LOS ANGELES, March 5 (UPI) -- Max Burkholder, 28, plays high school senior John Bennett on Ted, returning for Season 2 Thursday on Peacock. Though nearing his 30s, Burkholder has no qualms about slipping back into high school.
In a recent Zoom interview with UPI, Burkholder joked that he would keep playing high school teenagers until he is middle-aged. It is customary for film and television to hire 20-somethings to play teens.
"I think it would be really funny if I kept playing high schoolers until I'm in my 40s or 50s and then immediately jump from playing high schoolers to my own age or older," Burkholder said. "I think that would be a really funny way for my career to go."
An actor since he was 3, Burkholder played teenager Max Braverman through his actual teenage years on NBC's Parenthood. On Ted he plays the character who grows up to be played by Mark Wahlberg in the Ted movies.
"I think Max was/is a lot smarter than John was/is for sure," Burkholder said. "By the time we end the last season of Parenthood, Max Braverman is a lot further ahead maturity-wise than John is at the end of the second Ted movie, I think."
