Max Carver Robert Maxwell Martensen was born in San Francisco CA to parents Robert Martensen a doctor and writer and Anne Carver a philanthropist and community activist Max and his identical twin brother Charlie have different birthdays Charlie was born on July 31 and Max was born seven minutes later on August 1 He made his acting debut with his twin brother Charlie in the ABC hit television series Desperate Housewives In 2012 Carver graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelors degree in English Next year he will make his film debut opposite Britt Robertson in the novel adaptation of Undiscovered Gyrl written and directed by Allison Burnett