Selected filmography of Norman Reedus

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Norman Reedus is an American actor best known for his roles as Murphy McManus from The Boondock Saints and Daryl Dixon from the horror drama The Walking Dead. But these are far from his only roles, as the actor's filmography includes many more projects. We will talk about them in the article.

Norman Reedus: biography

Norman was born in 1969 in Hollywood, Florida. He grew up in Los Angeles, but often traveled to other countries: Spain, Ireland and Japan. He was educated at Bethany College in West Virginia. Before starting his acting career, he worked with the Harley-Davidson store, as well as with the organizers of various art shows as a sculptor, video artist and photographer. Also in the mid-90s, he was associated with the modeling business and appeared in music videos for such artists as Keith Richards, Bjork, Radiohead and others.

According to the "official data", in the personal life of Norman Reedus there was not a single woman in a wedding dress. In 1998, the actor met Danish fashion model Helena Christensen. Before the solemn marriage, the matter did notcame. They had a strong five-year relationship, during which a son was born - Mingus Lucien Reedus. And despite the fact that the couple broke up in 2003, they are still raising Mingus together.

Career start

The first film with Norman Reedus was filmed in 1997. It was Guillermo del Toro's fantasy horror film Mutants, where the actor played a character named Jeremy. He received his second role in the same year in Adam Bernstein's comedy thriller Blood and Milk. A year later, he starred in Bruce Wagner's drama I'm Losing You. And already in the thriller by Adam Coleman Howard "Dark Harbor" (1998), he was entrusted with playing one of the main characters - a wounded young man whom the Davis and Alexis spouses met on the way to the ferry.

In 1999, Norman Reedus took part in the filming of Stacy Title's crime drama Let the Devil Wear Black. He played a small role in Joel Schumacher's detective thriller 8mm (1999). Together with Willem Dafoe, the actor starred in Troy Duffy's financially successful action comedy The Boondock Saints (1999), where he played the fiery and emotional Murphy McManus. And in 2009, he repeated this role in an equally interesting sequel to the picture.

Chilling gossip

In Davis Guggenheim's teen thriller Gossip (2000), the actor played painter Travis, one of the top college gossips in the northeastern United States. He became part of the main cast in Matt Palmieri's drama Sand (2002). The role of Josh ("Scud") - a young gunsmith, collaborating withBlade in Abraham Whistler's absence, performed in Guillermo del Toro's fantasy action movie Blade 2 (2002). Marco, the leader of the Viper gang, played in Scott Calvert's action movie The Wild Bunch (2002). And in the role of "Restored Man" he appeared in the thriller "Octane", filmed in 2003 by Marcus Adams.

In 2005, the German director Christian Alvart made a crime film with Norman Reedus "Antibodies", in which the actor got the main role. He also got into the main cast during the filming of Manuel Pradal's thriller Crime (2006). As one of the main characters, he can be seen in Brian Smrz's action movie A Hero Wanted (2007). And in Chris Solimine's relatively weak drama Frostbite (2007) about the adventures of an American hacker in Russia, who was brought here at the request of an oligarch serving a sentence in prison.

Templar Messengers

In 2008, the actor appeared in the thriller Giovanni Rodriguez "Red Canyon". A year later, he played the role of farmer Johnny Rollins in Martin Barnwitz's horror film Messengers 2: The Scarecrow. Together with Ben Foster and Denis Quaid, he starred in another project by Christian Alvart - the fantasy thriller Pandorum (2009). And on the set of Josh Sternfield's detective drama Meskada (2010), his colleagues on the set were Rachel Nichols and Nick Stahl.

Famous journalist Lax Moralis Norman Reedus played in "School Shooter" - a drama filmed by Michelle Danner in 2012. In Paul Sampson's mystical detective Night of the Templar(2013) about a rebellious medieval knight who decided to take revenge on his traitors, the actor played the role of Henry Flash, one of the main characters. He also received a place in the main cast, along with Matt Dillon and Naomi Watts, in the dramatic film Ray of Light Jr. by Lorrie Collier (2013).

The Walking Dead Vacation

In 2014, the actor appeared as himself in Joe Carnahan's crime comedy Driver for the Night, which tells the story of a limousine driver who, for the sake of a dubious, but monetary offer, decides to stay on shift. The role of another driver, however, a truck driver, Norman Reedus played in the comedy film by Jonathan M. Goldstein and John Francis Daly "Vacation" (2015). And Mr. Bauer, one of the group of people who survived the apocalypse, played in Christian Cantamessa's fantasy thriller "Air" (2015).

The last works of the actor include the drama "Sky" (2015) by Fabienne Berto, which brought him the main role, and the crime action movie "Three Nines" (2016) by John Hillcoat. But, despite the fact that during his career he managed to collect an impressive filmography, many people know him from the TV series The Walking Dead (2010 - …), created by Frank Darabont based on the comics by Robert Kirkman. There he plays the pathfinder Daryl Dixon, one of the key and most interesting characters of the project, for which he was awarded several times in prestigious nominations.