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Aksel Hennie is a Norwegian actor, writer and director. He has acted in a number of successful Norwegian movies, and has received several awards. Hennie grew up in Lambertseter in Oslo. In his late teens he was sentenced for tagging, and became an outcast in the community for confessing to the police. This personal story contributed much of the background for the movie Uno. The conviction against Hennie was in fact one of the first such cases in Norway. Hennie was admitted to the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre after applying four times. He graduated in 2001, and has since acted both at Teatret in Molde from 2001 to 2002 and at Oslo Nye Teater from 2002 till now where he has been in plays such as Hamlet, and The woman who married a turkey. His main success, however, has been as a film actor. He made his debut starring in the feature film Jonny Vang in 2003. Though the director, Jens Lien, originally thought Hennie was too young for the role, the actor convinced him he was the right man for the film. The same year he also acted in the movies Buddy and Ulvesommer, and the next year he made his debut as a director and writer with the movie Uno, in which he also acted.[5] For this film Hennie, and his co-star Nicolai Cleve Broch, went into hard physical training for six months to perform convincingly as bodybuilders. He won the Amanda Award (the main Norwegian film award) for "The Best Direction" (for the movie Uno in 2005), and that same year he was also among the nominees for "Best Actor" and "Best Film". He also won an Amanda award as "Best Actor" for the movie Jonny Vang in 2003. He was named one of European films "Shooting Stars" by European Film Promotion in 2004. In 2001 he was also named "Theatre talent of the year" by the newspaper Dagbladet. In 2008 Hennie starred in the movie Max Manus, where he played the role of the Norwegian war hero by that name. The movie had a large budget by Norwegian standards, and was met with great expectations.- Kåre was born in Asker outside of Oslo, and trained at LAMDA and The Norwegian Academy of Dramatic Arts. He is one of Norway's most experienced actors on stage and screen.
He has been employed as a regular member at The National Theatre of Norway (NTN) since 1999, where he has performed in more than 30 productions including Romeo and Juliet; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Skylight; Fanny and Alexander; When We Dead Awaken; Peer Gynt; League of Youth; Love's Comedy; An Ideal Husband and The Threepenny Opera.
Kåre has also performed the part of Charlie Conlon in Stones In His Pockets more than 250 times, with opening night at The National Theatre of Norway in 2002.
Other theatre credits include: Peter Skuleson in The Pretenders by Henrik Ibsen (The National Theatre of Norway, directed by Terry Hands) and as King Håkon Håkonsson once again in Ibsen's The Pretenders (The Royal Theatre of Denmark, directed by Alexander Mørch Eidem); The Glass Menagerie; Hamlet; West Side Story (Trøndelag Theatre) Singing In The Rain and My Fair Lady (Oslo New Theatre).
From 2000 to 2003 he was one of the artistic directors of TNTs studio stage.
TV and Film credits include: Boys Will Be Boys (Emmy nominated); Ibsen Centennial Awards; Wide Blue Yonder with Brian Cox; The Philanthropist (NBC series); Arctic Passage: Prisoners of the Ice (ITN); King Curling and The Conqueror (NRK).
Concert credits include: performances at various jazz venues in Norway and was the headline act during Debbie Curtis Radio Big Band concert at the London Palladium.
Awards include Best Actor Award (Blå fugl) for Ibsen's Love's Comedy, Trøndelag Theatre Award for Hamlet and The Continental Award for Stones In His Pockets.
In 2012, Kåre performed the leading role of The Pilot (and seven other characters) in Nicholas Lloyd Webber & James D Reid's World Premiere of The Little Prince at The Lyric Theatre in Belfast
In 2013, Artistic director of the Norwegian Ibsen Company, Kåre Conradi, played the leading role in a full scale outdoor production of Peer Gynt in Horten, Norway, alongside a cast of about 40 actors. This was in co-operation with Teater Ibsen and the Navy Orchestra, directed by award winning theater/film director - and director of the new Los Angeles Theatre Center - José Luis Valenzuela.
After an enormous success with Little Eyolf at The National Theatre in 2015 Kåre Conradi played Edward IV in Trevor Nunn's production of The Wars of the Roses at The Rose Theatre. Traveling back and forth performing Ibsen and Shakespeare in Oslo and London. He just returned this summer from giving talks on Ibsen in Rome and Amalfi. Before that that he finished shooting a Viking series for NRK "Vikingane" and finished a long run as Richard III at The National Theatre in Norway. A role for which he received The Hedda Award (Norways Olivier Award) for Best Actor 2016.
