Norman Mark Reedus (born
January 6, 1969) is an American actor, television host and model. He
stars in the AMC horrordrama series The Walking Dead and in the
film The Boondock Saints. He has also acted
in numerous films and television series, and modeled for various fashion
designers (most
recognizably Prada in the 1990s).
Early life
Reedus was born in Hollywood, Florida,
the son of Marianne (née Yarber), a teacher,
and Ira Norman Reedus. He is of English, Irish, Italian and Scottish descent. He attended
Bethany college for a semester. He worked at a Harley-Davidson shop in Venice, California,
and contributed artwork to various shows as a painter, photographer, sculptor
and video artist.
He first acted in the
play Maps for Drowners at
the Tiffany Theater on Sunset Boulevard. He was discovered at a
party in Los Angeles, where someone asked him if he wanted to act in a play.
Career
Film and television
Reedus played Jeremy in his film debut Mimic and Mac in Giovanni
Rodriguez's Red Canyon.
Reedus
played Murphy MacManus in the 1999 film The Boondock Saints. He
reprised the role in the 2009 sequel The
Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. He guest-starred
in Charmed as Nate, the boyfriend of
Paige (Rose McGowan). Reedus starred in Hello Herman, which opened nationwide
and on-demand on
June 7, 2013. Reedus currently stars in the reality series Ride with Norman
Reedus, which premiered in June 2016.
The Walking Dead
In 2010, Reedus began playing Daryl Dixon in the AMC television series The Walking
Dead, a horror drama about a group of friends and family
members who fight to survive in a violent apocalyptic world populated with
flesh-eating zombies and the few surviving humans, some of whom are even more
diabolical and dangerous than the zombies themselves.
The character was not originally in the comic book series
of the same name, but was created specifically for Reedus after his
audition for the character of Merle Dixon. The Walking Dead comic creator Robert Kirkman feels "absolutely blessed
Reedus has honored the show with his presence, and the way he has come in and
taken over that role and defined Daryl Dixon. A lot of Reedus's portrayal of
the character in the first season inspired
all the writers to do what we did with him in the second season.
We love writing him and end up doing cool
stuff with him." The drama has evolved into the highest-rated in cable
history, smashing all previous records. Reedus was nominated for a
2012 Saturn
Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.
Modeling, music videos and art
Reedus has modeled for Prada, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, Durban, Levi's, Lexus and
Morgenthal Fredrics. In 2015, Reedus posed for a Cruelty Free
International ad in support of ending cosmetic tests on
animals.
In the mid-1990s, while working as a model, he
appeared in the music videos for
"Wicked As It Seems" by Keith Richards, "Violently Happy" by Björk, "Flat Top" by Goo Goo Dolls, "Cat's in the Cradle"
covered by Ugly Kid Joe,
"Strange Currencies"
by R.E.M. and "Fake Plastic Trees"
by Radiohead. In 1999 he appeared in the video
for "Mean to Me" by Tonic. Since achieving fame as an actor, he
has also appeared in the videos for "Judas"
by Lady Gaga, "Sun Down" by Tricky (ft. Tirzah), "Gypsy
Woman" by Hilary Duff and
"No Cities to Love"
by Sleater-Kinney.
He is also a painter, sculptor and
photographer, who currently shows his artwork in galleries in New York City, Berlin and Frankfurt. He released a book of
photography on October 31, 2013, called The Sun's Coming Up... Like A Big Bald Head, and in September
2014 announced a fan art compilation called Thanks For All The Niceness.
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