Michael Rowe is a Canadian actor and musician. He is best known for his portrayal of Floyd Lawton / Deadshot in the television series ''

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Career

Michael Rowe came from a family of musicians. After seeing his father perform in a band, he took up drumming at the age of 6. In 1996, he began his career as part of a punk/metal band called Bucket Truck for ten years. After splitting up, Rowe and his brother, Andrew, decided to enter

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. Rowe admitted that he had difficulty getting his name signed due to it sounding similar to ''

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'' host

Mike Rowe Michael Gregory Rowe (born March 18, 1962) is an American television host and narrator. He is known for his work on the Discovery Channel series ''Dirty Jobs'' and the series ''Somebody's Gotta Do It'' originally developed for CNN. He hosted a s ...

. Despite having only acted for roughly five years, Rowe was immediately cast as the

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character

Deadshot Deadshot (Floyd Lawton) is a supervillain and antihero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by David Vern Reed, Lew Schwartz and Bob Kane, the character made his first appearance in ''Batman'' #59 (June–July 1950). ...

in the television series ''

''. After playing Deadshot for four years, he left the series, though Rowe has expressed interest in returning. He was cast as the

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character

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. Rowe stars in ''Crown and Anchor'', a movie he co-wrote with Andrew. In 2019 he received a

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nomination for Best Actor for his performance in the film ''

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Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rowe, Michael Living people Canadian male television actors 21st-century Canadian male actors People from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Male actors from Newfoundland and Labrador Year of birth missing (living people)