Last summer, we caught up with quintuple-threat (singer, actor, dancer, model, and musician) Max Schneider, as he was in the midst of releasing his first single “Nothing Without Love” and gearing up to drop his album and start work on an NBC mid-season replacement, Crisis (since cancelled). Now, the promising young talent is back with an intriguing new EP, entitled “Say Max”, and some exciting new acting projects as well. For Max, there’s nowhere to go but up, up, up.

The versatile artist, who appeared in a major fashion advertising campaign for Dolce & Gabbana with none other than Madonna herself (we still think that’s pretty much the coolest thing on his resume!), is working on a TV movie entitled Checked Out, and just wrapped the film Love & Mercy. In Checked Out, Max gets to flex his comic chops as one of a pair of oddball and clueless cousins who are charged with running a youth hostel. As for Love & Mercy, his co-stars read like an absolute dream cast: Elizabeth Banks, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti and John Cusack. The film explores the success and ultimate breakdown of Brian Wilson, one of the founding singer-songwriters of The Beach Boys.

Recently quoted as saying that he dreams of starring in a superhero movie, we wish Max loads of success on his current and future endeavors, on his way to the top!