Jan Gunnar Røise (born 24 September 1975) is a Norwegian actor.
He was born in
Eidsvoll
Eidsvoll (; sometimes written as ''Eidsvold'') is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sundet.
General information
E ...
, and took his education at 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 ...
. He made his stage debut in 2000 at the
National Theatre, and has been employed there since. Film appearances include ''
Hawaii, Oslo
''Hawaii, Oslo'' is a 2004 Norwegian drama film, directed by Erik Poppe with a screenplay by Harald Rosenløw Eeg. It stars Trond Espen Seim, Aksel Hennie, Jan Gunnar Røise and Petronella Barker.
The film's music was composed by John Erik Ka ...
'' and ''
Gymnaslærer Pedersen''.
His latest feature film appearance was as Olav in the 2011 movie ''
The Thing''.
References
External links
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1975 births
Living people
Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni
People from Eidsvoll
Norwegian male stage actors
Norwegian male film actors
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