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{{Short description|American actor}}
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| name = Max Thayer
| birth_name = Michael Thayer
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|6|18}}
| birth_place = [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]], United States
| death_date =
| death_place =
| othername = Michael R. Thayer
| occupation = [[Film actor]]
| yearsactive = 1975 –
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'''Michael "Max" Thayer''' (born June 18, 1946) is an [[Americans|American]] movie actor, sometimes credited as '''Michael R. Thayer'''. He is mostly known for playing lead roles in several B-movies and action films such as ''[[Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks]]'', ''[[Planet of Dinosaurs]]'' and ''[[No Retreat, No Surrender 2]]''.

==Biography==
After serving in the [[United States Army|US Army]], Thayer decided to become an actor. He first appeared in theater, then in several low-budget movies during the 1970s. In 1976, he played the lead male role, opposite [[Dyanne Thorne]] in ''[[Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks]]''. He went on to play roles in such films as ''[[Planet of Dinosaurs]]'' and ''The Retrievers''. During the 1980s, after a short hiatus from acting due to an accident, Thayer found himself working in the [[Philippines]], where he starred in several low-budget action films such as ''Deadringer'', ''No Dead Heroes'' and ''Phantom soldiers''. In 1987, he played one of the lead roles in the action film ''[[No Retreat, No Surrender 2]]'', opposite Loren Avedon and [[Cynthia Rothrock]]. In the 1990s and 2000s, he appeared mostly in bit parts.<ref>[https://www.nanarland.com/interviews/entretiens/en/max-thayer.html Max Thayer interview]</ref> In 2018, he played one of the lead roles in the independent film ''In the Middle of the River''.<ref>[https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/357288/ Review: In the Middle of the River, FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2018]</ref>

==Partial filmography==
*[[Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks]] (1976)
*[[Planet of Dinosaurs]] (1978)
*Hot Ice (1977)
*The Retrievers (1981)
*Skeezer (1982)
*The Story of the Dolls (1984)
*Talk Dirty to Me Part III (1984)
*Perfect Fit (1985)
*Deadringer (1985)
*[[Iron Eagle]] (1986)
*No Dead Heroes (1987)
*[[No Retreat, No Surrender 2]] (1987)
*A Night at the Magic Castle (1988)
*Phantom Soldiers (1989)
*Dominion (1995)
*Visions (1996)
*Sworn to Justice (1996)
*[[The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film)|The Man Who Wasn't There]] (2001)
*[[Pearl Harbor (film)|Pearl Harbor]] (2001)
*[[American Gun (2002 film)|American Gun]] (2002)
*C.E.O. (2002)
*[[S.W.A.T. (2003 film)|S.W.A.T.]](2003)
*The War of Gene (2004)
*A Killing in Choctaw (2004)
* In the Middle of the River (2018)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0857216|name=Max Thayer}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050403173628/http://www.nanarland.com/accueil.php ''Nanarland''] Website on campy b-movies that has a big section about Max Thayer, even hosting a fan-made photograph comic strip
*[http://www.nanarland.com/interview/interview.php?id_interview=maxthayervo&vo=1 Interview of Max Thayer about his movie career]

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