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

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series ''

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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 ''

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''. Two years later, he played the role of Georg in

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's film adaptation of

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's novel '' Appelsinpiken''. As a student, he also had roles in the television series ''

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'', '' Dag'', and the movie ''Beatles'', based on the novel of the same name. Silset studied acting at the

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from 2012, graduating in 2015. 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

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, in the

series ''

'', a parody of

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life and customs. 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

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thriller-drama series '' Valkyrien''. In 2018, he appeared in two episodes of the dramedy ''

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''. In 2019, he acted in the

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series '' Beforeigners'' as Nabo, the

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neighbour of lead protagonist Lars Haaland, played by

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. He also played a small part in the miniseries '' Hellums kro'' the same year.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Silset, Mikkel 1991 births Male actors from Oslo 21st-century Norwegian male actors Norwegian male television actors Norwegian male film actors Living people