BIOGRAPHY OF KRISTOFER HIVJU

Kristofer Hivju is a Norwegian actor, producer and writer born on December 7, 1978 in Oslo, Norway. He is best known for his role as Tormund Giantsbane in HBO’s fantasy series ‘Game of Thrones’.

Kristofer made his American film debut in Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.’s 2011 prequel to 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).

Kristofer is currently showing his love and affection for big, noisy car engines as a supporting role in the new ‘Fast and the Furious 8’, which comes out in 2017. As a young actor, he mainly performed on stage at the Trondelag Theatre. Here he mainly played leading roles in various plays such as “Kristin Lavrandsdatter”, “Pepsi Love” and “King Lear”.

Kristofer Hivju signed with Panorama Agency in 2011 and immediately landed his first international role in Matthijs Van Heijningen Jr.’s 2011 remake of John Carpenters’ The Thing, where he played supporting role Jonas. Next, he was seen in M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘After Earth’.

Locally, Kristofer has also landed significant roles on both the small and big screen. We see him in the feature film “In Order of Disappearance”, where he plays alongside Stellan Skarsgaard.

Photo by Kristofer Hivju

He stars in two episodes of the hit TV series “Beck”, where he is introduced as the new partner Steiner. These two episodes are the most successful of the 41 episodes of “Beck”.

He is also seen in an important supporting role in the feature film “Force Majeure” for which he won the Guldbaggen award in 2015. The film itself won six Guldbaggen awards in the same year and was also nominated for a Golden World. Also, Kristofer plays the lead role in ‘The Last King’, a story of a Norwegian illegitimate son of a king. The feature was the most viewed film of 2016 in Norway and has now made an international breakthrough.

AGE

Kristofer was born on December 7, 1978 in Oslo, Norway (40 years old in 2018).

HEIGHT OF KRISTOFER HIVJU

Kristofer stands at a height of 6 feet (1.83 m) and weighs 97 kg.

KRISTOFER HIVJU FAMILY

Kristofer is the son of actors Lieselotte Holmene and Erik Hivju, a prominent actor who appeared with his son in the short film Flax, where Kristofer shared screenwriting credit with director Bård Ivar Engelsås. He is the cousin of French actress Isabelle Nanty.

KRISTOFER HIVJU WIFE

Hivju has been married to his longtime girlfriend Gry Molvær Hivju since 2015. They have two adorable daughters.

KRISTOFER HIVJU MOVIES AND TV SHOWS

Films by Kristofer Hivju

2017: The Fate of the Furious as Connor Rhodes
2016: The Last King as Torstein Skevla
2015: The Wendy Effect as Percy
2014: In Order of Disappearance as Stig Erik “Strike” Smith Hans
2014: Force Majeure plays the role of carpet
2014: Operation Arctic plays the role of Fangstmann
2014; The World Awaits stars as TBA
2013: After Earth stars as Security Chief
2011: The Thing stars as Jonas
2008: Rovdyr stars as Man 2 / Man in Café
TBC: Descent

Kristofer Hivju TV Shows

2017: The Lion Guard as Kenge (voice)
2016-present: Beck as Steinar Hovland
2014: Lilyhammer as Tormod
2013: The Games as expert commentator
2013-2019: Game of Thrones as Tormund Giantsbane
2007: Six Like Us playing bar patron
2007: The Greatest of All stars as Ben
2006: Melonas plays TBA
2001: Fox Grønland plays Jim Olsen

CHRISTOPHER HIVJU GAME OF THRONES

Hivju stars as Tormund Giantsbane in HBO’s fantasy series ‘Game of Thrones’. The character of Kristofer was first seen in Season 3 and has been a regular on the beloved show since then until the eighth season.

First Episode Date: April 17, 2011 Theme
Song: Game of Thrones Theme
Writers : George RR Martin, David Benioff, DB Weiss, Bryan Cogman, Vanessa Taylor, Jane Espenson, Dave Hill
Genres : Fantasy, Series

Originally aired

Season Episodes First Aired Last Aired

1 10 April 17, 2011 June 19, 2011

2 10 April 1, 2012 June 3, 2012

3 10 March 31, 2013 June 9, 2013

4 10 April 6, 2014 June 15, 2014

5 10 April 12, 2015 June 14, 2015

6 10 April 24, 2016 June 26, 2016

7 7 July 16, 2017 August 27, 2017

8 6 2019 2019

CHRISTOPHER HIVJU NO BEARD – BEARD CHRISTOPHER HIVJU

Kristofer Hivju Beard

KRISTOFER HIVJU AFTER EARTH

After Earth is an action/adventure film directed by M. Night Shyamalan released in 2013. People were forced to leave Earth a millennium ago to settle on Nova Prime. Now General Cypher Raige (Will Smith) leads Nova Prime’s most prominent family. Cypher’s teenage son, Kitai (Jaden Smith), feels enormous pressure to follow in his father’s legendary footsteps – which puts a strain on their relationship. Cypher and Kitai set out on a journey to mend their bond, but when their craft crashes into Earth’s hostile surface, each must trust each other – or perish.

