Biography
American actor, known for the role of President Abraham Lincoln in the film "President Lincoln: Vampire Hunter." Married to actress Kate Skodelirio.Childhood and youth
Benjamin Walker was born on June 21, 1982 in the town of Casterville, USA. Benjamin's father was an entrepreneur and held a film rental salon, and his mother taught music. Benjamin became the second child in the family - he has an elder brother.
Dreams become an actor searched for them as a child, therefore Benjamine began to participate in the play in the play. Having finished high school, the future actor went to Michigan, where he entered the Academy of Arts. Then, Benjamin was in New York, at the School of Juladard, where he studied at the acting courses until 2004.
Films
Benjamin Walker received the first role in the film by the end of the acting courses. The actor played the role of the main character in young years in the biographical drama "Kinssey". The film tells about Professor Alfred Kinsey, who played a significant role in the study of the sexuality of a person and drew the attention of society to the mass of those previously considered to be tabooed.
In the same time, Benjamin Walker participated in comedy shows, which were held in Los Angeles and New York. And in 2007, the actor played on Broadway, which was called "Stick Storm." Walker participated in other theater projects on scenes of different theaters and festivals. The actor fascinated by Broadway projects even refused filming in the film "X-Men: First Class" for the sake of the main role in the musical.
In 2005, the actor starred in the historical drama "obscene Batty Page", where we are talking about a provincial beauty that became a fashion model in New York, struck the American society of the 50th erotic photographs and became one of the shapes of the sexual revolution.
In 2006, the Military Historical Drama "Flags of our Fathers" was released, where Walker fulfilled the secondary role of Herlon Blok. The film was withdrawn by the director by the Nastywood and is dedicated to the battle between Japanese and American soldiers for Izodzima Island during World War II.
In 2009, the actor appeared on the screens in the criminal drama "Wariper" as David, one of the three friends of childhood. David leaves to college, but soon deliberately crashes from there to return home to friends, without which he does not represent his life. The Trinity has interesting entertainment - to catch illegal emigrants on the streets and take those authorities.
In 2011, the actor played a secondary role of a clerk in the Comedy "Wolf with E" (Wolfe Wolfe An E). The protagonist of the film is a musician from Los Angeles Henry Wolf, for which a musical journalist together with a friend - a science fiction writer, go on a trip to Hollywood, full adventures and difficult situations.
In 2012, the actor played the role of Abraham Lincoln, the Sixteenth US President and the liberator of American slaves. This is not a biographical tape, but a fantasy fighter with elements of the horror film "President Lincoln: Vampire Hunter", filmed by the director Tim Berton and Timur Bekmambetov on the Mashap-novel of the American Writer and Scenario Seta Graham Smith.
According to the plot, the mother of the little Abraham Lincoln kills the vampire, after which the future president of America lights up the thirst for revenge. Hero opponents Although to turn the United States to the country of vampires. To prevent this, the hero starts a political career and becomes president. The post gives the hero the opportunity to deploy a full-scale war, where the vampires are on the side of the South.
In 2013, Walker played the role of Kevin Kennedy in the film-biographies "Main Fight Mohammed Ali", telling about the world-famous boxer heavyweight. The plot focuses on the trial, which was opened against Mohammed Ali, when the actor refused to serve in the army and participate in the Vietnamese war on religious reasons.
In 2015, an adventure thriller "in the heart of the sea" was released on the real events, where Walker played the role of George Pollard Jr., Captain of the Whaling Ship "Essex", which attacked Cachelot. The surviving sailors were forced to spend three full months between heaven and water in futile attempts to find help, and when the provisioning came to an end, they did not have anything except to go to the cannibalism to survive.
In 2016, the romantic drama "Choice" was published, where Benjamin Walker played a major role in a pair with Teresa Palmer. In the film we are talking about two neighbors, which at first glance fall in love with each other. Both hero at this point are already in the prevailing relationship, so it is not easy to make a choice regarding this new love and plans for the future.
In 2017, the actor played the role of Zika Siks in a detective drama "Lake Shimmer". The main character is a sheriff of a small town, a simple and honest guy who all his life caught criminals and stood on defense of justice. Once a local bank is robbed by an unknown gang. The criminals acted skillfully and did not leave traces. The sheriff is desperately trying to go on the trail of robbers and collects evidence literally on the grains. To achieve justice, the hero will not stop before.
Personal life
The first wife of the actor was MAMI Gammer, American actress and the daughter of the famous Meryl Streep. MEMI itself is known for the lead role in the dramatic TV series "Dr. Emily Owens", which was released in 2012.
The actors met during collaboration on the shooting area of the comedy "coach", where both played secondary roles. The spouses stayed together for two years and in the spring of 2013 were divorced.
Already in 2014, Benjamin Walker started a new novel with British actress Kai Scodelirio.
The actress played the role of Teresa Agnes in a series of films "Running in Maze", and also known for the role of Karina Smith Barboss in the film "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Dead does not tell fairy tales" (2017).
In winter, 2014, the actors signed their engagement, a year later played a wedding, and in 2016, Kai was born from Benjamin Son.
Benjamin Walker now
In 2018, the actor starred in two projects - Daughter's Daughter's films and "Look Away). The main heroine of the movie "Daughter of the King" is an eighteen-year-old Princess, the daughter of the king of France Louis XIV.
The distraught King-Sun decides that worthy of eternal life, and with this appeals to the sorcerer, who tells him the Majesty that the elixir of eternal life can be made if you get a real mermaid. However, the hunting on marine virgins turns out to be opponents - the guard of mermaids and the revolving daughter of Louis himself. Benjamin Walker plays the role of Iva de la Croic in this film.
The dramatic comedy "Ring" tells about a girl who suffers from an amazing mental disorder. The heroine is literally not able to see and hear his own mother who lives with her under one roof. To cope with the problem of the girl should help the local eccentric psychiatrist, but instead of just recovering, the heroine falls in love with him. Benjamin Walker played the role of the pharmer in this film.
Benjamin Walker has an account in "Instagram".
Filmography
- 2004 - "Kinsey"
- 2005 - "obscene"
- 2006 - "unconscious"
- 2006 - "Flags of our fathers"
- 2009 - "Militory Guys"
- 2010 - "Trainer"
- 2011 - "Wolf with E"
- 2012 - "President Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"
- 2013 - "Main Fight Mohammed Ali"
- 2013 - "Missionary"
- 2015 - "In the Heart of the Sea"
- 2016 - "Choice"
- 2017 - "Lake Shimmer"
- 2018 - "King's Daughter"