Michiel Huisman

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“when I signed on to ‘thrones’, I hadn’t even watched the show. I knew that it was a thing, but I had no idea that it was going to be or that it was already such a big thing, and I had no idea that it would have such an impact on my career and the opportunities after that show.”

ALSO KNOWN FOR

The Age of Adaline (2015)

The Flight Attendant (2020)

The Invitation (2015)

Treme (2011)

Michiel Huisman is a Dutch actor, musician and singer-songwriter, born on the 18th of July 1981 in n Amstelveen, Netherlands. Huisman is the brother of former professional football player Dustin Huisman. He is fond of table tennis, which he has played since childhood. He was raised Jewish. Huisman is married to Dutch actress Tara Elders, and they have a daughter who was born in 2007. The couple formerly lived in New Orleans, Louisiana, US; and now reside in New York City. Huisman is most well known for playing Ellis Jones in the fantasy romance film The Age of Adaline (2015), Sonny on the television series Treme (2010–13), Daario Naharis on Game of Thrones (2014–16) and Steven Crain on The Haunting of Hill House (2018).

Huisman was singer and guitarist in the Dutch band Fontane, who released the singles "1+1=2" (2001), "Slapeloos" (2002), and "Neem Me Mee" (2003). The first single was on the soundtrack of the film Costa! (2001) and the second was on the soundtrack of Full Moon Party (2002), both in which Huisman played a starring role. After two members left the band, Fontane split up and Huisman decided to pursue music on his own. Huisman released the singles "Deel Van Mij" (2005) and "Geef Je Over" (2006), and the album Luchtige Verhalen (2005) as a solo artist

Huisman began his acting career with a supporting role on Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden – the longest-running soap opera on Dutch television. He was then cast in the made-for-TV films Uitgesloten and Suzy Q, opposite fellow Thrones actor Carice Van Houten. Huisman also played a small supporting role in the 2006 film Zwartboek by Paul Verhoeven, which became the most successful Dutch film of all time. In 2006, Huisman made his first foray into the international acting world in the British TV series Dalziel and Pascoe, and followed this with a role in The Young Victoria (2009), as well as the BBC made-for-TV drama Margot (2009). He then joined the main cast of the HBO series Treme, and during his time on the series he also appeared in the American musical series Nashville (2012), as well as the apocalyptic action film World War Z (2013). Huisman then replaced English actor Ed Skrein in the role of Daario Naharis for the fourth season of the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones and was promoted to series regular for the fifth and sixth series. In recent years, he has starred in the popular American films Wild (2014), The Age of Adaline (2015), The Invitation (2015), and the Netflix films The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019) and Kate (2021). Other recent television credits include Orphan Black (2014), Harley and the Davidsons (2016), The Haunting of Hill House (2018) and the Emmy nominated HBO Max series The Flight Attendant (2020).