Rolf Kristian Larsen (born May 18, 1983) is an

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

from

Stavanger Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. He portrayed the character "Morten-Tobias" in the Norwegian film " Fritt Vilt" (English title "Cold Prey") in 2006. He also starred in the film " Mannen som elsket Yngve" ("The Man Who Loved Yngve"), released in February 2008. This film is based on a novel of the same name by the Stavanger author

Tore Renberg Tore Renberg is a Norwegian writer and musician. He is the author of several books within various genres, including novels, short stories and children's books, as well as writing for film and stage. His work has been translated into copious lang ...

, and Larsen starred as "Jarle Klepp", his first leading role. In 2008 he was nominated for the

Amanda Amanda is a Latin feminine gerundive (i.e. verbal adjective) name meaning, literally, "she who must (or is fit to) be loved". Other translations, with similar meaning, could be "deserving to be loved," "worthy of love," or "loved very much by ev ...

for best acting, for his role in ''

The Man Who Loved Yngve ''The Man Who Loved Yngve'' () is a Norwegian film released on 15 February 2008. It is based on a book of the same name by Stavanger author Tore Renberg. It received critical acclaim as one of the best Norwegian movies of the year. A sequel name ...

''. He reprised his role as Jarle Klepp in the 2011 film "

I Travel Alone ''I Travel Alone'' () is a 2011 Norwegian drama film directed by Stian Kristiansen. It is a sequel to ''The Man Who Loved Yngve'' from 2008 and was followed by the prequel ''The Orheim Company'' in 2012. Plot Jarle Klepp is 25-year-old literatu ...

" and the 2012 film "

The Orheim Company ''The Orheim Company'' () is a 2012 Norwegian drama film directed by Arild Andresen. It is a prequel to ''The Man Who Loved Yngve'' (2008) and '' I Travel Alone'' (2011). Plot Jarle Klepp thinks back to his years as a teenager in a struggling ...

". In the 2015 TV mini-series

The Heavy Water War ''The Heavy Water War'' (original title ' and alternative title ''The Saboteurs'' (United Kingdom)) is a six-episode war drama television miniseries written by Petter S. Rosenlund and produced by NRK, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. It is a ...

he portrays

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

resistance fighter Einar Skinnarland.

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* 1983 births Living people Norwegian male film actors Male actors from Stavanger {{Norway-actor-stub