David Stakston

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| name = David Stakston

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| birth_name = David Alexander Sjøholt

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|11|22}}

| birth_place = Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2015–present

| height = 186 cm

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David Stakston (born David Alexander Sjøholt;{{Cite web|title=Skam-stjerne feiret lopper for over en million|url=https://www.dagsavisen.no/demokraten/skam-stjerne-feiret-lopper-for-over-en-million-1.1627638|access-date=September 25, 2020|website=dagsavisen.no|language=no|archive-date=October 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031165447/https://www.dagsavisen.no/demokraten/skam-stjerne-feiret-lopper-for-over-en-million-1.1627638|url-status=live}} November 22, 1999) is a Norwegian-American actor.{{Cite web|title=David Stakston {{!}} TVmaze|url=http://www.tvmaze.com/people/230903/david-stakston|access-date=September 25, 2020|website=tvmaze.com|archive-date=November 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102141452/http://www.tvmaze.com/people/230903/david-stakston|url-status=live}} He is best known for his role as Magnus Fossbakken in the Norwegian teen drama Skam, and as Magne Seier in the Netflix fantasy drama series Ragnarok.

Biography

Stakston was born on November 22, 1999, in Raleigh, North Carolina, and grew up in both Florida and Oslo, Norway.{{Cite web|title=David Stakston|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm8184025/|access-date=September 25, 2020|website=IMDb|archive-date=January 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129150154/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8184025/|url-status=live}}

In 2015, Stakston starred as one of the main characters in the Norwegian drama web series Skam, which became very popular in Nordic countries.{{Cite web|title=NRK treffer blink fra skolegården|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/XMzx/nrk-treffer-blink-fra-skolegaarden|access-date=September 25, 2020|website=www.aftenposten.no|language=nb|archive-date=May 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525164617/http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/NRK-treffer-blink-fra-skolegarden-13320b.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Hvordan måler man en braksuksess?|url=https://nrkbeta.no/2016/06/04/hvordan-maler-man-en-braksuksess/|access-date=September 25, 2020|website=NRKbeta|archive-date=September 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923200657/https://nrkbeta.no/2016/06/04/hvordan-maler-man-en-braksuksess/|url-status=live}} In the following years he made a few shorter appearances on Norwegian television.{{Citation|title=2. Ikke din skyld|url=https://tv.nrk.no/serie/overgrep/sesong/4/episode/2|language=nb-NO|access-date=September 25, 2020}} Since 2020, he has played Magne Seier, the main character of the Norwegian Netflix fantasy drama series Ragnarok.