Biography
This cute young actor became famous after Justin Foli's role in the series "13 reasons why". The criminal drama on the mysterious events in the American school with great success was held in 2017. Having become popular, the young man attracted attention to his person, openly declared non-traditional orientation and accession to LGBT-movement.Childhood and youth
Brandon was born on October 11, 1993 in Miami, Florida, USA. The actor's father is Michael Flynn (Profession unknown), Mom - Debbie Flynn, banking employees. The boy grew up with two sisters - Daniel and Khaima, with whom it is very friendly.
Brandon's first acting experience received even in elementary school, where the annual tradition was the formulation of a children's performance.
"In the 5th grade, Peter Foen, I remember, I thought:" God, I don't want to perform! "," Remembers Flynn with a laugh.As a result, an inspired by a classmate with a friend, the boy received the role of Mr. Media and "with brilliance" played her:
"I was a little growth (now 180 cm), I had huge glasses and a Santa Claus hat. From excitement, I started by the IKOT. I ran like crazy and eventually told the last scene. "
It ended in that the teacher called Mr. Flynna and advised to give the Son to the acting elective in high school.
"Brandon has no idea how to play, but knows how to make the show earned!", "The teacher said.Brandon refused to do drama, but his father persuaded to resemble at least a year. What came of it, now it is well known: the young man began to write the first lines of his creative biography. Flynn fell in love with acting. Spent a year in London, studying dramatic art.
Here he is imbued with love for Shakespeare, worked on the stage of the famous Globus theater. Then returned to the USA, where he entered one of the prestigious acting schools in Miami. Higher Education Actor received at Mason Gross's Art School at Rutheger University (New Jersey), becoming a bachelor's degree of fine arts.
Films
Brandon from 15 years old began to visit listening and all sorts of castings. Removed in advertising, mass scenes, but at the same time patiently believed that the day would come when he would catch good luck. And this day has come. In 2016, Brandon was approved for filming in the fantastic TV series CBS TV channel "Brainless" (Braindead). The project turned out to be lowered and was closed after the 1st season.
Immediately after that, Flynn played Kameo in a short film called "Home Video", where kissed in a frame with actor Miles Heyzer. Then he played in the non-profit manhattan theaters for a while: his stage experience includes performances "a lot of noise from nothing", "Kid Victory", "The Crucible" and a number of other productions.
However, all this was a prelude to true success, namely, the role in the series "13 reasons why" in the same name of the novel of Jay Escher.
The series started in the spring of 2017. The plot of the soap opera is quite intriguing: the School committed the life of the suicide of the high school of Hanna Baker (played actress Catherine Langford). After her death, there are 13 audio cassettes, on which the girl voiced the causes of suicide. As records listening to records, it turns out that each of classmates is connected with some secret and indirectly guilty of the death of Hannah.
Brandon Flynn played one of the main roles - Justin Foli, the captain of the basketball team, a guy with a disadvantaged past, which impose an imprint on his behavior and character.
The artist deeply and accurately depicted spiritual experiences of the guy, who in the past hurt Hannu, and now he can not protect his Gaessica girl (played Alisha Bae).
"This story for me is very personal," the actor told the journalists. - Interesting, secrets, mental pain - these emotions are close to me: a few of my friends went away from life, ending with you ... I feel organically in this show, in this role ... ".The game in the "reasons ..." Brandon would like to attract attention to the problem of suicide. On his wrist is dotted sign "point with a comma". He means the refusal of the desire to commit suicide. Alisha Boe, Tommy Dorfman and Selena Gomez.
Personal life
A actor adheres to a similar active and open position in his personal life. For example, Flynn never hid his homosexual orientation and boldly confessed to this parents at 14.
In September 2017, the actor committed Caming-Out, that is, officially confirmed that it was part of the LGBT community, and openly joined the movement under multicolored flags. He made recognition in the post "Instagram" and timed to discussing the legalization of same-sex marriages in Australia.
At the same time, in September 2017, Flynn began to meet with the singer Sam Smith. The couple broke up in June 2018.
Brandon Flynn now
Flynn lives for many years in Los Angeles. Today he is a young sought-after actor whose graph is scheduled for a minute. High ratings of the project "13 reasons why" motivated the creators - Netflix - on the shooting of the continuation. The second season ended in 2018. And now the actor team, including Brandon, is working on the third, whose premiere is scheduled for 2019.
Besides, another series appeared in Flynn filmography. In early 2018, the actor began shooting the 3rd season of the famous TV series "This Detective", where the detectives of Ryan Peters and Dan O'Brien will play a couple with Michael Graziadem.
Brandon does not deny that social networks occupy an important place in his life. The actor leads "Twitter" and "Instagram".
"The social networks allow us not to lose each other, see photos of friends and loved ones. For example, thanks to the "Instagram" I support the connection with those who love me and who I love I, although I do not deny that sometimes I turn off the phone and enjoy a good book. I call it digital detoxification, and it works, "says Flynn.Filmography
- 2016 - "brainless"
- 2017 - "Homemade Video"
- 2017-2019 - "13 reasons why"