Meet Walking Dead star Norman Reedus’ model son, Mingus Lucien Reedus: the multitalented 23-year-old models with mum Helena Christensen and makes music like his namesake Charlie Mingus
- Named after famous American jazz pianist Charlie Mingus, Mingus Lucien Reedus is the son of The Walking Dead actor Norman Reedus and 90s supermodel Helena Christensen
- The Danish-born 23-year-old models with his mum for brands like Victoria’s Secret and recently walked for Versace’s spring/summer 2023 show – but he’s caused controversy, too …
Fashionistas with eyes on the spring/summer 2023 shows might have noticed a particularly dashing young model walking the runway for Versace in June. And it would be no wonder that he turned heads, since showbiz talent runs in his veins: Mingus Lucien Reedus is the 23-year-old, Danish-born son of actor Norman Reedus, 53, and supermodel Helena Christensen, 53.
Florida native Norman became a household name when The Walking Dead premiered in 2010. His character in the popular show wasn’t even in the comic book that it was based on, as per IMDB, but the comic creator added the role especially for the actor. Danish model Christensen is also no stranger to the spotlight. She was a supermodel in the 90s and still appears in campaigns every now and then today.
But Reedus Jr’s appearance in the tabloids in September 2021 was not because of his famous parents or modelling career, but for a more controversial reason – he was accused of assaulting a woman in New York, according to the NY Post.
So what else do we know about Mingus Lucien Reedus?
Mingus Lucien Reedus was named after an American jazz pianist
Mingus was named after Charlie Mingus, an American jazz pianist. As per InStyle, Christensen said that Norman was into his music. She also added, “I was more into Thelonious Monk, Chet Baker, Billie Holiday – but we thought ‘Mingus’ sounded cooler than ‘Monk’ for a first name.”
Though the couple never married and were only together from 1998 to 2003, they successfully co-parented their son and even showed up for his high school graduation in 2018.
Fun fact: his father has his name tattooed on his arm.
He is a quarter Danish and a quarter Peruvian
