Michael C. 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 TV show The Adventures of Pete & Pete and as Jeff McCallister in the movie Home Alone and its sequel, .

Early life

Maronna was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a firefighter father and a guidance counselor mother. He is of one half Italian, three-eighths Irish, and one-eighth Dutch descent. 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 played older Pete Wrigley in the television show The Adventures of Pete & Pete on Nickelodeon, as well as the character of Jeff McCallister in the movie Home Alone and its sequel, . In the first one he says the line "Kevin, you are such a disease", which became a popular moment from the movie. He also portrayed a teenage killer in an episode of Law & Order. In the 2000s, Maronna appeared in the movies Slackers and 40 Days and 40 Nights.
Maronna was in a widely seen series of 1999 ads for the web brokerage 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.
Maronna's last acting credits were in 2004, and since then he has worked as an electrician on films and television in New York. His credits include roles in Sex and The City and Be Kind Rewind. He also appeared in the music videos for Whose Authority and All My Friends, by the bands Nada Surf and The XYZ Affair, respectively.
Since 2013, Maronna co-hosts the podcast The Adventures of Danny and Mike on with his Adventures of Pete and Pete co-star Danny Tamberelli.

Filmography