Hugo Mikal Skår (born 27 October 1978) is a Norwegian actor.

Education

Skår is a graduate of the Nordic Institute of Stage and Studio (NISS) in

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, where he spent three years in acting school. Skår has been studying

method acting Method acting, known as the Method, is a range of rehearsal techniques, as formulated by a number of different theatre practitioners, that seeks to encourage sincere and expressive performances through identifying with, understanding, and expe ...

since 2006 to the tradition of

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Career

Skår started as a production assistant in the film '' Monster Thursday'' (2003), then he got the role as Goddy in musical ''Fame'' (2004). Skår had attended acting school from 2005 to 2008. Skår worked at Regionteatret i Møre og Romsdal, better known as Teatret Vårt from 2008 until the end of 2010. In spring 2008 Skår debuted in ''Sigurd Slembe'' and ''Arabian Nights'' for Teatret Vårt. Skår has also done roles in, among other things, ''Det regner aske'', ''Presidentinnene'' and ''Invasion!'', which was nominated for a

Hedda Award The Hedda Award (''Heddaprisen'') is a Norwegian theatre award, first presented in 1998. It is named after the character "Hedda" from Henrik Ibsen, Ibsen's play ''Hedda Gabler''. Among its categories, which have varied over the years, are: Best Th ...

in 2009. He also played the title role ''

Othello ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'', often shortened to ''Othello'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare around 1603. Set in Venice and Cyprus, the play depicts the Moorish military commander Othello as he is manipulat ...

'' which also got nominated for a

. In 2011 startet to work in

Rogaland Teater Rogaland Teater is a theatre in Stavanger, Norway. Background The theatre building was built in 1883 on a parcel of '' Kannik prestegård''. It was designed by architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff, and initially held close to 500 seats. The buil ...

until 2014, then skår started work at Teatret Vårt until 2019. In 2021 and 2022 skår will play in two movies. In 2022 Hugo started working at

Den Nationale Scene Den Nationale Scene () is the largest theatre in Bergen, Norway. Den Nationale Scene is also one of the oldest permanent theatres in Norway. History Opened under the name '' Det Norske Theater'' in 1850, the theatre has roots dating back to its ...

Theatre

Acting

* 2025: '' As It Is In Heaven'' * 2025: ''

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'' * 2025: '' The guest'' * 2024: ''

The Crucible ''The Crucible'' is a 1953 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1692 to 1693. Miller wrote ...

'' * 2024: '' Menn som ingen treng'' * 2024: ''

Billy Elliot ''Billy Elliot'' is a 2000 British coming-of-age Comedy film, comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Lee Hall (playwright), Lee Hall. Set in County Durham in North East England during the 1984–1985 miners' strike, the fi ...

'' * 2023: '' Kjøkkenet er hjemmets hjerte'' * 2023: ''

Romeo and Juliet ''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ...

'' * 2023: '' Come from Away'' * 2021: ''

'' * 2019: ''

A Streetcar Named Desire ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of pe ...

'' * 2019: ''

Death of a Salesman ''Death of a Salesman'' is a 1949 stage play written by the American playwright Arthur Miller. The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949, running for 742 performances. It is a two-act tragedy set in late 1940s Brooklyn told through a ...

'' * 2018: '' Maraton dance'' * 2017: '' Kiss of the Spider Woman'' * 2016: ''

'' * 2015: ''

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'' is a 2003 mystery novel by British writer Mark Haddon. Haddon and ''The Curious Incident'' won the Whitbread Book Awards for Best Novel and Book of the Year, the Commonwealth Writers' Pri ...

'' * 2014: ''

The Black Rider ''The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets'' is a self-billed "musical fable" in the avant-garde tradition created through the collaboration of theatre director Robert Wilson, musician Tom Waits and writer William S. Burroughs. Wils ...

'' * 2013: ''

All's Well That Ends Well ''All's Well That Ends Well'' is a play by William Shakespeare, published in the First Folio in 1623, where it is listed among the comedies. There is a debate about the date of its composition, with possible dates ranging from 1598 to 1608. ...

'' * 2013: '' Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat'' * 2012: '' Oh My God'' * 2012: ''

Festen ''The Celebration'' () is a 1998 Danish black comedy-drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg and produced by Nimbus Film. It tells the story of a family gathering to celebrate their patriarch's 60th birthday, during which a family secret is ...

'' * 2011: '' Sonny'' * 2010: '' Daniel 33'' * 2010: '' Hele norges bennus'' * 2010: ''

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'' * 2009: '' Taremareby'' * 2009: '' Presidentinnene'' * 2009: ''

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'' * 2009: '' It's Raining Ash'' * 2008: ''

Invasion An invasion is a Offensive (military), military offensive of combatants of one geopolitics, geopolitical Legal entity, entity, usually in large numbers, entering territory (country subdivision), territory controlled by another similar entity, ...

'' * 2008: ''

Sigurd Slembe Sigurd Magnusson Slembe (or Slembedjakn) (died 12 November 1139) was a Norwegian pretender to the throne. He was the subject of '' Sigurd Slembe'', the historical drama written by the Norwegian playwright Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson in 1862. Biogr ...

'' * 2008: ''

Arabian Nights ''One Thousand and One Nights'' (, ), is a collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled in the Arabic language during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as ''The Arabian Nights'', from the first English-language edition () ...

'' * 2007: ''

'' * 2004: '' Fame''

Film

* 2024: ''De Gjenvendte'' * 2022: ''

Troll A troll is a being in Nordic folklore, including Norse mythology. In Old Norse sources, beings described as trolls dwell in isolated areas of rocks, mountains, or caves, live together in small family units, and are rarely helpful to human bei ...

'' * 2012: ''

Hotel Cæsar ''Hotel Cæsar'' is a Norwegian soap opera that aired on TV 2 from October 24, 1998 to December 14, 2017. From 1998, the show was broadcast Monday to Friday, except during the autumn of 2006, when the show was only broadcast Monday to Thursday ...

'' * 2008: '' The Whore'' * 2003: ''Monster Thursday''

External links

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