Max Elliott Slade born July 4 1980 is an American actor who starred in 3 Ninjas 3 Ninjas Kick Back and 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up He was featured as Jay Lovell in Apollo 13 young Mark Goddard in The Sweeper and young Gil Buckman in Parenthood Slade was born in Pasadena California He chose his own middle name Elliott at the age of 3 after watching the movie ET His parents names are John and Betty and has an older brother named Demian All of them are or at one time were actors He attended Pasadena High School where he cofounded a rock and roll club called Three Broken Chords and The Lying Truth Slade earned a brown belt in Gosokuryu karate at age 11 Slade previously worked as a bartender He plays guitar and sings in a band called Haden He holds a bachelors degree in Anthropology from the University of Southern California Description above from the Wikipedia Max Elliott Slade licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia