Norman Reedus was cast as an understudy for a production of Maps for Drowners, a comedy about AIDS, at the Tiffany Theater on Sunset Boulevard. The auditioning process is not like it used to be. After engaging in a drunken, angry rant toward some fellow party guests, one guest approached Reedus and asked if he would like to act in a play. Right after losing his job at a Venice, California motorcycle shop following a fight with his boss, a friend took then 17-year-old Norman Reedus to a party that same night. No one is more surprised by how it began than he is. Norman Reedus has endured a plentiful career in film and television for almost 30 years. (Image credit: Franchise Pictures) How Did Norman Reedus Become An Actor? Now, Norman Reedus continues to carry that memory with a tattoo of his father’s name gracing his chest. He has stated that he used the memory of Norman Sr.’s death to invoke the right emotional reaction for a scene in which his character, Daryl Dixon, discovers his brother, Merle Dixon ( Michael Rooker), has succumbed to a walker bite in Season 3 of The Walking Dead. She has taught Kindergarten, high school, and even ran an orphanage at one time, but earlier in life, she was a Playboy bunny.ĭespite his absence for most of the actor’s life, Norman Reedus was able to reunite with his father shortly before he died in 2002. Marianne had a career in education, which took her to Japan, where her son lived with her throughout his high school years. Marianne did most of the parenting to little Norman as Ira, or Norman Sr., had split from Marianne and was away for much of his son’s childhood. Norman Reedus was born to Ira Norman and Marianne Yarber Reedus. The docuseries follows Reedus taking motorcycle trips with a rotation of celebrity guests, including a few of his Walking Dead co-stars and his Boondock Saints brother, Sean Patrick Flanery. Norman Reedus’ fascination with motorcycles even earned him a second show on The Walking Dead network, AMC, called Ride with Norman Reedus.
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