Michiel Huisman

Michiel Huisman is a Dutch actor, musician, and singer-songwriter, who has acted in both Dutch and English language TV series and films. Huisman played 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), as well as Dawsey Adams in the film The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. He has also played recurring roles on television such as Liam McGuinnis on Nashville (2012–14), Cal Morrison on Orphan Black (2014–15) and Alex Sokolov in the first season of The Flight Attendant (2020).

Huisman began his career on Dutch television, in the Dutch soap opera Goede tijden, slechte tijden (1998). He later played starring roles in the Dutch TV series De co-assistent (2007–10) and Bloedverwanten (2010), supporting roles in the Dutch films Costa! (2001) and Full Moon Party (2002), and leading roles in Phileine Says Sorry (2003) and Floris (2004). He also played a supporting role in Black Book (2006). During the early years of his acting career, Huisman was also part of a band called Fontane.

Huisman's first international acting experience came in 2006, when he guest-starred in an episode of the British TV series Dalziel and Pascoe. He subsequently appeared in The Young Victoria (2009), World War Z (2013), Wild (2014), The Invitation (2015), and The Age of Adaline (2015).

Huisman was born in Amstelveen, Netherlands. He is the brother of former professional football player Dustin Huisman. Huisman is fond of table tennis, which he has played since childhood. He was raised Jewish. He is married to Dutch actor Tara Elders,and they have a daughter who was born in 2007. The couple formerly lived in New Orleans, Louisiana, and now reside in New York City. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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