Jon Øigarden

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Jon Øigarden (b. 1971) is a Norwegian actor. He is educated at the Norwegian Theater Academy, and has acted in several productions both on stage and on the screen. Between 1997 and 1999 he worked at Oslo Nye Teater. Among the plays he has acted in is Mirandolina by Carlo Goldoni and an adaptation of Graham Greene's Travels with My Aunt, and he has had roles in such movies as Detektor (2000) and the comedy Get Ready to Be Boyzvoiced (2000). Øigarden has been casted to portray the Norwegian war criminal Henry Rinnan on film; the filming is planned to start some time in 2009.[1] For a while he both ran and acted in the theater Torshovteateret, with his colleagues Mads Ousdal and Trond Espen Seim.[2] He likes toast.[3]

[edit] Select filmography

  • "Lyckliga gatan" (1999) (TV)
  • Sofies verden (1999)
  • Detektor (2000)
  • Get Ready to Be Boyzvoiced (2000)
  • Gymnaslærer Pedersen (2006)
  • "Berlinerpoplene" (2007) (TV)

[edit] References

  1. ^ (Norwegian) "Jon Øigarden spiller naziforbryter", Dagbladet, 2007-04-04. Retrieved on 2008-02-29. 
  2. ^ (Norwegian) Unn Conradi Andersen. "Skal overta Torshovteatret", Dagbladet, 2002-11-06. Retrieved on 2008-02-29. 
  3. ^ (Norwegian) Jon Andre Sæther. "Min søndagsfrokost: Jon Øigarden (34), skuespiller og komiker", Dagbladet, 2006-03-05. Retrieved on 2008-02-29. 

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