Odd-Magnus Williamson | |
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 Odd-Magnus Williamson at Crap Comedy Festival, Oslo, in 2016 | |
| Born | Odd-Magnus Williamson 14 September 1980 Oslo, Norway |
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| Spouse(s) | Tinashe Bakas Roll (m. 2015) |
| Children | 1 |
Odd-Magnus Williamson (born 14 September 1980) is a Norwegian copywriter, comedian, and actor. He is known to Norwegian television audiences for his recurring appearance in commercials for the grocery chain ICA and his performance on The Man Show .
Williamson grew up at Nordstrand in Oslo. In 2006, he landed his first role in a movie, when he joined the cast of the Norwegian film Reprise , where he played Morten. In 2012, Williamson portrayed the Norwegian painter and sailor Erik Hesselberg, one of the members of Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki expedition, in a film of the same name. [1]
In 2016, Williamson joined the main cast of the television drama series Aber Bergen where he plays defense attorney Erik Aber. [2] He has also been a writer on the show. The same year, he began appearing in the miniseries Nobel , where he plays the soldier Hans Ivar Johansen.
As of 2019, Williamson appears on the HBO show Beforeigners , where he plays the corrupt police officer Jeppe. [3] Since January 2020, he has acted in the Netflix series Ragnarok . [4]
Williamson married Tinashe Bakas Roll in 2015, and they have one child together, a girl named Ziggy. [5]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2006 | Reprise | Morten | |
| 2010 | En helt vanlig dag på jobben | ||
| 2012 | Kon-Tiki | Erik Hesselberg | |
| 2014 | Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama | Langemann |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2013 | Dag | 1 episode | |
| 2016 | Nobel | Second Lieutenant Hans Ivar Johansen | 6 episodes |
| 2016–2018 | Aber Bergen | Erik Aber | 12 episodes |
| 2019— | Beforeigners | Jeppe | |
| 2020– | Ragnarok | Erik |
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