The 40+ Best Norman Reedus Movies And TV Shows

Alex Alvarez
Updated April 15, 2024 43 items
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Vote up your favorite Norman Reedus films and TV shows (no one-off episodes)

Norman Reedus is an American actor, model, and musician, and we're ranking all of his shows and movies from best to worst using votes from fans like you. He is most likely best known for his role as Daryl Dixon on the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead or as Murphy MacManus from The Boondock Saints. Your votes to help decide his most popular roles. Reedus's first acting role was in the 1997 horror film Mimic. He's a talented and in-demand actor, which is why we're excited to see what he does next. Upcoming and new Norman Reedus shows and movies will be added to the list as they are released.

Vote up all your favorite movies and shows featuring Norman Reedus in recurring roles. Don't hesitate to vote down the ones you think others should skip despite being Reedus fans. Also, look for the Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Paramount+, HBO Max, and Apple TV+ buttons below each film or show to stream them whenever you want.

  • The Walking Dead
    1
    36 votes

    Role: Daryl Dixon

    In a world ravaged by an apocalyptic outbreak, The Walking Dead delves into the raw struggles and triumphs of humanity amidst a gruesome reality. This gripping drama series, which has garnered numerous accolades including a Golden Globe nomination, expertly balances heart-wrenching emotion with nail-biting action. Viewers follow the journey of Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), a former sheriff's deputy, as he navigates this unforgiving landscape alongside an ensemble of diverse and dynamic characters. As they face both flesh-hungry walkers and treacherous humans, their resilience and morality are put to the ultimate test, resulting in a thought-provoking exploration of survival and human nature.
  • Hello Herman
    2
    Film (2011)
    11 votes

    Role: Lax Morales

    Herman goes to his high school and begins a shooting rampage, killing 39 students, two teachers and a police officer. Just before he surrenders, Herman sends video of his rampage to his talk-show idol, asking to be on the program.
  • The Boondock Saints
    3
    29 votes

    Role: Murphy MacManus

    In the gritty urban drama, The Boondock Saints, fraternal twins Connor and Murphy McManus (Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus) call Boston home. Unexpectedly, they stumble into violent circumstances, transforming themselves from regular citizens to vigilantes overnight. Their brand of justice, albeit brutal, earns them the moniker - The Saints. Guided by their friend Rocco (David Della Rocco), a low-level mobster, they navigate the city's seedy underbelly. Meanwhile, FBI agent Paul Smecker (Willem Dafoe) is hot on their trail, questioning conventional law enforcement methods as he delves into the mysterious case of these self-appointed executioners.
  • Deuces Wild
    4
    Film (2002)
    8 votes

    Role: Marco Vendetti

    Leon (Stephen Dorff) and Bobby (Brad Renfro) are brothers who, with their friends, are determined to maintain the way of life in their neighborhood. They are "The Deuces," trying to keep things the way they are. Loyalty means everything to them, and protecting friends and family is their main priority. Now, when a violent gang threatens to destroy their neighborhood, the Deuces are forced to fight to shield the world they know from becoming a world they want no part of.
  • Octane
    5
    Film (2003)
    8 votes

    Role: Recovery Man

    After a family visit, stressed businesswoman Senga Wilson (Madeleine Stowe) is driving with her rebellious daughter, Nat (Mischa Barton), down an ominous highway in the middle of the night. After they pick up a weird teenage hitchhiker (Bijou Phillips), their journey goes awry. Nat decides to give her mom the slip and runs off with the hitchhiker at a rest stop. In a desperate search to find her daughter, Senga learns that Nat has been drawn into an evil cult.
  • Gossip
    6
    Film (2000)
    8 votes

    Role: Travis

    Three college roommates, Derrick (James Marsden), Jones (Lena Headey) and Travis (Norman Reedus), create a class project on gossip. They decide to start a rumor stating that Naomi Preston (Kate Hudson), who has openly admitted she is saving herself for marriage, was seen at a crowded college party having sex with her boyfriend, Beau (Joshua Jackson). They aim to track the rumor to see how it spreads and evolves, but they are shocked when Naomi promptly accuses Beau of rape.
  • 8mm
    7
    Film (1999)
    7 votes

