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Profile of Max Thayer
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Max Thayer |
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18th June 1946 |
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Detroit, Michigan, USA |
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Max Thayer, from his real name Michael Thayer, is an American movie actor, who starred as well in American films than in B-movies from Asia.
Michael Thayer was born 18th June of 1946 in Detroit of Michigan state. He first appeared in Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks (1976), the sequel of the infamous Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS.
In 1978, he starred in Planet of Dinosaurs and Hot Ice. Hot Ice was the last movie where Ed Wood appeared, directed by Ted Apostolof.
His first main role was in The Retrievers (1983). He then got a role in Story of the Dolls, an erotic movie by Hubert Frank.
But Max Thayer got mostly popular amongst campy flick amateurs with Deadringer (1985), a Filipino action movie by Teddy Page where Thayer stars as a hunted man and his doppelganger.
No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder (1989) and No Dead Heroes were other opuses with military adventures where he satisfied the same B-movie amateurs.
In all those movies, Thayer showed among his fans his trademark move: puffing cheeks (a move he'd do while fighting with his fists or shooting).
In the 90's, Max Thayer played extras in B-list American TV series and acted in Canada.
He made an appearance in The Man Who Wasn't There (2001).
He returned to movie-making in 2002 in C.E.O., a Chinese movie.
In 2004, Chinese TV employed him to star in the War of the Genes series, that shall be the first Chinese TV series to be shot outside China.
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