Mikkel Bratt Silset

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Mikkel Bratt Silset
Born1991
Oslo, Norway
Education Oslo National Academy of the Arts
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present
Known for Norsemen

Mikkel Bratt Silset (born 1991) is a Norwegian theatre, television, and film actor from Oslo best known to international audiences for his role in the Netflix series Norsemen . [1]

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Life and career

Silset began acting as a child and had his first major role at the age of fourteen, in the 2006 feature film Sons . Two years later, he played the role of Georg in Eva Dahr's film adaptation of Jostein Gaarder's novel Appelsinpiken . As a student, he also had roles in the television series Lilyhammer , Dag , and the movie Beatles, based on the novel of the same name.

Silset studied acting at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts from 2012, graduating in 2015. [2]

In 2016, he was cast in the role of Ragnar, the violent but fun-loving right-hand man of the soon-to-be chieftain Arvid, played by Nils Jørgen Kaalstad, in the Netflix series Norsemen , [3] a parody of Viking life and customs. [4] He kept the role for the duration of the show's three seasons, until March 2020.

In 2017, Silset played the role of Teo, a bank robber, in the NRK1 thriller-drama series Valkyrien . [5] In 2018, he appeared in two episodes of the dramedy Unge lovende . In 2019, he acted in the HBO series Beforeigners as Nabo, the Stone-Age neighbour of lead protagonist Lars Haaland, played by Nicolai Cleve Broch. He also played a small part in the miniseries Hellums kro the same year.

Selected filmography

Film

List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown
YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Sons Tim
2009 The Orange Girl Georg
2014BeatlesSnowflakes
2018 22 July Hønefoss police officer

Television

List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown
YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Dag Theo6 episodes
2014 Lilyhammer Roger2 episodes
2016–20 Norsemen Ragnar18 episodes
2017 Valkyrien Teo8 episodes
2018 Unge lovende Sebastian2 episodes
2019 Beforeigners Neighbor4 episodes
Hellums kro Bully2 episodes
Førstegangstjenesten 1 episode
2022 Headhunters Ove Kjikerud6 episodes

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