Early life

Reedus was born in Hollywood, Florida, to Marianne (Yarber), a teacher, and Norman Reedus, Sr. He is of Italian (from his paternal grandmother), English, Scottish, and Irish descent. He was raised in Los Angeles. Reedus also lived in Japan, Spain, and Ireland. 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' first film was in 1997 the Guillermo del Toro horror thriller film Mimic, where he played the character Jeremy. He also had roles in the films Dark Harbor, 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 film Antibodies as a German policeman. In 2008, he starred in the film Red Canyon. Reedus played Murphy MacManus in the 1999 movie The Boondock Saints. He also starred in the sequel 2009 The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. He guest-starred on Charmed as Paige's (Rose McGowan) boyfriend, Nate. Norman now is starring in a six-episode reality mini-series which will premiere in 2016, Ride With Norman Reedus.

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 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." 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 portrayal of Dixon.

Reedus also starred in the film Hello Herman, 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 Morgenthal Fredrics. He has appeared in 11 music videos: "Judas (Lady Gaga song)" by Lady Gaga, "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, "Sun Down" by Tricky (ft. Tirzah), "Gypsy Woman" by Hilary Duff, "No Cities to Love" by Sleater-Kinney. Reedus also posed for a Cruelty Free International ad in support of ending cosmetic tests on animals. He is also a painter, sculptor, and photographer who currently shows his artwork in galleries in New York, 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".

Personal life

Reedus was in a long-term relationship with supermodel Helena Christensen from 1998 until 2003, although the two were never married, despite reports to the contrary. Together they have a son (born October 1999). The two have remained friends and share joint custody of their son.

In 2005, while in Berlin, Reedus was involved in a car accident. He required surgery for a titanium eye socket and four screws in his nose.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Floating	Van	New England Film & Video Festival Special Jury Award for Best Acting Performance
1997	Mimic	Jeremy
1998	I'm Losing You	Toby
1998	Six Ways to Sunday	Harold
1998	Reach the Rock	Danny
1998	Dark Harbor	Young Man
1998	Davis Is Dead	Larry
1999	Let the Devil Wear Black	Brautigan
1999	8MM	Warren Anderson
1999	Boondock Saints, TheThe Boondock Saints	Murphy MacManus
2000	Beat	Lucien Carr
2000	Gossip	Travis
2000	Bad Seed	Jonathan Casey
2000	Sand	Jack
2001	The Beatnicks	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 (Pulse)	Recovery Man
2003	Overnight	Himself
2004	Until the Night	Robert
2004	Ôsama no kampô	Norman	English: Great Wall Great Medicine
2005	Antibodies	Polizist Schmitz
2005	Notorious Bettie Page, TheThe Notorious Bettie Page	Billy Neal
2006	Walls	Henry Flesh	Short film
2006	Crime, AA Crime	Vincent Harris
2006	I Thought of You		Short film; writer, 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	Echoes of Extinction	Eric Richards
2008	Styrofoam Soul	Joe
2009	The Chase	Dangerous Guy
2009	Messengers 2: The Scarecrow	John Rollins	Direct-to-video
2009	Pandorum	Shepard
2009	Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, TheThe Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day	Murphy MacManus
2010	Meskada	Dennis Burrows
2010	Conspirator, TheThe Conspirator	Lewis Payne
2010	Ollie Klublershturf vs. The Nazis	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 role; direct-to-video
2013	Sunlight Jr.	Justin
2013	Pawn Shop Chronicles	Stanley
2014	Stretch	Norman Reedus
2015	Vacation	Truck Driver
2015	Air	Bauer
2015	Sky	Diego
2016	Triple 9	Russel Welch

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Charmed	Nate Parks	2 episodes
2005	Masters of Horror	Kirby	Episode: "John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns"
2006	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Derek Lord	Episode: "Influence"
2006	13 Graves	Norman	Television film
2010	Hawaii Five-0	Anton Hesse	Episode: Pilot
2010-present	Walking Dead, TheThe Walking Dead	Daryl Dixon	66 episodes IGN Award for Best TV Hero Satellite Award for Best Cast - Television Series Nominated - EWwy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Drama Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in Television
2016	Ride With Norman Reedus	Himself (host)	6 episodes
2016	American Dad!	Tim (voice)	Episode: "Hayley Smith, Seal Team Six"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct	Daryl Dixon	Voice and likeness
Cancelled	Silent Hills	Protagonist	Voice and likeness

[ Source: Wikipedia ]