Noel Fisher
Noel Roeim Fisher[2] (born March 13, 1984) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his portrayal of Mickey Milkovich on the Showtime series Shameless, as well as his portrayal of Cael Malloy on the FX series The Riches. He played Ellison "Cotton Top" Mounts in the Emmy Award-winning miniseries Hatfields & McCoys as well as Vladimir, a 1,500-year-old vampire in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, and Michelangelo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and its sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows and X-Men: Evolution where he voiced the character Todd “Toad” Tolansky. He also has had roles in shows such as Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, Lie to Me, Bones, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Noel Fisher | |
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Noel Fisher | |
| Born | Noel Roeim Fisher March 13, 1984[1] Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Spouse | |
Early life
Fisher was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He began his acting career at the age of 14 in the television movie The Sheldon Kennedy Story.[3] During his time as a young actor in Vancouver, he was encouraged to "take many different classes" and "fell in love" with piano, which he studied for eight years.[4]
Career
Fisher began his acting career at age 14. He debuted in 1999 with The Sheldon Kennedy Story, a sport drama movie on the ice hockey player Sheldon Kennedy. He also starred as Freddie in Season 1 of Two and a Half Men in 2004. His performance landed Fisher his first Gemini Awards nomination. He gained a second nomination with the TV series Godiva's in 2005.[5] He played Brian Gibbons in Final Destination 2 in 2003, one of his first roles in an American movie. From 2007, Fisher became more known by the public due to the FX series The Riches, portraying Cael, the conniving and clever son of parents played by Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver.
Fisher has received critical acclaim for playing Mickey Milkovich, a gay thug character on Shameless from 2011 to 2021.[5] In 2014 Vanity Fair named his relationship with Cameron Monaghan's Ian Gallagher the best-written gay couple on television.[6] Though Fisher is straight, his sexuality is often questioned in interviews. He has responded to the controversy:[7]
I don't look at Mickey as a gay character. I look at him as a person, who happens to be gay. I think it's weird how we, as a society, try to put the LGBT community in a box, when in fact, they are just people. They have the same complexities as you and me. That's how I look at Mickey, as a complex person.
In 2017 Fisher starred in the National Geographic docu-series The Long Road Home. He played Pfc. Tomas Young, the Iraq war veteran who famously became a war protester after being paralyzed during an ambush only days after being sent to fight overseas.[8] Fisher told creator Mikko Allanne he would not accept the part unless he could meet with Young's family; "That's how committed he was to doing it right".[9]
Fisher played Ellison "Cotton Top" Mounts in the award-winning miniseries Hatfields & McCoys (miniseries) as well as Vladimir, a 1.500-year old vampire in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 and Michelangelo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and its sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. In May 2020, he starred opposite Tom Hardy in the Al Capone biopic Capone as Junior, Capone's son.[10] He starred in the limited CBS series The Red Line and had a recurring role in the Hulu series Castle Rock.[11][12] He also had roles in: Bones, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Fear the Walking Dead, and The Conners.
Personal life
Since November 2004, Fisher has been in a relationship with actress Layla Alizada. The couple were engaged in 2014, and on July 15, 2017, were married.[13]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Abuse of Trust | Young Sheldon Kennedy | TV movie |
| 2000 | 2gether | Skate Park #1 | TV Movie |
| Ratz | James | TV Movie | |
| High Noon | Billy | TV Movie | |
| 2001 | Valentine | Tulga Gang Member #1 | |
| Freddy Got Fingered | Pimply Manager | ||
| Max Keeble's Big Move | Troy McGinty | ||
| 2002 | I Was a Teenage Faust | Tom | TV movie |
| Killer Bees! | Dylan Harris | TV Movie | |
| 2003 | Agent Cody Banks | Fenster | |
| A Guy Thing | Acne-Faced Teen | ||
| Final Destination 2 | Brian Gibbons | ||
| Lightning: Bolts of Destruction | Jeremy Landis | TV movie | |
| A Wrinkle in Time | 16 yo "IT" boy | TV movie | |
| Thanksgiving Family Reunion | Buzz Hodge | TV Movie | |
| 2006 | Pope Dreams | Pete | |
| 2007 | After Sex | Jay | |
| 2008 | Red | Danny McCormack | |
| 2009 | A Dog Named Christmas | Todd McCray | TV movie |
| 2011 | Battle Los Angeles | Pfc. Shaun Lenihan | |
| Commerce | Pete | Short | |
| Thule | Ann. Jim Parker | Short | |
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | Vladimir | |
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Michelangelo (voice) | Motion capture role |
| 2015 | Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem | Gogo Shoto (voice) | |
| 2016 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows | Michelangelo (voice) | Motion capture role |
| 2018 | Racetime | Zac (voice) | |
| A Yeti Adventure | Simon Picard (voice) | ||
| 2019 | Justice League vs. the Fatal Five | Brainiac 5 (voice) | |
| 2020 | Capone | Junior |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2gether: The Series | Gary Long | 1 episode |
| Just Deal | Short Kid | Episode: "The right question" (S01E4) | |
| 2000–01 | You, Me and the Kids | Aaron | 10 episodes |
| 2000–2003 | X-Men: Evolution | Toad (voice) | 26 episodes |
| 2001 | The Outer Limits | Brae | Episode: "Lion's Den" |
| Andromeda | Breyon | Episode: "Music of a Distant Drum" | |
| Sk8 | Alex | Episode: "The Map" | |
| 2002 | Glory Days | Robbie McNiel | Episode: "The Devil Made Me Do It" |
| 2002–2004 | Hamtaro | Stan | English dub |
| 2004 | Two and a Half Men | Freddie | Episode: "Camel Filters and Pheromones" |
| Cold Case | Jerry Kasher | Episode: "The Plan" | |
| Huff | Sam Johnson | 3 episodes | |
| Renegadepress.com | Vince | Episode: "Too Cool" | |
| Fillmore! | Bri-Dog (voice) | 1 episode | |
| 2005–06 | Godiva's | TJ | 19 episodes |
| 2006 | Medium | Brian / Jessie Andrews | Episode: "Sweet Child O' Mine" |
| Standoff | Owen Johnson | 1 episode | |
| 2007–08 | The Riches | Cael Malloy | 20 episodes |
| 2008 | Life | John Armstrong | Episode: "Find Your Happy Place" |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Milo | Episode: "Reunion" | |
| The Mentalist | Travis Tennant | Episode: "Seeing Red" | |
| 2009 | Bones | Teddy Parker | Episode: "The Hero in the Hold" |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | CSU Tech Dale Stuckey | 4 episodes | |
| 2010 | The Pacific | Pvt. Hamm | Episode: "Okinawa" |
| Terriers | Adam Fisher / Amnesiac | Episode: "Missing Persons" | |
| Lie To Me | Brian | Episode: "The Canary's Song" | |
| Dark Blue | Pete | Episode: "Jane Wayne" | |
| 2011 | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | Jason Wheeler | Episode: "One Shot Kill" |
| 2011–2021 | Shameless | Mickey Milkovich | 71 episodes |
| 2012 | Hatfields & McCoys | Ellison "Cotton Top" Mounts | 3 episodes; Mini-series |
| The Booth at the End | Dillon | 5 episodes | |
| 2016–17 | Justice League Action | Klarion the Witch Boy (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Fear the Walking Dead | Willy | Episode: "Eye of the Beholder" |
| The Long Road Home | Pfc. Tomas Young | 8 episodes; Mini-series | |
| 2018 | Castle Rock | Dennis Zalewski | 6 episodes |
| 2019 | The Red Line | Officer Paul Evans | Main role |
| 2020 | The Conners | Ed Conner Jr. | 3 episodes |
References
- ^ Fisher, Noel [@noel_fisher] (March 13, 2015). "Thank you for all the birthday love! From the bottom of my heart... t.co/6SfjY7V8BN" (Tweet). Retrieved January 25, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ Fisher, Noel [@noel_fisher] (November 22, 2011). "Must...keep...calculating *falls over in a heap*...too...many...receipts *dies* Noel Roeim Fisher 1984-2011 RIP: Taxes Suck" (Tweet). from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ . LocateTV. Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
- ^ Nededog, Jethro (May 25, 2012). "'Hatfields & McCoys' Star Noel Fisher: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Me". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
- ^ a b Horwitz, Simi (May 22, 2012). "Noel Fisher Breaks Out in 'Twilight,' 'Shameless,' 'Hatfield & McCoys'". Backstage.
- ^ title=The Best-Written Gay Couple on Television Is Hiding on a Guilty-Pleasure Show |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/03/best-written-gay-couple-on-shameless |publisher=Vanity Fair
- ^ "YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
- ^ Ng, Philiana (October 5, 2017). "Watch the Chilling New Trailer for Nat Geo's 'The Long Road Home' Event Series (Exclusive)". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
- ^ "Youtube". Alamo Drafthouse Live. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
- ^ N'Duka, Amanda (March 26, 2018). "Noel Fisher, Tilda Del Toro Join Josh Trank's Al Capone Film 'Fonzo'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (May 11, 2018). "'Magnum P.I.', 'God Friended Me' & 'The Red Line' Dramas Get CBS Series Orders". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ^ Petski, Denise (June 13, 2018). "'Catch-22' Casts Harrison Osterfield; Noel Fisher Heads To 'Castle Rock'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
- ^ Falcone, Dana Rose (July 19, 2017). "See Shameless Star Noel Fisher & Wife Layla Alizada's Gorgeous First Wedding Photo!". People. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
External links
- Noel Fisher at IMDb