Australian actor Travis Fimmel gained recognition for portraying Ragnar Lothbrok in the Vikings TV series (2013–2017) and Anduin Lothar in the Warcraft film (2016). He also played the character of Marcus in the science fiction series Raised by Wolves (2020–2022) on HBO Max.
Early Life
Fimmel grew up in Lockington, near Echuca, Victoria, Australia. He is the youngest of three brothers and his parents are Jennie and Chris. His mother works as a recreation officer for disabled individuals while his father is a cattle farmer.
Fimmel dreamed of becoming a professional Australian rules football player and relocated to Melbourne to join the St Kilda Football Club in the AFL.
Unfortunately, a broken leg prevented him from playing before the season even started. He was admitted to RMIT for a course in architecture, but ultimately put it on hold to travel overseas.
Travis Fimmel Career
Travis Fimmel started modeling when his roommate saw him working out at a gym in Hawthorn, Melbourne. Matthew Anderson, who is looking for talent for the Chadwick Models agency, was looking for someone like Fimmel.
In 2002, People magazine in America said he was one of the most attractive single men in the world. He was also the most wanted male model at that time. A few journalists have speculated that Fimmel may have been the inspiration for the beloved character ‘Jerry’ Smith Jerrod in Sex and the City.
Travis Fimmel has been featured on various magazine covers such as Esquire, Rogue, Empire, At Large, Good Weekend, Numero Homme, and America’s TV Guide. He declined an invitation from Australia’s Seven Network to serve as a guest judge on the television show Make Me A Supermodel.
Fimmel appeared as a television host in the 2020 adaptation of Here Are the Young Men, a story based on a book about three recent high school graduates from Dublin. The trio’s wild celebration to commemorate the end of their high school days is overshadowed by disaster.
Between 2020 and 2022, Travis Fimmel made an appearance in the science fiction drama Raised by Wolves on HBO Max, directed by Ridley Scott and produced by Scott Free Productions. This marked his comeback to television.
His portrayal in the science fiction/fantasy series garnered him a nomination for Best Actor at the Critics’ Choice Super Awards. The story follows a world after a war caused by different beliefs destroys humanity. He plays a soldier who doesn’t believe in religion and has a secret past.
Forbes says Fimmel’s performance as a hired killer in the 2021 action-crime movie Die in a Gunfight is great. He captures the audience with his acting and has the most complex and unclear character development in the whole plot.
In Zone 414, Travis Fimmel portrayed a brilliant, isolated, and eccentric scientist in a futuristic, dark film. He shared the screen with Guy Pearce and the story took place in a community of advanced androids, leading to parallels being drawn to Blade Runner.
He appeared in the independent film, Delia’s Gone, alongside Marisa Tomei. The movie is based on a short tale about a mentally challenged African American man who is falsely accused of killing his sister. He sets out on a quest to prove his innocence and uncover the true culprit.
Fimmel takes on the role of a secretive traveler in One Way, who crosses paths with an experienced felon portrayed by Colson Baker, also known as Machine Gun Kelly. The criminal has been swindled by the most powerful mob leader in the city and hastily boards a bus to escape.
Travis Fimmel also appears in Fool’s Paradise, a comedy directed by Charlie Day. He plays a fool who falls in love and becomes famous by accident, but he eventually loses his fame.
He played a role as a producer and co-starred alongside Dominic Cooper, Douglas Booth, and Aidan Gillen from Game of Thrones in the AMC+ western series That Dirty Black Bag. The show depicts a conflict between a sheriff with a troubled past and a silent bounty hunter consumed by a thirst for revenge that cannot be quenched.
Travis Fimmel plays a detective who is looking into the murder of a teenage girl from a close-knit group of Australian South Sea Islanders in the Stan Original mini-series Black Snow.
The discovery of a hidden secret through the opening of a time capsule sets him on the trail of the killer. His exceptional performance in the series earned him a nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Drama at the 2024 AACTA Awards.
Travis Fimmel will be returning to the role in the second season of Black Snow, which was renewed in March 2024. The show’s second season is set to air on New Year’s Day in 2025, with Fimmel also confirmed to have directed an episode.
He landed a role in Stan’s comedy show, Caught, alongside famous actors Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Matthew Fox, and Lincoln Younes, as well as real-life Channel 9 TV hosts Karl Stefanovic and Ally Langdon.
The plot follows four Australian soldiers who are confused for Americans in a country ravaged by war. They discover their potential for social media stardom when their hostage video becomes a sensation.
Travis Fimmel‘s portrayal of a drug-dealing stepfather in the adaptation of Trent Dalton’s bestselling novel Boy Swallows Universe has brought the story to Netflix. The story about growing up is partly about the author’s own life. It is a charming mix of magic and innocence, while also showing the hard parts of life.
The main character deals with a difficult family situation, including a missing father, a brother who can’t talk, and a mother who is getting better. He is also affected by people in his life who don’t know him well.
In the 2023 CIA thriller Kandahar, he shared the spotlight with Gerard Butler. The screenplay was penned by a former military intelligence officer and was inspired by his own time spent in Afghanistan.
The filming of the controversial western movie Rust was stopped in New Mexico after a prop gun, thought to have been fired by Alec Baldwin, killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The prop gun was thought to have been shot by Alec Baldwin. This incident resulted in involuntary manslaughter charges being filed.
In the 2024 TV series Dune: Prophecy, Travis Fimmel takes on the enigmatic role of soldier Desmond Hart. He also portrays Fenton “Preacher” Lang, a bounty hunter who teams up with a US Marshal to track down outlaw Harland Rust.
This is after Rust assists his 13-year-old grandson in escaping from prison, where he was imprisoned for an unintentional killing and facing a death sentence.
Net Worth
Travis Fimmel, a former model and actor from Australia, has a net worth of $13 million. He gained recognition for his prominent Calvin Klein campaign and has also appeared in The Beast alongside Patrick Swayze.
Additionally, he rose to fame for his portrayal of Ragnar Lothbrok in the critically acclaimed show Vikings on the History Channel.
