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Anders Baasmo (born 29 January 1976) is a Norwegian
actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...
originally from
Hamar Hamar is a town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the traditional region of Hedmarken. The town is located on the shores of Mjøsa, Norway's largest lak ...
. Baasmo graduated from the Norwegian Acting Academy in 2000. He started his professional career at the
Trøndelag Teater Trøndelag Teater is a large theater in the city of Trondheim, in Trøndelag county, Norway. Trøndelag Teater stages large-scale dance and musical performances. History Originally built in 1816, the theater is the oldest stage in Scandinavia ...
in
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,
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. He later joined the
Det Norske Teatret Det Norske Teatret ( en, Norwegian Theater)Moe, Jens. 2011. ''My America: The Culture of Giving''. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, p. 133. is a theatre in Oslo. The theatre was founded in 1912, after an initiative from Hulda Garborg and Edvard Drabl� ...
in
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. Baasmo earned his breakthrough in 2003 when he received the
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award for his performance in the Norwegian picture '' Buddy''. He won the TV award
Gullruten Gullruten ("Golden Screen") is an annual award for the Norwegian TV industry, founded in 1998 by ''Norske Film- og TV-produsenters forening''. The awarding committee has representatives from the major national TV companies, NRK, TV 2, TV3 and T ...
in 2007 for his portrait of Henrik Ibsen in the TV-series ''
An Immortal Man ''An Immortal Man'' (''En udødelig mann'') is a miniseries on Henrik Ibsen's childhood and youth in three episodes, produced by the NRK in 2006 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Ibsen's death. It was directed by Berit Nesheim and writte ...
'' (''En udødelig mann'') on
NRK NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest ...
. Baasmo starred in the Swedish 2008 film ''
Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End ''Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End'' ( sv, Arn – Riket vid vägens slut) is an epic film based on Jan Guillou's trilogy about the fictional Swedish Knights Templar Arn Magnusson. It was released to cinemas in Sweden on 22 August 2008 and is ...
''. That same year he won Norway's most prestigious actor's award, the Heddaprisen, for his interpretation of Hamlet. He then became the first actor to collect an Amanda, a Gullruten and a Hedda award. He received the Shooting Stars Award, the annual acting award for up-and-coming actors by
European Film Promotion European Film Promotion (EFP) is an international promotion organisation and a unique network of 38 national film promotion institutes who represent films and talent from their respective territories. Under the EFP flag, the members team up on ini ...
, at the Berlin International Film Festival 2010.''Screen Daily'': EFP reveals line-up for 2010 Shooting Stars talent showcase
/ref> Baasmo voiced Hans in the Norwegian dub of the Disney animated film '' Frozen'' and played Herman Watzinger in the 2012 adaptation of
Thor Heyerdahl Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (; 6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany and geography. Heyerdahl is notable for his ''Kon-Tiki'' expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000& ...
's '' Kon-Tiki''. He also starred in the hit sitcom '' Dag'' between 2010 and 2015.


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Anders Baasmo Christiansen at EFP - Shooting Stars
{{DEFAULTSORT:Christiansen, Anders Baasmo 1976 births People from Hamar Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male television actors Hamar Katedralskole alumni Living people