The popular American actor in the direction of "drama" and "thriller", as well as the director, screenwriter and part-time model Norman Ridus gained worldwide popularity and vocation, starring in such films as "Mutants" (1997), "Dark Harbor" (1998), " The Saints of the Slums (1999), 8 millimeters (1999), Floating (another name for the film Floating, 1999), and Blade II (the role of Josh, 2002), he is currently not only being removed from the films and serials (the TV series "Walking Dead" - the role of Deril Dickson, 2010-2012), but also writes excellent scripts. But in fact before, as if it was not hard to believe, the actor was an ordinary seller of motor vehicles.
Children's years of actor
Norman Mark Ridus was born on January 6, 1969, water from the towns of Hollywood, Florida, USA. At the age of twelve, the future actor left the walls of his house and went to London, having lived there for a while, he moved to Japan. Before opening the actor's talent and conquering the stage of Hollywood, Norman worked as a motorcycle salesman in California and even in Venice (apparently because the actor has a great love of kmototehnike) and earned $ 7.50 per hour, and then was one of the models of the famous fashion house Prada.
Start a career in a big movie
The career of actor Norman Ridus began in 1997, playing Jeremy in the American horror film that was based on the same story by Donald Wallham "Mutants". Immediately chase role was followed by the main role in the comedy film directed by Adam Bernstein under the title "Blood with milk", where he acted out Harry Oduma. By the way, the partners of the acting debut in the movie on this film were such famous actors as Isaac Hayes and Deborah Harry. The character embodied by Ridus in the film personified a modest and shy boy who was completely controlled and cared for by his loving mother, and who found a way to release his energy through violent and unbridled violence. In 1998, several films with Norman Ridusu's participation appeared on the screens: "I'm losing you", "Violator of tranquility", "Dark Harbor" and Joel Schumacher's detective thriller "8 millimeters". In the next year, Ridus was able to film in a whole series of diverse film projects: "Let the Devil Wear Black", "The Saints of the Slums", "The Swimming", "Eight millimeters", the series "Law and Order: Special Corps". It will not be superfluous to note that in criminal thriller Troy Duffy with the inclusion of elements of the black comedy "Saints from the slums", the partners of the actor on the set of the film are Willem Dafoe and Patrick Flanery. This film turned out to be very easy to be unobtrusive, so I fell in love with the viewer.
2000s became no less fruitful for the actor. Every year, with some periodicity, films were released, where Norman Ridus played. In 2000, the actor played a secondary role of the temperature Lucien Kara in the American film called "Strike." After the dramatic drama, directed by the director Davis Guggenheim, "Gossip" was followed by a key role, where Ridus played Travis. Screenwriters for this film were Teresa Rebecca and Gregory Poirier, and the set was shared by the actor with Lena Heady and James Marsden. Also in the same year, the world saw two more films with the participation of the actor - "Sand", "Inexperienced" and "Knicks in the past."
The actor was very loud about himself in 2002, having played the movie "Glitter" and the horror film "Blade 2" (the role of Skoda), directed by Guillermo Del Toro, and actors such as Chris Kristofferson, Wesley Snipes , Leonor Varela, Ron Perlman.
In 2003, already well-known and popular at this time, the actor played in the following films: "Wild luck", "Nobody should know", "Oktan" and in some episodes of the series "Charmed." By the way, in the directorial work of Armand Assant "Wild luck" Ridus played the main role of petty thieves Archie, who tries to find himself in life, but old habits again and again recall themselves.
Judging by the filmography of the actor for 2005, he could be considered already quite creative person. Therefore this year the claimed actor gave a small role in the series "Masters of Horror", and also another role in the movie "The Indecent Betty Page", where the actor played Bill Neal and the key role in the criminal thriller of Christian Alverta under the name "Antibodies". The partner of Ridus on this film was the popular actress Nadezhda Brennik. This film has a very deep psychological meaning.
And in 2007, screenwriter Andrei Konchalovsky and well-known director Chris Solimin invited Norman, as well as Konstantin Yushkevich, Slava Shut and Ksenia Buravskaya to appear in the crime drama Frost Pokozhe. The film tells a strange and at the same time cruel and funny story of the American Ray, who thanks to hacking helped to deliver the imprisoned oligarch to Russia. After this film, Norman excellently played in the detective drama Ridley Scott "Ganster" (the role of the detective Norman Reilly). The actor's partners in the film were Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington and Kuebda Gooding Jr..
Thanks to the acting skills of Norman Ridus, a huge number of absolutely different characters of the life of the movie heroes appeared on the screen, each of which deserves separate criticism. What is the image of Swain from the movie "The Hero Is Wanted" (2008). And this is not attentively attention to the secondary roles of Ridus, in which the actor can not be unnoticed.
Activities of the actor in addition to cinema
In addition to his acting career, Norman Ridus was able to excel very well, as a screenwriter and director. A clear example of this is his work as a director and screenwriter on the film "I Think About You" (2006). In addition to roles in feature films, he acted himself in a film chronicle: "NVO: First Look." Also, Ridus starred in the video of the eccentric Lady Gaga for the song "Judas".
The personal life of the actor
Since 1998, the actor is in a romantic relationship with the model Helen Christensen. October 13, 1999, a couple was born a little son, whose parents called Mingus.
The series "Walking the Dead" in the life of Norman Ridus
At the moment the actor actively participates in the third season of the American post-apocalyptic television series, developed by Frank Darabont, "The Walking Dead". In this series, the actor appears before us in the role of a bad and at the same time a good guy from a dysfunctional farming family named Deryl Dixon. By the way, this series is screened by the same series of comic books by Robert Kirkmanom, Tony Murom and Charlie Adlardomom. The series tells about a small group of people who survived the zombie apocalypse who are desperately fighting for their lives.
The premiere of "Walking Dead" took place on one of the cable channels of the USA on October 31, 2010. The first season of the series was highly evaluated by critics and even was nominated for several awards, including in the category "Best Dramatic TV Series" and the popular Golden Globe Award.