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 television series The Adventures of Pete & Pete and as Jeff McCallister, Kevin's rude older brother, in the films Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992).
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Early life and education
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 was the first grandchild in a big family, which included one younger brother and sister. As a teenager, 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 appeared in his first commercial at a very young age, and it was for a Scott Paper advertisement. He played older Pete Wrigley in the television show The Adventures of Pete & Pete on Nickelodeon (from 1989 to 1996), as well as the character of Jeff McCallister in the movie Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), when he was 13 and 15 respectively. In the first one he says the line "Kevin, you are such a disease!", which became widely popular. He also portrayed a teenage killer in an episode of Law & Order.
