Personal details
- Height: 5′ 9½″ (1.77 m)
- Birth Location: Hollywood, Florida, USA
- Parents: Marianne Reedus
- Professions: Actor, Producer
Norman Reedus, born down in Hollywood, Florida—yeah, the one in Florida, not California—comes from a seriously mixed bag of roots: Italian, English, Scottish, and Irish. Guy’s not just your average actor; he’s got a whole other life as a photographer, too. He’s put out a bunch of photo books, and his stuff gets shown in art galleries all over the globe. Busy dude. Oh, and in 2022, he dropped his first novel, “The Ravaged.” That book didn’t just sit on a shelf; it landed on both the New York Times and LA Times best seller lists. Not bad, right? He runs his own production company, Bigbaldhead, Inc. (you gotta love that name), with Amanda Verdon, and they’ve got a first-look deal with AMC Studios. Jumping back to his acting start, Reedus made his movie debut in 1997 with Guillermo del Toro’s “Mimic.” After that, he stacked up roles in “Floating,” “Six Ways to Sunday,” and “Gossip,” then showed up as Scud in “Blade II.” Then there’s “Deuces Wild,” “Red Canyon,” “The Conspirator” with Robert Redford, and “Triple 9.” Fans know him best as Murphy MacManus in “The Boondock Saints” (and its sequel), acting alongside folks like Sean Patrick Flanery and Willem Dafoe. In 2005, he even jumped behind the camera for his first short film, “I Thought of You,” which scored a handful of awards. But come 2010, he took over TV as Daryl Dixon in “The Walking Dead.” Fun fact: Daryl wasn’t even in the comics—they made the part just for him, and he’s been crushing it ever since.
movie triviannAfter a brutal car crash, the dude's face got totally wrecked—like, not just a little bruised, but full-on disaster mode. Doctors basically had to play Mr. Potato Head with his nose, piecing it back together using four screws. Yeah, metal inside his face. And his left eye-socket? That was an even bigger mess. They had to rebuild it using titanium, so now he’s got this cyborg-level hardware holding everything in place. Recovery wasn’t just a quick nap, either. There were surgeries, swelling, and probably a ton of painkillers involved. Honestly, it’s kind of wild how much modern medicine can fix after something that gnarly. The guy pretty much walks around with more metal in his skull than some people's kitchen drawers. And, get this, all that reconstruction work probably saved his career, 'cause without that, he wouldn't exactly be camera-ready. Now every time he shows up in a film, there’s some serious titanium backing up his performance.
Honestly, my life’s kinda wild these days. There’s just piles of presents everywhere—I’m not even exaggerating, I’ve got, like, three boxes overflowing with this stuff. And my kid’s room? It’s a full-on shrine to Daryl Dixon. We’re talking paintings, action figures, lighters, even tattoos and, weirdly enough, panties. It’s hilarious and also a little bit nuts. It’s all in good fun, though. Boondocks fans? Man, they’re intense, but lately, it’s The Walking Dead crowd that’s really taken over. I keep getting more and more Walking Dead merch, which, honestly, I’m not mad about. Feels like the same people are obsessing over both, so I guess I’m just riding this wave. It’s kind of overwhelming, to be real. But hey, if people want to send me weird Daryl stuff, who am I to say no?
5′ 9½″ (1.77 m)
Konidela Ram Charan
Hollywood, Florida, USA
Yes, Nova Tennessee
Marianne Reedus and Surekha