Norman Reedus

Norman Mark Reedus (born January 6, 1969) is an American actor and model best known for his television role as Daryl Dixon on The Walking Dead, an AMC horror drama series (2010–present). He has also acted in numerous films, appeared in and created several videos, done video game voiceovers, and modeled for various fashion designers, most recognizably Prada in the 1990s.

Early life

Reedus was born in Hollywood, Florida, and is the elder of two children born to Marianne (née Yarber) and Norman Reedus. He is of Italian (from his maternal grandfather), English, Scottish, and Scotch-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 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 someone asked him if he wanted to be in a play.