Joseph Mazzello Net Worth

What is Joseph Mazzello's Net Worth?

Joseph Mazzello is an American actor and filmmaker who has a net worth of $2 million. Joseph Mazzello began his career as a child actor in such films as "Radio Flyer," "Jurassic Park," "Shadowlands," and "Star Kid," and as an adult he has appeared in such films as "The Social Network," "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," and "Bohemian Rhapsody." On television, Mazzello is known for his roles in the miniseries "The Pacific" and the third season of "American Crime Story."

Early Life and Education

Joseph Mazzello was born on September 21, 1983 in Rhineback, New York to Virginia and Joseph Jr. He was raised in Hyde Park with his siblings John and Mary. Mazzello attended Our Lady of Lourdes High School. For his higher education, he went to the University of Southern California, using a recommendation letter from his "Jurassic Park" director Steven Spielberg. Mazzello graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

Film Career

Mazzello made his big-screen debut at the age of six in 1990, with a small part in Alan J. Pakula's legal thriller "Presumed Innocent." He had bigger roles in the 1992 films "Radio Flyer" and "Jersey Girl." Mazzello's breakthrough came in 1993 when he played Tim Murphy in Steven Spielberg's blockbuster science-fiction film "Jurassic Park," starring opposite Ariana Richards as his on-screen sister Lex. Later that year, he portrayed the young Douglas Gresham in the biographical drama "Shadowlands," directed by his "Jurassic Park" co-star Richard Attenborough.

In 1994, Mazzello appeared alongside Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, and David Strathairn in Curtis Hanson's thriller "The River Wild." The following year, he starred as an HIV-afflicted boy in "The Cure" and played the young Tom Holman in "Three Wishes." After taking a break from the big screen in 1996, Mazzello returned in 1997 with a cameo appearance as Tim Murphy in "The Lost World: Jurassic Park." He also starred as the titular character in the superhero film "Star Kid." In his final live-action film of the decade, Mazzello starred opposite Ian Michael Smith in the dramedy "Simon Birch."

In his first film of the 21st century, in 2001, Mazzello played the teenage grandson of Peter Fonda's main character in "Wooly Boys." He next had a small part in Garry Marshall's 2004 film "Raising Helen." Two years after that, Mazzello appeared alongside his former co-star David Strathairn in "The Sensation of Sight." In 2007, he stepped behind the camera for the first time as the writer and director of the short film "Matters of Life and Death," which he also acted in. Mazzello went on to portray US Marine Eugene Sledge in the 2009 short film "Beyond All Boundaries," which was shown in 4D exclusively at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans. Kicking off the 2010s, Mazzello portrayed Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz in David Fincher's Academy Award-winning "The Social Network." In 2013, he played operative Mouse in the military science-fiction action film "G.I. Joe: Retaliation." Mazzello made his feature directorial debut in 2016 with the baseball film "Undrafted," which he also wrote and starred in. He went on to portray Queen bass guitarist John Deacon in the hit 2018 biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody."

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Television Career

Just as he was beginning to act on the big screen in the 1990s, Mazzello started acting on television. During the decade, he had roles in the television films "Unspeakable Acts," "Desperate Choices: To Save My Child," and "A Father for Charlie." Mazzello began appearing in regular television series in the 21st century, starting with a guest role on NBC's "Providence" in 2002. Over the subsequent two years, he appeared in episodes of the CBS series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and "Without a Trace." Mazzello had his biggest television role yet in 2010, in the HBO war drama miniseries "The Pacific." He portrayed US Marine Eugene Sledge, a man he had previously played in the 2009 short film "Beyond All Boundaries."

In 2012, Mazzello appeared in the A&E miniseries "Coma," based on Robin Cook's novel and the film adaptation of the same name. Following that, he had a three-episode guest role on FX's neo-Western crime series "Justified" in 2013. The next year, Mazzello was in two episodes of the CBS science-fiction crime series "Person of Interest." He returned to CBS in 2016 with a guest role on the procedural "Elementary." Following a hiatus from the small screen, Mazzello portrayed political consultant Paul Begala on "Impeachment: American Crime Story," the third season of the FX true crime anthology series "American Crime Story," which aired in 2021.

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