Jakob Oftebro

Jakob Oftebro
Jakob Oftebro
	Oftebro at the Karlovy Vary International Filmfestival in July 2015
Born	Jakob Hoff Oftebro; 12 January 1986 (age 38); Oslo, Norway
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004-present
Parents	Nils Ole Oftebro (father); Kaja Korsvold (mother);

Jakob Hoff Oftebro (born 12 January 1986) is a Norwegian actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 2004 including Hamilton and Kon-Tiki, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards.^[1]

In 2014, he was cast as a lead in the Danish television production of 1864, a war epic. The series made headlines in Scandinavia due to its massive budget, one of the largest in Danish television history.^[2]

Jakob's half-brother is actor Jonas Hoff Oftebro (born 7 May 1996, Oslo), the son of Nils Ole Oftebro and Anette Hoff.

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Bare Bea	Jørgen
2008	Max Manus	Lars Emil Erichsen
2011	Varg Veum - Svarte får	Asbjørn Søvold
2012	Kon-Tiki	Torstein Raaby
2012	Journey to the Christmas Star	Ole
2013	Victoria	Johannes
	Mordene i Fjällbacka: Tyskerungen	Hans Olavsen
	Tarok	Ulf Thorsen
	Solan og Ludvig - Jul i Flåklypa	Postmannen	Voice role
2014	When Animals Dream	Daniel
	In Order of Disappearance	Aron Horowitz
	Lev Stærkt	Martin
2015	The Shamer's Daughter	Nicodemus Ravens
2015	Guldkysten	Wullf, Botanist
2016	Tordenskiold	Tordenskiold
	The Last King	Skjervald
	A Conspiracy of Faith	Pasgård
2017	Tom of Finland	Jack
	Disappearance	Johnny
	The Snowman	Superintendent Skarre
2019	The Shamer's Daughter II: Gift of the Snake	Nicodemus Ravens
2020	The Day We Died (Danish: Krudttønden)	Jan
2020	Den største forbrytelsen	Charles
2021	Margrete den Første	Oluf

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Skolen	Jacob	3 episodes
2010	Hvaler	Mikkel Olsen	6 episodes
2013-2014	Lilyhammer	Chris	6 episodes
2013	The Bridge	Mads Nielsen	3 episodes
2014	1864	Laust Jensen	Main role
2015-2017	Unge lovende	Anders	8 episodes
2018	Warrior	Peter	6 episodes
2020	Agent Hamilton	Carl Hamilton	Main role
2020	Norsemen (Norwegian: Vikingane)	Arnstein
2020	The Letter for the King	Crown Prince Iridian

References

^ "Oscars: Hollywood announces 85th Academy Award nominations". BBC News. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
^ "Jakob Oftebro Biography". IMDB. Retrieved December 17, 2014.

External links

Jakob Oftebro at IMDb

[85thNominees-1] "Oscars: Hollywood announces 85th Academy Award nominations". BBC News. Retrieved December 17, 2014.

[Jakob_Oftebro_IMDB-2] "Jakob Oftebro Biography". IMDB. Retrieved December 17, 2014.

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