Kristofer Hivju
☼ Born on 7 December 1978, in Oslo, Norway
BiographyA second-generation Norwegian actor, Kristofer Hivju was born on 7 December, 1978 in Oslo. He is the son of actors Lieselotte Holmene and Erik Hivju, a prominent character actor who appeared with his son in the short film Flax, where Kristofer shared screenwriting credit with director Bård Ivar Engelsås.
Kristofer made his American Film debut in Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.'s 2011 prequel of John Carpenter's The Thing (2011). Next he was seen in M. Night Shyamalan's After Earth (2013) but he is most recognizable as fan favorite Tormund Giantsbane on HBO's Game of Thrones (2011).
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Cocaine Bear (23/02/2023)
A bear goes on a rampage in a National Park after ingesting cocaine in Cocaine Bear. Multiple duffle bags containing cocaine are dumped out of a plane into the Chattahoochee National Forest right before the drug runner dies while trying to skydive. St. Louis drug lord Sydney White (Ray Liotta) sends his song Eddie (Alden […]
Downhill (13/02/2020)
A man’s act of cowardice during an avalanche causes tensions with his wife in Downhill. Billie (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Pete (Will Ferrell) are a couple who have gone on a ski trip to Austria with their two kids, as a way for Pete to get over the recent death of his father. However, tensions quickly rise […]
Force Majeure (15/12/2014)
A split-second decision drives a wedge between a married couple in the Swedish drama Force Majeure. Tomas (Johannes Kuhnke) is on a ski trip in the French Alps, with his wife Ebba (Lisa Loven Kongsli) and two children Vera and Harry. On the second day of their trip, while having lunch at a mountain restaurant, […]
After Earth (02/06/2013)
Director M Night Shyamalan returns for the first time since 2010’s The Last Airbender with the new sci-fi epic After Earth. The film is a star vehicle for the father/son duo of Will and Jaden Smith, with Will Smith also getting credit for the film’s story and a producer credit, along with his wife Jada […]
RED (16/10/2010)
The selling point of this film, based on a graphic novel, is the age of the lead actors, who all play retired spies forced back into action. Everything in the film is appropriately tongue-in-cheek, however the film does turn out to be a fairly decent action film in its own right. While you would expect […]