Deaken Bluman Wiki Bio
Deaken Bluman was born in Sun City, Menifee, California USA, on 2 January 1996 – his zodiac sign is Capricorn and he holds American nationality. He is an actor and a model, who might be best known for his portrayal of Winston in the mystery drama series “13 Reasons Why”, which aired from 2017 to 2020, was created by Brian Yorkey and also starred Katherine Langford, Dylan Minnette and Christian Navarro.
The series is about the teenager Clay Jensen who is set to find out why his crush, Hannah committed suicide – it was a big hit in the US as it won four awards and was nominated for 15 others including one Golden Globe.
Childhood and education
Deaken was raised an only child in Sun City, by his father who was a construction worker and his mother who taught English at a local high school. After he became interested in acting, the family moved to Los Angeles in California, so that Deaken would have better chances to launch his acting career.
He attended a local elementary school, and was a member of its drama club, appearing in nearly all the plays performed there, then went on to practice acting at a local theatre, also appearing in several plays performed there too. He enrolled at a Los Angeles high school in 2010, and was physically very active as he played soccer, football and tennis, and during his senior year started training at a gym – Deaken matriculated in 2014, and then chose not to attend college but to focus on becoming a famous actor.
Career as an actor
Deaken has been credited with appearing in only five movies and TV series, including in “13 Reasons Why”.
He made his debut TV series appearance in 2016, when cast to portray Michael in the episode “Deep Blue” of the romantic web series “Fall Into Me”, which starred Leland B. Martin, Rosie Moss and Alex Livinalli, and is about multiple love stories, each of which is shown in around eight episodes – the series gained mixed reviews and attracted little attention.
In the same year, Deaken made his debut film appearance in the short comedy “The Lion’s Den” alongside Jush Allen and Ferdelle Lauren Capistrano – the film was written by Aaron Foster, directed by Orchid Cameron and is about a blind date that goes terribly wrong.
The year 2017 saw him portray Billy Dee in the short comedy film “Americana”, written and directed by Michael Gangloff and who also starred in the movie alongside Deaken and Don DiPaolo – the film follows two greasers who are trying to steal the ashes of their dead friend from his home’s mantelpiece. It won Michael Gangloff and Andrew Meyers an Award of Excellence at Global Shorts, Los Angeles.
One of Deaken’s most recent appearances has been in the drama series “First Love”, created by Adi Tishrai and in which he starred as Luke Sullivan, alongside Emily Day Blackwell and Lisa Brenner – the series attracted little attention, but gained mostly positive reviews.
Deaken is also very active on Instagram, as he’s followed by nearly 500,000 people, although he’s uploaded only 16 pictures so far.
Love life and relationships
Many of Deaken’s fans believe him to be gay, because he portrayed a gay character in the series “13 Reasons Why”, however, it is known that Deaken is straight, and in fact a married man.
In late 2018, he married Elin Bluman who is a Swedish model living in Los Angeles with Deaken, and who is also currently working as a talent manager. A rumor has it that the two met at a party in Los Angeles at which they were introduced by a mutual friend, and that Deaken flew to Sweden after she returned home, but accepted when Deaken asked her out on a date – there have been no rumors nor controversies surrounding the two’s marriage.
Deaken and Elin have agreed not to have children so that they could focus on their careers, so as of October 2020, Deaken is married to Elin Bluman and doesn’t have kids.
Hobbies and other interests
Deaken is a philanthropist and a fighter for human rights – he is an active supporter of the movement Black Lives Matter, and has attended a peaceful protest organized in Los Angeles, during which he held up a paper with ‘Black Lives Matter’ written on it in capital letters. He has also urged people to donate money to UNICEF and Yemen, because of the Yemeni crisis which has left over 80 percent of its population without the most basic things in life.
Deaken is a lover of animals and has a pet dog, while he is a supporter of the organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
He has his own favorite actors and actresses some of whom are Tom Hanks, Will Smith and Jennifer Lopez, and a few of his favorite movies are “Sleepless in Seattle”, “I Am Legend” and “The Wedding Planer”.
Age, height and net worth
Deaken’s age is 24. He has short brown hair and brown eyes, his height is 5ft 11ins (1.8m) and he weighs around 165lbs (75kgs).
As of October 2020, his net worth has been estimated at over $300,000.