Director : M. Night Shyamalan
Box Office: $243.8 million
Story by: Will Smith
Screenplay : M. Night Shyamalan, Gary Whitta
Producers : Will Smith, M. Night Shyamalan, Jada Pinkett Smith, Caleeb Pinkett, James Lassite

KRISTOFER HIVJU BECK

Beck is a t television movie where d Detective Martin Beck investigates crime. The stories are frequently referred to as the Martin Beck stories where all the novels were adapted into films between 1967 and 1994, six of which featured Gösta Ekman as Martin Beck. Production company : Film Nordisk
Directors : Mårten Klingberg, Harald Hamrell, Kjell Sundvall
Idea : Josefin Johansson
Screenplay: Josefin Johansson

Discard

Peter haber as Martin Beck
Kristofer Hivju as teinar Hovland
Ingvar Hirdwall as Grannen
Måns Nathanaelson as Oskar Bergman
Anna Asp as Jenny Bodén
Elmira Arikan as Ayda Çetin
Jonas Karlsson as Klas Fredén
Åsa Karlin as Bergström
Anu Sinisalo as Gunilla Urst
Sofia Zouagui as Petra
Henrik Norlén as Hans Wikstrand

KRISTOFER HIVJU ON TWITTER

Interviewer: It’s not often that I get the chance to talk to someone who I don’t know is actually alive or dead. How is Tormund?

Kristofer Hivju: Well, isn’t that the mystery? I do not know! [Laughs.] The last time I saw it, I was inside a wall, hundreds of meters of ice collapsing!

Interviewer: When season four premiered a few years ago, HBO had a virtual reality experience where you went to the top of the wall. I remember thinking, ‘That’s a long way to go.’

Kristofer Hivju: It is, and I had that experience. It was cool to do this thing when we shot it, because I had this feeling of being on the wall. It was like that when we shot it.

Interviewer: It’s quite a compliment, in a way, that Tormund is the character who bears witness to this huge event.

Kristofer Hivju: He saw the dawn of the dead in Hardhome, so he’s been among them before, and he lost almost all of his people to them. I think it was a terrifying experience for him.

Interviewer: But even though he knows better than anyone what humanity is facing, he hasn’t lost his thirst for life.

Kristofer Hivju: No. It’s like Beric says, “Death is always the enemy, but you must always fight it.” There is another saying: ‘The show must go on.’ It also counts for life! We all have to die, but we still have to live the best life possible. I think Tormund has a very healthy brain! [Laughs.] He’s an optimist, after all, and that’s something I like about him too. Even in the darkest hour, he can find something positive to brag about!

Interviewer: If for no other reason, I hope he survived the fall so he could get back together with Brienne.

Kristofer Hivju: Yeah! Tormund is with you on that one!

Interviewer: Their relationship – if you can call it that – isn’t in the books, so it was a bit of unexpected humor amidst the chaos.

Kristofer Hivju: It’s like you say: in all this horror and the threat that they face, and as it becomes more and more tense, when there is a hint of love, it gives everyone a little of life! [Laughs.] What’s more important in the end than love, right?

Interviewer: One of the big themes of the show is putting aside differences to fight the common threat. As a savage who has made peace with Night’s Watch, Tormund lives the values ​​that Jon and Davos preach.

Kristofer Hivju: Yes exactly. It’s something my mom told me today, actually, “Forgiveness is the hardest way to move forward, but it’s still the only one.” You have to turn the page and let the past pass. It’s nice to play a character who has that ability, because there’s so much revenge and the desire to kill each other in this series. It’s good to have a character who can turn the page and see the big picture. And it’s a must-have skill, because you have to adapt or else you’re lost.

Interviewer: Your mom makes an excellent point. Revenge is a major plot driver for a lot of storylines, but it’s not at all in Tormund’s mind.

Kristofer Hivju: No. His mentor and father figure was Mance Rayder, who gathered all of the Free Folk together to bring down the Night’s Watch and secure his people – but through war. It didn’t work out, and I think hopefully Tormund learned from his mentor’s mistakes. I’m thinking about the line [about Mance] that really surprised me when I got there, in episode six, when Tormund says to Jon, ‘How many died for his pride because he didn’t is not kneeling?” It’s a perspective I didn’t see coming from him.

Interviewer: Was that consistent with what you know about Tormund as a person?

Kristofer Hivju: Definitely, because it comes after he started cooperating with Jon. They are like a team now. They could have been that from the start, rather than later. It just shows that he’s flexible and doesn’t want to kill anyone anymore. He just wants to survive and make a good place for his people. But now, who knows? He is in the air.

Interviewer: Yeah, literally, saw how far it should fall. How was this collapse of shooting? It was so effect-heavy that I’m curious what it’s like to be an actor under those circumstances.

Kristofer Hivju: Well, they built a fantastic set from the top of the wall. We had real crows, real birds. And it was pretty cold in that studio. But you know, because I’ve seen the army of the dead, I know what it’s like to imagine it. Of course, when a giant zombie dragon comes at you with the Night King on it, it’s not that easy! But I have so many pictures stuck in my head watching the show that it’s still easy to imagine.

Interviewer: There haven’t been dragons in Westeros for hundreds of years. There has never been a zombie dragon. How can a guy like Tormund, who has a pretty down-to-earth sensibility, fit all of these amazing things into his worldview?

Kristofer Hivju: I don’t know – he didn’t have much time to think about that. He saw the thing start to tear down the wall, and I think his desperation and desperation is the only thing he can think of. This is definitely an “all is lost” moment.

Interviewer: The cast has yet to see the scripts for next season. Assuming you survive, what would you like to see next?

Kristofer Hivju: I want to see more love, man! [Laughs.]