Maxwell Simkins

Maxwell Simkins joins the series regular cast of “Shifting Gears,” a new ABC half-hour multicamera comedy pilot from showrunner Michelle Nader (“Dollface”).

Prior to this, Simkins was a series regular for two seasons on the half-hour comedy series for Disney+ “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers,” based on the film series created by Steve Brill, and starring alongside Emilio Estevez, Josh Duhamel and Lauren Graham. The series hailed from ABC Signature. Simkins was a series regular in the third and final season of the Disney Channel half-hour multicamera comedy series “Bizaardvark,” opposite music superstar Olivia Rodrigo. His other television credits include appearances on HBO’s “Run” and “A.P. Bio” for Peacock. In animation, he voiced the series regular character of “Little Boo” for two seasons in Disney Jr.’s “Chicken Squad” and has recurred on other Disney Jr. animated shows such as “Superkitties” and “Pupstruction.”

In film, Simkins’ lead roles include the Netflix feature “Home Team,” opposite Kevin James and Taylor Lautner, and hails from Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions. Other roles include Netflix’s “The Sleepover” opposite Ken Marino and Joe Manganiello, “Book of Henry” for Focus Features, and “Love the Coopers” for CBS Films, among others.

Simkins is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is represented by Pakula/King & Associates, Jordan, Gill & Dornbaum, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Yorn Levine Barnes Krintzman Rubenstein Kohner Endlich & Gellman.

PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
BIRTHDATE: October 17