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''.

Biography

Williamson grew up at

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. In 2006, he landed his first role in a movie, when he joined the cast of the Norwegian film ''

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'', where he played Morten. In 2012, Williamson portrayed the Norwegian painter and sailor

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, one of the members of

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, in a film of the same name. In 2016, Williamson joined the main cast of the television drama series ''

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'' where he plays defense attorney Erik Aber. He has also been a writer on the show. The same year, he began appearing in the miniseries '' Nobel'', where he plays the soldier Hans Ivar Johansen. As of 2019, Williamson appears on the HBO show ''

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'', where he plays the corrupt police officer Jeppe. Since January 2020, he has acted in the

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series '' Ragnarok''. Williamson married Tinashe Bakas Roll in 2015, and they have one child together, a girl named Ziggy.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* 1980 births Living people Norwegian copywriters Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male comedians Norwegian stand-up comedians People from Oslo {{Norway-writer-stub