    Role: Warren Anderson

    Private detective Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage) lives a normal life with his wife (Catherine Keener) and young daughter, until he receives a startling new case. A widow named Mrs. Christian (Myra Carter) has found what appears to be a snuff film among her late husband's belongings, and she wants Welles to determine if the movie is real or fake. Welles heads to California, where a video store employee (Joaquin Phoenix) helps him infiltrate the dangerous and depraved world of illegal porn movies.
  • Blade II
    8
    Film (2002)
    15 votes

    Role: "Scud"

    In Blade II, Blade (Wesley Snipes), a half-vampire, half-mortal man, returns to defend humanity from an ominous threat. The film introduces a new breed of vampires, the Reapers, who pose a danger to both humans and their vampire counterparts. Blade teams up with the Bloodpack, an elite group of vampires originally trained to kill him. Directed by Guillermo del Toro, this sequel ventures deeper into the dark underworld of vampires. As Blade battles these formidable foes alongside his former enemies, he grapples with alliances, treacheries and explosive confrontations. The movie garnered acclaim for its action sequences and special effects.
  • Role: Murphy MacManus

    Connor (Sean Patrick Flanery) and Murphy MacManus (Norman Reedus) have been living in Ireland for several years, working on a farm with their father (Billy Connolly). When they learn they've been charged with the murder of a Roman Catholic priest, the brothers travel to Boston to clear their names. Along the way, they meet Romeo (Clifton Collins Jr.), a street fighter who joins them in their quest to find Concezio Yakavetta (Judd Nelson), a mobster who they think is really behind the murder.
  • Dark Harbor
    10
    15 votes

    Role: Young Man

    Dark Harbor is a 1998 film directed by Adam Coleman Howard starring Alan Rickman, Norman Reedus and Polly Walker.
  • Role: John Rollins

    Messengers 2: The Scarecrow is a 2009 direct-to-video supernatural horror film, starring Norman Reedus, Claire Holt, and Erbi Ago. The film serves as a prequel to The Messengers. It was directed by Martin Barnewitz, and was released direct-to-video on DVD and Blu-ray on July 21, 2009.
  • Cadillac Records
    12
    Film (2008)
    6 votes

    Role: Chess Records Engineer

    In 1947 Chicago, Polish emigrant and bar owner Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody) hires a blues combo that includes guitarist Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright) and harmonica player Little Walter (Columbus Short). Waters' and Walter's success leads to Chess' management of stars Etta James (Beyoncé Knowles), Howlin' Wolf (Eamonn Walker), Chuck Berry (Mos Def) and others. Inevitably, business and personal lines blur as the sometimes-turbulent lives of the musicians play out.
  • Pandorum
    13
    Film (2009)
    12 votes

    Role: Shepard

    Astronauts Payton (Dennis Quaid) and Bower (Ben Foster) awake in a hypersleep chamber with no memory of who they are or what their mission might be. While Payton stays behind to monitor the radio transmitter, Bower ventures out of the chamber into the seemingly abandoned spaceship. The men quickly realize that they are not alone and that the fate of mankind hinges on what they do next.
  • Floating
    14
    TV Program
    12 votes

    Role: Van

    Flotaing is a 1997 drama, romance film written and directed by William Roth.
  • Sky
    15

    Sky

    22 votes

    Role: Diego

    A Parisian woman (Diane Kruger) embarks on a life-changing trip through the California desert after breaking up with her boorish husband (Gilles Lellouche).

  • Meskada
    16

    Meskada

    Film (2010)
    9 votes

    Role: Dennis Burrows

    A detective (Nick Stahl) faces a difficult search for the truth when his investigation of a boy's killing leads him back to his impoverished hometown.
  • A Crime
    17
    Film (2006)
    9 votes

    Role: Vincent Harris

    Returning home from work, blue-collar New Yorker Vincent (Norman Reedus) unwittingly stumbles onto the crime scene of his murdered wife. Three years later, he is still inconsolable -- so much so that he is utterly oblivious to his neighbor, Alice (Emmanuelle Béart), and her obsessive affection for him. Wishing to force closure and bring an end to his vigilante murder investigation, Alice uses her allure to snare Roger (Harvey Keitel), a lonely cab driver and the perfect patsy.
  • Ride with Norman Reedus
    18
    9 votes

