Reidar Sørensen (born 11 April 1956) is a Norwegian actor. He was born in

Hemnesberget Hemnesberget is a village in the municipality of Hemnes in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the Hemnes peninsula which lies on the south side of the Ranfjorden. Hemnes Church is located in this village. The village has a population ( ...

. He has worked at various theatres, including

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 ...

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 ...

Riksteatret Riksteatret (English: National Traveling Theater) is a Norwegian touring 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 ima ...

Nordland Teater Nordland Teater is a Norwegian theatre based in Mo i Rana. It was established in 1977 by Norwegian Parliament as the regional theatre for Nordland. Birgitte Strid has been theatre director since 2013. Theatre directors *1979–1986 Collective ...

and

Agder Teater Kilden Teater is a Norwegian theatre based in Kristiansand. It was established in 1991, and has been the regional theatreAgd ...

. He was given the Amanda Award in 1989 for '' Himmelplaneten''. He played the detective "Cato Isaksen" in several TV crime series based on novels by

Unni Lindell Unni Maria Lindell (born 3 April 1957 in Oslo) is a Norwegian writer. She is best known for her crime novels (whodunits), but has also written a collection of poems and several children's and young adult books. Lindell worked as a journalist bef ...

. He has played in several drama films, including '' Byttinger'' from 1991, '' Ti kniver i hjertet'' from 1995, '' Brent av frost'' from 1997, and '' 1732 Høtten'' from 1998. He played the character "Gaston" in

Torun Lian Torun Lian (born 15 January 1956) is a Norwegian playwright, film director and novelist. She made her literary début in 1988 with the collection ''Tre skuespill'', for which she was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. In 1995 she was awarded ...

's film for young adults ''Ikke naken'' in 2004, and "Viktor" in Gunnar Vikene's film ''Trigger'' in 2006. He was assigned theatre director at

from 2008. In 2010 he played the character "Jordan" in

Bent Hamer Bent Hamer (born 18 December 1956) is a film director, writer and producer, born in Sandefjord, Norway in 1956. Biography Hamer studied film theory and literature at the University of Stockholm and the Stockholm Film School. In addition to his f ...

's '' Home for Christmas''.

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* 1956 births Living people Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian theatre directors People from Hemnes {{Norway-actor-stub