Maury Sterling

Charles Maury Wallace Sterling (born September 1, 1971) is an American actor. He is known for playing Max Piotrowski in Homeland, Rafferty in the comedy film Beverly Hills Chihuahua, and Lester Tremor in the action film Smokin' Aces.

Early life and education Sterling was born in Mill Valley, California, and started acting in theater productions at age 7. After graduating from San Francisco University High School, he graduated from UCLA where he was educated in its Theater Department.

Career Sterling has guest starred on numerous television series, including Judging Amy, ER, Star Trek: Enterprise, 24 and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation to name a few. His only TV series regular was in the sitcom Alright Already, which lasted only one season from 1997 to 1998. It originally aired on the now-defunct WB Television Network.

Sterling has appeared in a number of films, mostly in supporting roles. His prominent role came in the 2006 action film Smokin' Aces where he played Lester Tremor of the psychotic neo-Nazi Tremor Brothers (alongside Chris Pine and Kevin Durand). His role required shaving his head, and shaving his eyebrows off. His other prominent role was in Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) as the antagonist Rafferty.

In January 2023, Sterling and his wife co-founded a production company, Little Idea Media, that, among other projects, created the story for the film My Dead Friend Zoe that won several Woodstock Film Festival awards and an Audience Award at South by Southwest (SXSW).

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1995 Outbreak Sandman One Pilot 1996 Full Moon Rising Van Jaspers Bulletproof Skinny Guy Somebody is Waiting Man In Cell 1997 Columbo: A Trace of Murder Store Clerk Made-for-TV film Behind Enemy Lines Donny 2001 Imposter Comms Tech 2002 Hart's War Private First Class Dennis A. Gerber March 1st Maury Short film 2003 Frankie and Johnny are Married Roger 2004 The Old Man and the Studio Paul Short film Illusion Grant 2005 Andre the Butcher Hoss Short Fuse Sam Come as You Are Craig 2006 Smokin' Aces Lester Tremor 2007 The Frolic John Doe Short film Leo Agent Short film Stars 'Moe' Short film 2008 Depth Charge Allenson Fractalus Corey Beverly Hills Chihuahua Rafferty 2010 The A-Team Gammons Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball Lester Tremor 2011 Kung Fu Panda 2 Wolf Soldier #3 Voice 2012 Longmire Cyrus Brooks 2013 Coherence Kevin 2016 Batman: The Killing Joke Paris Franz Voice 2024Blood and WaterTravShort film

Television

Video games Year Title Role Notes2009 Prototype Additional Voices The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena Guard 2011 Star Wars: The Old Republic Male Smuggler 2012 Starhawk Rifters / Outcast 2015 Battlefield Hardline Additional Voices