minghella, Anika Noni Rose and Tim Bricknell, Waldorf=Astoria Hotel New York, NY USA May 17, 2010](https://film.one/media/person/96186/gallery-61dcc60a442a.jpg) Max Minghella, Anika Noni Rose and Tim Bricknell, Waldorf=Astoria Hotel New York, NY USA May 17, 2010 — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Max_Minghella%2C_Anika_Noni_Rose_and_Tim_Bricknell%2C_May_2010_%281%29.jpg/1280px-Max_Minghella%2C_Anika_Noni_Rose_and_Tim_Bricknell%2C_May_2010_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Max Minghella, Anika Noni Rose and Tim Bricknell at the 69th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/96186/gallery-3f449e84c28b.jpg) Max Minghella, Anika Noni Rose and Tim Bricknell at the 69th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon (2010) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Max_Minghella%2C_Anika_Noni_Rose_and_Tim_Bricknell%2C_May_2010_%282%29.jpg/1280px-Max_Minghella%2C_Anika_Noni_Rose_and_Tim_Bricknell%2C_May_2010_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Max Minghella](https://film.one/media/person/96186/gallery-d4c6f3f96d64.jpg) Max Minghella — Image via TMDB
- ![Max Minghella](https://film.one/media/person/96186/gallery-f4e9f6567f7b.jpg) Max Minghella — Image via TMDB
- ![Max Minghella](https://film.one/media/person/96186/gallery-a2292ed8ecd7.jpg) Max Minghella — Image via TMDB
- ![Max Minghella and Fred Berger at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Shell.](https://film.one/media/person/96186/gallery-c3edf75bce95.jpg) Max Minghella and Fred Berger at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Shell. — Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Max_Minghella_and_Fred_Berger_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Max_Minghella_and_Fred_Berger_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Max Minghella and Fred Berger at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Shell.](https://film.one/media/person/96186/gallery-64edc040feaf.jpg) Max Minghella and Fred Berger at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Shell. — Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Max_Minghella_and_Fred_Berger_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Max_Minghella_and_Fred_Berger_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Max Minghella](https://film.one/media/person/96186/gallery-34c5ddce2257.jpg) Max Minghella — Image via TMDB
- ![Max Minghella](https://film.one/media/person/96186/gallery-eef8c538d5bd.jpg) Max Minghella — Image via TMDB
- ![Max Minghella](https://film.one/media/person/96186/gallery-482a893e8e51.jpg) Max Minghella — Image via TMDB

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