Mike Maronna

Michael C. Maronna is an American actor, who has appeared in several television programs and films. He is best known for his roles as "Big Pete" Wrigley on the television series The Adventures of Pete & Pete and as Jeff McCallister, Kevin's rude older brother, in the films Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992).

Early life and education Maronna was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a firefighter father and a guidance counselor mother. As a teenager, he went to Hunter College High School in New York City, before attending Purchase College of the State University of New York, where he studied documentary/nonfiction filmmaking.

Career

Maronna appeared in his first commercial at a very young age, and it was for a Scott Paper advertisement. He also portrayed a teenage killer in an episode of Law & Order.

Maronna was in a widely seen series of 1999 ads for TD Ameritrade as Stuart, a slacker employee of a clueless boss whom he helps get on the internet with over-the-top zealousness. Maronna reprised the role in a comedy reel with Bill Clinton, which was shown at Clinton's final appearance as the President of the United States at the 2000 White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

In the 2000s, Maronna appeared in the movies Slackers and 40 Days and 40 Nights.

He also appeared in music videos for the 2007 Nada Surf song "Whose Authority" and The XYZ Affair's "All My Friends".

Maronna's stepped away from acting in 2013, and since then he has worked as an electrician on films and television in New York. He co-hosts the podcast The Adventures of Danny and Mike with his Adventures of Pete and Pete co-star Danny Tamberelli. He has resumed acting in the 2020s.

Filmography Film

Television