Frank Kjosås (born 28 July 1981) is a Norwegian actor of

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

and

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, known for ''

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'', and his role as

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soldier

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in ''

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''.

Early life

Frank Kjosås was born in

Øystese Øystese is a village in the municipality of Kvam in Vestland county, Norway. It is located along the Hardangerfjord about east of the municipal centre of Norheimsund. Norwegian County Road 7 passes through the village. The village had a populat ...

Hardanger Hardanger is a traditional district in the western part of Norway, dominated by the Hardangerfjord and its inner branches of the Sørfjorden and the Eid Fjord. It consists of the municipalities of Ullensvang, Eidfjord, Ulvik and Kvam, and is l ...

. He has two brothers and three sisters. He decided to become an actor aged 15, when he saw a production of ''

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'' in

. He attended Romerike Folk High School, Bårdar Dance Institute, and from 2003–2006, the

Norwegian National Academy of Theatre The Oslo National Academy of the Arts ( no, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, ''KHiO'') is a university college in Oslo, Norway, that provides education in visual arts, design and performing arts. It is one of two public institutes of higher learning in N ...

Career

In his third year at the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre, he was cast in the role as Woof in the musical ''

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'' by

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� ...

, and has been permanently employed by the theatre ever since. His had his first film role in ''

37 1/2 ''37 1/2'' ( no, 37 og et halvt) is a 2005 Norwegian comedy-drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples t ...

'' (2005), a comedy-drama, and got his big break in 2008 with ''House of Fools'' and ''

Troubled Water Troubled Water ( no, De usynlige, "The Invisible") is a 2008 Norwegian film directed by Erik Poppe. The film depicts a large part of the story twice, from the perspectives of two people. Plot As a teenager, Jan Thomas Hansen ( Pål Sverre Valhe ...

''. However, he was repeatedly told at the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre that, due to his small height (170 cm) and youthful, "feminine" features, he would be severely limited in the roles he could play. In order to counteract this, he sought darker, gritty parts; however, he still encountered difficulty getting varied roles due to what was termed his "androgynous" appearance, and it wasn't until 2013, when he played the starring role of Fred, a boxer, in ''The Half Brother'' (for which he received the Gullruten Award 2013 for Best Actor), that he was able to change his image. He currently alternates between theatre, film, musicals, and television.

Filmography

Theatre

Film & TV

External links

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kjosas, Frank 1981 births Living people People from Kvam Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni 21st-century Norwegian male actors Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male television actors Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male musical theatre actors