He’s Everywhere, and I like it: Michiel Huisman

You know that feeling when you see a face on TV and you’re like: I KNOW HIM! WHY DO I KNOW HIM?? It makes me wonder what my mom did when she was inappropriately attracted to some guy on Dallas or the A-Team, and couldn’t place where she’d seen him before because she didn’t have Google in the 80s. (Probably used her BRAIN) What a terrible, frustrating time that must have been for fangirl-housewives.

Lately, this guy whose face I know keeps popping up unexpectedly on my favorite TV shows (specifically Game of Thrones and Orphan Black), and I’m into it. And by IT, I mean: the extra opportunities these shows have given me to look at his face and study how his mouth moves. I decided to write a post about this guy last week when I was deep into my binge-watch of Orphan Black, and still, when I sat down tonight I had to remind myself what his name was. So … don’t feel bad if you saw the title of this post and you were like “WHO?”

Just sit back and let me introduce you to: Michiel Husiman. Hottie beard wearer, actor, musician and suddenly the dude that is showing up in everything on my TV.

Liam on Nashville

This was literally the first thing I googled when I saw that face on Orphan Black. I watched the first couple of seasons of Nashville, and Michiel played Liam, the rock-prick producer who reluctantly helps Connie Britton’s character into an album and out of her pants. All of which were very welcome scenes. Except the one where they danced together. That was terribly uncomfortable.

I’m just glad he’s on new shows because I couldn’t watch any more Nashville even for barely-there beard, bad-hat wearing douchebag producer, Liam.

 

Hello New Daario

Then the new season of Game of Thrones airs and they just drop him on us, a new Daario. No one complained. He was a giant step up from this guy:

The shock of having an unexpected re-cast was quickly overshadowed by the fact that Michiel was just inherently watchable. As Daario, he’s been fierce, sexy, smarmy, charming and unpredictable.

And it doesn’t hurt that he’s gotten one of the only (consensual) sex scenes of the season in which he apparently does exactly what Dany asks him to.

Hot DILF Cal

And then, just when I was satisfied watching Game of Thrones and thinking: man, I’d love to see the dude from Nashville in something else besides this supporting GoT role, THERE HE IS on my new favorite binge-watch Orphan Black. And EVEN BETTER he’s playing a super smart, good guy almost-lumberjack. He’s shooting rifles and making grilled cheeses and wearing flannel and caring about kids he just met and he is KILLING THAT BEARD.

Uh yeah. Invite me into your smelly camper, Cal. Please.

Everything that is my type when it comes to men is ^^^

Things I Learned About Michiel:

• He’s Dutch. (Hey there, so am I. Mostly.)
• He’s married to a super cute actress named Tara Elders.
• He’s cool with doing nudity. Like way cool. (Why wouldn’t he be?)
• His beard grows in perfectly.
• He was in The Young Victoria which I’ve seen like 8 times because … I like period pieces and Emily Blunt’s face.
• He played Sonny in Treme on HBO, which I have never heard of. And must watch, immediately.
• He has a new movie coming out with Blake Lively (dubious).

 

So. I’ve met someone new. I’m not breaking up with JKras or Stan Hogan just yet, but Michiel is licking that lip, rocking that facial hair and creeping his way into the list of actors I will watch in just about anything. Keep churning out great stuff, Michiel (like maybe not stuff with Blake Lively IDK).

 

Which role of Michiel’s do you think is hottest: Liam, Daario or Cal? Or did you get super freaky and watch that Dutch movie on Netflix where he does full frontal (yes, I know about it. No, I haven’t watched it … yet).