Norman Reedus Biography

Norman Mark Reedus (born January 6, 1969) is an American actor, known for his portrayal of Murphy McManus in the 1999 film The Boondock Saints and its sequel, released 10 years later. Norman also portrays Daryl Dixon in the television series The Walking Dead and has also directed several videos and modelled for various fashion designers.

Early life and career

Reedus was born in Hollywood, Florida and raised in Los Angeles, California. He also spent some time living in Japan, the United Kingdom, and Spain. In Los Angeles, he worked at a Harley Davidson shop in Venice and contributed artwork to various shows as a painter, photographer, sculptor, and video artist. He got his first taste of acting in the play Maps for Drowners at the Tiffany Theater on Sunset Boulevard. He was first discovered at a party in Los Angeles where he started screaming with giant sunglasses on until someone asked if he wanted to be in a play.

Film and television

His first film was in 1997 the Guillermo del Toro horror thriller film Mimic, where he played the character Jeremy. He has also played roles in the films Floating, Six Ways to Sunday, Deuces Wild, Blade II, Gossip, 8mm, American Gangster, Hero Wanted and Moscow Chill. In 2005 he had a bit-part in the Christian Alvart German film Antibodies as a German Polizist (policeman). In 2008 he starred in the film Red Canyon.

Reedus played the role of Murphy MacManus in the 1999 movie The Boondock Saints opposite Sean Patrick Flanery and Willem Dafoe. He also starred opposite Flanery in the sequel 2009 The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day.

Reedus guest starred on Charmed as Paige's (Rose McGowan) boyfriend.

In 2010, Reedus took on the role of Daryl Dixon in the AMC television series The Walking Dead. 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 has stated he 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 Norman'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." Reedus was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work as Daryl Dixon in 2012.

He starred in the film Hello Herman directed by Michelle Danner, which opened nationwide and On-Demand on June 7, 2013.

Modeling, music videos, and art

Reedus has modeled for Prada, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, Durban, Levi's, Lexus and most recently Morgenthal Fredrics. He has appeared in nine music videos: Flat Top by Goo Goo Dolls, Cats In The Cradle by Ugly Kid Joe, "Mean To Me" by Tonic, Strange Currencies by R.E.M., Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead, Violently Happy by Björk, Wicked as it Seems by Keith Richards, Gypsy Woman by Hilary Duff, and Judas by Lady Gaga (as Judas). He is also a painter, sculptor, and photographer who currently shows his artwork in galleries in New York, Berlin, and Frankfurt. He is also releasing a book for photography that is available for pre-sale and is going to be released on October 31st, 2013.

Personal life

Reedus was in a long term relationship with supermodel Helena Christensen from 1998 until 2003, although the two were never married, despite rumors and misreporting to the contrary. Together they have a son, Mingus Lucien Reedus, born on October 13, 1999. Reedus and Christensen have remained friends and share joint custody of their son.

In 2005, while in Berlin, Germany, Reedus was in a car accident. He had to have surgery and his left eye has a titanium eye socket and 4 screws in his nose.

He has several tattoos: his father's name on the left side of his chest (also "Norman", in memoriam), a devil on his upper right arm, "Mingus" in red on his right forearm, a star on his right hand, a tiny 'x' above his left collar bone, two demons on his back, a heart on his right wrist and a snake on his left leg.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Floating	Van	Special Jury Award Best Acting Performance
1997	Mimic	Jeremy
1997	Six Ways to Sunday	Harry Odum
1998	Davis Is Dead	Larry
1998	I'm Losing You	Toby
1998	Reach The Rock	Danny
1998	Dark Harbor	Young man
1999	Let the Devil Wear Black	Brautigan
1999	8MM	Warren Anderson
1999	'	Murphy MacManus
2000	Beat	Lucien Carr
2000	Gossip	Travis
2000	Bad Seed	Jonathan Casey
2000	Sand	Jack
2001	'	Nick Nero
2002	Luster	Sextools delivery boy
2002	Blade II	Scud
2002	Deuces Wild	Marco
2003	Nobody Needs to Know	Kurt
2003	Tough Luck	Archie
2003	Octane	Recovery man
2004	Until the Night	Robert
2004	"?sama no kampô
2005	Antibodies	Polizist Schmitz
2005	'	Billy Neal
2005	Comfortably Numb	Buddy Flemming
2005	Masters of Horror - John Carpenters - Cigarette Burns	Kirby Sweetman
2006	13 Graves	Norman
2006	Walls	Henry Flesh	Short film
2006	'	Vincent Harris
2006	I Thought of You		Short Writer and Director
2006	Killer Queen	Jack Trust
2007	American Gangster	Detective Norman Reilly
2007	Moscow Chill	Ray Perso
2008	Hero Wanted	Swain	Direct-to-video
2008	Meet Me In Berlin	Unnamed American	Short Film
2008	Red Canyon	Mac
2008	Dead*Line	Seth	Short film
2008	Clown	Lucien	Short film
2008	Cadillac Records	Chess Records engineer
2008	Echos of Extinction	Eric Richards
2008	Styrofoam Soul	Joe
2009	'	Dangerous guy
2009	Messengers 2: The Scarecrow	John Rollins	Direct-to-video
2009	Pandorum	Shepard
2009	Night of the Templar	Henry
2009	'	Murphy MacManus
2010	Meskada	Dennis Burrows
2010	'	Lewis Payne
2010	Ollie Klublershturf vs. The Nazi	Barry	Short film
2010	8 Uhr 28	Stranger
2011	Hello Herman	Lax Morales
2012	Night of the Templar	Henry Flesh
2013	Iron Man: Rise of Technovore	Frank Castle / The Punisher	Voice Direct-to-video
2013	Sunlight Jr.	Justin
2013	Pawn Shop Chronicles	Stanley
2014	Stretch	TBA	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Charmed	Nate Parks	2 episodes: "Sense and Sense Ability" (season 5: episode 20) "Necromancing the Stone" (season 5: episode 21)
2005	Masters Of Horror	Kirby	Episode: "John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns"
2006	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Derek Lord	Episode: "Influence"
2010	Hawaii Five-0	Anton Hess	Episode: "Pilot"
2010"present	'	Daryl Dixon	Season 1 (recurring; 4 episodes) Season 2,3 and Present-(series regular) Satellite Award for Best Cast " Television Series (2012) IGN Award Best TV Hero (2012) Nominated " Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in Television (2012)
2011	'	Daryl Dixon	Episode #8.39
2013	Hawaii Five-0	Anton Hess	Episode: "Olelo Pa'a"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct	Daryl Dixon	Voice