All about the star: Joe Flenigan

". Joe Flenigan (real name Joseph Dannigan III) is an American actor, best known for the TV series "Stargate: Atlantis", "Face" and " CSI: 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 ranch in Nevada.

After graduation, the future actor entered the University 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 flaw, but then he did not plan to associate his life with the theater or cinema. But Jo really enjoyed playing on the stage, and later this experience has affected his entire life.

During his studies, Flenigan spent a year at the Sorbonne (Paris), where he studied French.

After graduating from university, Joe tried himself as a journalist and writer, but did not succeed in this. 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, performing 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 detective series "Murderer's Profile." His role was small, but memorable.

His first major role Joe Flenigan performed in 2002 in the drama 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 " CSI: Miami ." It was already the second detective series in the career of Flenigan.

In 2006, filming a fantastic television series "Stargate: Atlantis", in which one of the main roles, Major John Shepard, was approved by Joe Flenigen. The filmography of the actor was replenished with the first fantastic series. The role of John Shepard brought Flenigan world fame, because the show was watched by more than 4 million viewers around the world. The project was worked by such Hollywood stars as Torri Higginson, Paul McGillion, Joe Flenigen and Rachel Luttrell.

In 2011, Flenigan appeared in one of the episodes of the fantastic television series "The Face", playing the role of Robert Danzig.

Career in cinema

The first full-length film in Floygen's career was an independent drama "The reason to believe" by Joseph Tyrol. Because of the small budget and lack of advertising, the film remained unknown to the public.

In 1999, Joe performed his most famous role at the moment in the feature film, playing Jeff Reed in the melodrama "The Other Sister". His frame partners were Diane Keaton, Juliette Lewis, Linda Thorson.

In 2003, the actor played one of the main roles in the fantastic film "Criminal Thoughts." The main heroine of the picture is a young girl named Freya, who shortly before her graduation begins to hear voices in her head. She has been diagnosed with schizophrenia for several years at the clinic. However, soon there is a psychiatrist Michael Wells, who guesses that the voices in the girl's head are the thoughts of the people around her. Now he will have to teach Frey how to use this difficult ability for the benefit.

Among the latest works of Flenigan is the militant "Six bullets", in which he starred along with Jean-Claude Van Damme. Van Damme played a mercenary searching for missing children, and the role of the father of the disappeared girl Andrew Feyden played Joe Flenigen. A photo from the movie "Six bullets" is presented below.

Personal life

Joe Fleenigan married actress and artist Catherine Cousy in 1996. The couple have three children.

In 2014, after eighteen years of marriage, the actors divorced.