Born in DC and raised in a suburb in Maryland, Maximilian Robert Lockwood was a class clown all throughout his academic career. Having done local commercials in the area as a child and having been told he had "Pipes of Gold" as a teen, he knew he was destined for fame and fortune in Los Angeles as an adult, because that's the simple, logical progression of such events. He moved to Los Angeles at 18-and-almost-a-half and within a year had a starring role in the award-winning short film, "We're American's, Eh?"