Max Carver (born Robert Maxwell Martensen Jr;[1][2] August 1, 1988) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Preston Scavo in the ABC television series Desperate Housewives (2008–2012),[3] as Aiden on the MTV teen-horror drama Teen Wolf (2013–2015), and in the first season of the HBO series The Leftovers (2014); his twin brother Charlie Carver portrayed the twin of his characters in all three shows.
Max Carver was born in San Francisco, California, on August 1, 1988. His identical twin brother Charles was born seven minutes earlier on July 31.[4] Before he began acting professionally, he was known as Max Martensen.[citation needed] His father was physician, historian, and author Robert Martensen, and his mother, Anne Carver, is a philanthropist and community activist.[5] In 1992, Anne and her new husband Denis Sutro moved the family to Calistoga in Napa Valley.[citation needed] Max attended high school at St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, from which he graduated in 2007.[citation needed] In 2012, he graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor's degree in English.[citation needed]
Career
Carver's acting debut was with his brother in the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives; in which they played Preston and Porter Scavo, sons to Lynette Scavo and Tom Scavo.[6] He then appeared with his brother in season 3 of MTV's Teen Wolf in 2013 as a pair of twin werewolves – Max played Aiden, and Charlie played Ethan.[7][8] In that same year, it was announced that they were cast in the first season of HBO series The Leftovers.[9][10][11]