    Role: Himself

    Actor Norman Reedus hits the open road to explore local motorcycle culture and its history.
  • Mimic
    19
    Film (1997)
    8 votes

    Role: Jeremy

    In the heart-pounding horror film Mimic, Dr. Susan Tyler (Mira Sorvino) engineers a species of insect to combat an outbreak of disease-spreading cockroaches. Years later, these insects evolve into large, deadly creatures that lurk in the shadows of New York City. As they begin to mimic humans and hunt their makers, Dr. Tyler must face the horrifying consequences of her creation. With strong performances from Jeremy Northam and Josh Brolin, Mimic explores the thin line between scientific innovation and monstrosity, serving up chilling visuals that linger long after the credits roll.
  • Luster
    20
    Film (2002)
    7 votes

    Role: Sextools Delivery Boy

    Jackson (Justin Herwick), a gay Los Angeles poet who engages in a promiscuous lifestyle, has a new gig writing lyrics for rocker Sonny Spike (Willie Garson). While at his friend's record store, Jackson meets the conservative Derek (Sean Thibodeau), who becomes instantly attracted to him. However, Jackson soon becomes obsessed with Billy (Jonah Blechman), a sadomasochist who's romantically linked to Sonny. He also finds himself attracted to his out-of-towner cousin, Jed (B. Wyatt).
  • Six Ways to Sunday
    21
    7 votes

    Role: Harold

    Reedus plays Harry, an 18-year-old Ohio boy with a very close relationship to his mother (Deborah Harry). When he gets in with the local mob, though, his mother will stop at nothing to keep him close to her. This dark, violent comedy is based on Charles Perry's 1962 novel "Portrait of a Young Man Drowning."
  • Beat
    22
    Film
    5 votes

    Role: Lucien Carr

    Beat is a 2000 American drama film written and directed by Gary Walkow, concerning the period of writer William S. Burroughs's life that he spent with his wife, the late Joan Vollmer, leading up to her accidental murder in 1951. The film stars Kiefer Sutherland as Burroughs, Courtney Love as Joan, Norman Reedus as Lucien Carr, and Ron Livingston as Allen Ginsberg. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2000 and was entered into the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival.
  • The Beatnicks
    23

    The Beatnicks

    Film
    4 votes

    Role: Nick Nero

    The Beatnicks is a 1996 short film written and directed by Nicholson Williams.
  • Air
    24

    Air

    4 votes

    Role: Bauer

    When breathable air becomes nonexistent, two engineers (Norman Reedus, Djimon Hounsou) must guard the remaining survivors who reside in a controlled state of suspended animation.

  • Triple 9
    25
    Film (2016)
    4 votes

    Role: Russel Welch

    Bullets fly on the Atlanta freeway as armed thieves make their getaway following a bank robbery in broad daylight. Unhappy with the results, ruthless gangster Irina Vlaslov orders the men to pull off another job. One member of the team is Marcus Belmont (Anthony Mackie), a crooked cop who gets saddled with Chris Allen (Casey Affleck), his new but incorruptible police partner. As Belmont and his cohorts lay the groundwork for the heist, they come up with a devious plan to use Allen as their pawn.
  • 8:28 am
    26

    8:28 am

    Film
    4 votes

    Role: Stranger

    8 Uhr 28 is a 2010 romance drama film written by Sebastian Schubert and directed by Christian Alvart.
  • Pawn Shop Chronicles
    27

    Pawn Shop Chronicles

    4 votes

    Role: Stanley

  • Antibodies
    28
    4 votes

    Role: Polizist Schmitz

    Antibodies is a German crime-drama-thriller directed by Christian Alvart and stars Norman Reedus, Wotan Wilke Möhring and André Hennicke.
  • Until the Night
    29
    4 votes

    Role: Robert

    Until the Night is a 2004 drama film written and directed by Gregory Hatanaka. An intimate portrait of three lives on the brink of emotional and spiritual explosion. Hedonistic Robert circulates in a BLOW UP-style world of models, sex, alcohol and fashion photography while engaging in an affair with an isolated married woman.
  • Tough Luck
    30
    4 votes

    Role: Archie

    Tough Luck is a 2003 thriller film directed by Gary Ellis.