Noel Fisher

Noel Roeim Fisher (born March 13, 1984) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his portrayal of Mickey Milkovich on the Showtime series Shameless, as well as his portrayal of Cael Malloy on the FX series The Riches. He played Ellison "Cotton Top" Mounts in the Emmy Award winning mini-series Hatfields & McCoys as well as Vladimir, a 1500-year-old vampire in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, and Michelangelo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He also has had a substantial number of roles in shows such as Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, Lie To Me, Bones and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Early Life Fisher was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. His acting career began at the age of fourteen in the television movie The Sheldon Kennedy Story. During his time as a young actor in Vancouver, he was encouraged "to take many different classes" and "fell in love" with piano, which he studied for eight years. Career Fisher has received many accolades for playing an openly gay character on Shameless. Even though the actor is straight his sexuality is often questioned in interviews. Fisher has responded to the controversy as such, "I don't look at Mickey as a gay character. I look at him as a person, who happens to be gay. I think it's weird how we, as a society, try to put the LGBTQ community in a box, when in fact, they are just people. They have the same complexities as you and me. That's how I look at Mickey, as a complex person."