Joe Flenigan (real name Joseph Dunnigan III) - American actor, best known for the television series "Stargate: Atlantis", "Edge" and "C.S.I .: Miami".
Biography
The future actor was born in Los Angeles in 1967.As Joe himself said, his real father left the family shortly after the birth of his son. Soon Nancy, Joe's mother, married businessman John Flenigan. When Joe was six, his family moved to a Nevada ranch.
After graduation, the future actor enteredUniversity of Colorado, where he received a degree in history. Then he began to participate in theatrical productions. Joe was a very shy young man. He decided that working in the theater would help him overcome this shortcoming, but at that time he did not plan to link his life with the theater or the cinema. But Joe really enjoyed playing on stage, and in the future this experience influenced his whole life.
While studying, Flenigan spent a year at the Sorbonne (Paris), where he studied French.
After graduation, Joe tried himself as a journalist and writer, but did not succeed. In 1994, he moved to Los Angeles, deciding to make an acting career.
Career on TV
For the first time Flenigan appeared on the screen in 1994, having performed a small role in the sitcom “Family Album”. A year later, the actor received a supporting role in the dramatic television series "Sisters".
In 2000, Joe played in the popular killer series The Killer Profile. His role was small, but memorable.
Joe Flenigan played his first lead role in2002 in the dramatic series "First Monday". In the series only 1 season (13 episodes). For this television series, composer Bruce Broughton was nominated for an Emmy Award.
In 2004, the actor appeared in one of the episodes of the television series "C.S.I .: Miami". This was the second detective series in the career of Flenigan.
In 2006 began shooting fantasticThe Stargate: Atlantis television series, in which one of the main roles, Major John Shepard, was approved by Joe Flenigan. Filmography actor replenished with the first fantastic series. The role of John Shepard brought Flenigan world fame, because the series watched more than 4 million viewers around the world. Hollywood stars like Torrey Higginson, Paul McGillion, Joe Flenigan, and Rachel Luttrell worked on the project.
In 2011 Flenigan appeared in one of the episodes of the fantastic television series "Edge", playing the role of Robert Danzig.
Career in cinema
The first feature film in Flenigan’s career was the independent drama “The Reason to Believe” by Joseph Tirola. Due to the small budget and the lack of advertising, the film remained unknown to the public.
In 1999, Joe performed his most famouscurrently a role in the full-length movie, playing Jeff Reed in the Other Sang melodrama. His partners in the frame were Diane Keaton, Juliette Lewis, Linda Thorson.
В 2003 актер исполнил одну из главных ролей в fantasy movie "Criminal Thoughts". The main heroine of the picture is a young girl Freya, who shortly before her graduation begins to hear voices in her head. With a diagnosis of schizophrenia, she spends several years in the clinic. However, soon there is a psychiatrist Michael Wells, who realizes that the voices in the girl's head are the thoughts of the people around her. Now he will have to teach Frey to use this difficult ability for the good.
Among the recent works of Flenigan is worth noting.fighter "Six Bullets", in which he starred with Jean-Claude Van Damme. Van Damme played a mercenary searching for missing children, and the role of the father of the missing girl, Andrew Faiden, was played by Joe Flenigan. A photo from the film "Six Bullets" is presented below.
Personal life
Joe Flenigan married the actress and artist Catherine Kousi in 1996. The couple have three children.
In 2014, after eighteen years of marriage, the actors divorced.
