Travis Fimmel is an Australian actor and former model. He was born on July 15, 1979 in Echuca, Australia. The son of Jennie Fimmel and Chris Fimmel, he began his acting career in the year 2003 when he was cast on the TV series Tarzan, playing the roles John Clayton and Tarzan. Presently, he appears on the TV series Vikings, earning notoriety for his role Ragnar Lothbrok.
To be able to prepare himself for his certain roles on screen, he undergone rigid fitness training. He said in one of his interviews, “It’s a physical role and I did a lot of fight training with trainers who worked on Troy and other movies. During filming, if I am not on set, I am going to fight training learning how to yield an axe, sword and shield and it’s exhausting. When you’re in those fight scenes, it’s no joke. It’s real.”
He added, “You’re whacking and smacking it out. It’s vicious and I love it. At this point, I was so big it was more about me losing weight. When I first got there, I would row for 2000 meters before starting a weightlifting routine. One training circuit I did is did chin-ups, leg exercises, and dumbbell burpees where I would put 60-pound dumbbells on each side of me and do a burpee with them, which is really good for your core.”
Body Measurement (2014 – Age 36)
Height: 182 cm | 5 feet, 11.5 Inches
Weight: 84 kg | 185 lbs
Chest: 107 cm | 42 in
Bicep: 41 cm | 16 in
Waist Size: 81 cm | 32 in