Most recently, Kåre appeared in Clique for BBC1 TV and Norsemen / Vikingane for NRK. - Actor
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Nils Jørgen Kaalstad was born on 23 January 1979. He is an actor, known for Vikingane (2016), Lilyhammer (2012) and Beforeigners (2019).- Actor
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Jon Øigarden was born on 31 May 1971 in Oslo, Norway. He is an actor and writer, known for 22 July (2018).- Actor
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Trond Fausa was born on 2 December 1972. He is an actor and director, known for The Bothersome Man (2006), Alene menn sammen (2006) and Gone with the Woman (2007). He has been married to Lena Kristin Ellingsen since 16 August 2014. They have two children.- Actress
Silje Torp was born on 19 October 1974 in Oslo, Norway. She is an actress, known for Dag (2010), Mars & Venus (2007) and A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010).- Øystein Martinsen was born on 14 May 1976 in Tromsø, Norway. He is an actor, known for 22 July (2018), Next Door (2005) and The Tunnel (2019).
- Marian Saastad Ottesen was born on November 24, 1975 in Bergen, Norway. She is an actress, known for Gone with the Woman (2007), Nissene på låven (2001) and Lilyhammer (2012).
Marian has starred in a variety of plays, TV shows and feature films. She is a permanent member of the National Theatre, where she recently starred in 'Ibsen Machine' and 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf'. Last year Marian had a lead role in the popular BBC TV-series 'Moving On', where she starred opposite Danish actor Bjarne Henriksen and Rob James-Collier (Downton Abbey). Marian is best known for her role Sigrid Haugli in the Norwegian TV series 'Lilyhammer', where she plays opposite Steve Van Zandt. Marian is a very charismatic and intelligent actress. Her fine Scandinavian appearance combined with her strong mind and unique personality makes her an asset in every production. - Actor
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Tarjei Sandvik Moe is a promising and charismatic actor born 24 May 1999 in Norway. He is known for his role as Isak in Skam (2015) for which he was nominated for Best Actor and for his debut role in En Affære (2018) for which he won the audience award at Bergen's International Film Festival. He is a skilled stage actor as well and plans on expanding his career in the near future.- Thorbjørn Harr was born on 24 May 1974 in Oslo, Norway. He is an actor, known for 22 July (2018), Barn (2019) and Vikings (2013). He has been married to Tai Victoria Grung since 2006. They have three children.
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Seda Witt was born on March 29, 1994 in Oslo, Norway. She has a bachelor's degree in physical theatre from Nord University in Verdal, Norway, and is known for her role in 22 July (2018) directed by Paul Greengrass. Seda is also known for her voice acting work and has dubbed more than 150 different TV-shows and movies into Norwegian for Disney Channel, Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon.- Actress
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Linn Natassia Malthe is a Norwegian model and actress.
Natassia is the middle of two sisters with an older brother she recently discovered she had. She was born in Oslo, Norway, and is of half Norwegian/Chinese descent. Her mother is from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. She is usually credited by her birth name but is sometimes credited Natassia Linn Malthe.
In Scotland, and Norway, Malthe went to dance schools at the Goh Ballet Academy, The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and The Norwegian Opera House, The Oslo National academy of the Arts where she studied dance, art history, and anatomy. Later she moved to London, England to study musical theater. From there she went to Los Angeles and landed her first part on television. She is getting a bachelor's degree in Film and TV School and is planning on studying at AFI after her bachelor's degree which will be completed in 2024.
In 2005, Natassia Malthe, with Jennifer Garner was nominated at MTV Movie Awards for MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss. She has been the main character in multiple video game movies such as DOA and Bloodrayne and she has also played a Marvel Comic book character Typhoid Mary in Elektra with Jennifer Garner and Will Yun Lee.
In 2009, Malthe starred as an elf bounty-hunter and sorceress-in-training in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries Knights of Bloodsteel. Starred opposite Jason Statham and Ryan Philippe in the movie "Chaos". At the start of her career she also did fashion modeling to help finance her move from Norway to Hollywood to pursue an acting career and is among the Girls of Maxim and Toro Women.
She was also the face of LG electronics and starred in a 100 million dollar budget campaign called "Scarlet" with Emmy award winning director David Nutter as the director best known for Band of Brothers and Games of Thrones.