Klaus Michaelson is one of the main characters in the series The Vampire Diaries. From the moment of its appearance in the second season, the character was so liked by the audience that it became one of the main ones in the project. He was played by the popular British actor, screenwriter and director Joseph Morgan.
The popularity of the mysterious and charismatic Klaus Michaelson, a powerful vampire, is largely based on the talent and charm of the actor performing it. The supernatural character Joseph Morgan performed beautifully.
The path to the heights of excellence
The performer, like his hero, is a very mysterious person. Joseph Martin Morgan was born on May 16, 1981 in London. The first years of childhood, the future famous artist spent in Swansea. During his studies, the young man became interested in theater.
He decided to improve at the London Central School of Drama and Speech. The training was successfully combined with the game in amateur productions. The start was not easy. The roles of a young actor were getting tiny. In 1996, he became Matthew Williams in The Silent Witness. This was followed by minor roles in The Catastrophe and Henry the Eighth.
Luck smiled at the artist in 2006. He was invited to star in "The Master of the Seas." The film became the owner of the Oscar. Joseph reincarnated as William Worley, captain of the Mizzentope. Although he did not stay on the screen for long, he worked with Paul Bettany and Russell Crowe.
The performer considers the game in “Alexander” a new achievement. The historical drama tells about the life of the famous commander Alexander of Macedon. The future "Klaus" became in the picture Filotas, commander of the cavalry. His colleagues on the set were Angelina Jolie and Anthony Hopkins.
Morgan performed one of the key characters in the Ben Gur film project. He reincarnated as Judah Ben Hur. All the tricks in the film, and there are many of them, Joseph decided to perform himself.
Star role
The finest hour came in 2010. A little-known actor was selected for the role of the most ancient and powerful supernatural creature Klaus in The Vampire Diaries. In the beginning, the character had only to confront the main character and go into oblivion.
However, for eight seasons, the actor who became the idol of the audience participated in the work on the film. As the "best villain, " he won the Teen Choice Awards in 2011. The popularity of the series prompted its creators to continue the story.
Since 2013, the screens showed the new serial project "The Firstborn", which became the continuation of the story of Klaus Michaelson. The artist has already received the People's Choice Awards, an award to the best actor in the new television series.
The performer brilliantly played the Spartan commander Lysander in the science-fiction film War of the Gods: Immortals. In the 2013 horror film Open Grave, Joseph was given a key role. In the story, the hero must find a killer among the people around him.
In 2014, Morgan became James Hogg from the “500 Miles North”.
