Travis Fimmel
Travis Fimmel (born July 15, 1979 in Echuca , Victoria , Australia ) is an Australian film actor and former photo model , who became known through various advertising campaigns for Calvin Klein .
Life
Fimmel grew up as the son of a cattle farmer and a nurse, the youngest of three brothers in the country. He left home at the age of 17 and moved to Melbourne in 1997 . There he studied project management at RMIT University . In 1998, the 1.80 meter tall, dark blonde Fimmel was discovered in a fitness studio by the Chadwick Model Management agency . In 1999 he broke off his studies and moved to London , where he worked as a tourist guide .
In 2001 he moved to Los Angeles , where he immediately signed up with a model agency. The agency arranged for him to appear in video clips of Jennifer Lopez and Janet Jackson . He was later hired for a Calvin Klein underwear advertising campaign, which was followed by another for Calvin Klein's Crave perfume . He received a six-figure sum for this campaign, the second highest fee the fashion company had ever paid a model .
In 2003 Fimmel switched to the film business. In September, he took over the lead role of John Clayton in the drama series Tarzan of Warner Brothers . Although the series achieved higher ratings than other sitcoms from the media company, it was discontinued. In 2005 Fimmel starred as Taj in the series Rocky Point . In 2008 he played the young partner of the FBI cop Charles Barker on the side of Patrick Swayze in the crime series The Beast . The series was discontinued with Swayze's death. From 2013 to 2017 he was one of the main characters in the series Vikings as Ragnar Lodbrok .
In 2016 he played the lead role of Anduin Lothar in the fantasy film Warcraft: The Beginning .
For the action drama Die in a Gunfight , a free adaptation of the classic Romeo and Juliet story, he got the role of a Texas hit man.
Filmography (selection)
- 2003: Tarzan (TV series, 9 episodes)
- 2005: Rocky Point (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2008: Restraint
- 2008: Surfer, Dude
- 2009: The Beast (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2010: Ivory
- 2010: The Experiment
- 2010: Needle
- 2010: Pure Country 2: The Gift
- 2010: Chase (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2011: Supremacy (short film)
- 2012: Harodim - Nothing but the Truth? (The Lazarus Protocol)
- 2013: The Baytown Outlaws
- 2013-2017: Vikings (TV series, 45 episodes)
- 2015: Maggie's Plan
- 2016: Warcraft: The Beginning (Warcraft)
- 2017: Lean on Pete
- 2018 Finding Steve McQueen
- 2019: Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan
- 2020: Here Are the Young Men
Web links
- Travis craze in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vikings star Travis Fimmel becomes a hit man in a new role. In: Moviepilot.de. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .
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SURNAME | Fimmel, Travis |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian film actor and former model |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1979 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | at Echuca , Victoria , Australia |