Odd-Magnus Williamson

{{Infobox person

| name = Odd-Magnus Williamson

| image = Odd-Magnus Williamson (210531).jpg

| caption = Williamson in 2016

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1980|9|14}}

| birth_place = Oslo, Norway

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|writer}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Tinashe Bakas Roll|2015}}

| children = 1

| relatives =

| website =

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Odd-Magnus Williamson (born 14 September 1980) is a Norwegian comedian and actor. He is known to Norwegian television audiences for his recurring appearance in commercials for the grocery chain ICA and his performance on the Norwegian version of The Man Show.{{Cite web |last=Frostad |first=Pål |title=The Man Show, tv-serie fra 2006 |trans-title=The Man Show, 2006 TV-series |url=https://filmfront.no/utgivelse.php?id=7008 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Filmfront |language=nb}}

Biography

Williamson grew up at Nordstrand in Oslo. In 2006, he landed his first role in a movie, when he joined the cast of the Norwegian film Reprise, where he played Morten.

In 2012, Williamson portrayed the Norwegian painter and sailor Erik Hesselberg, one of the members of Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki expedition, in a film of the same name.{{cite web|title=Kon-Tiki |url=https://www.cinemanet.info/2013/09/kon-tiki/ |website=cinemanet.info |date= |accessdate=10 May 2020 |language=es}}

In 2016, Williamson joined the main cast of the television drama series Aber Bergen where he plays defense attorney Erik Aber.{{cite web|title=Aber Bergen |url=http://www.tv3.no/aber_bergen |website=tv3.no |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113221725/http://www.tv3.no/aber_bergen |accessdate=10 May 2020 |archive-date=13 November 2016 |language=no}} He has also been a writer on the show. The same year, he began appearing in the miniseries Nobel, where he plays the soldier Hans Ivar Johansen.

As of 2019, Williamson appears on the HBO show Beforeigners, where he plays the corrupt police officer Jeppe.{{cite web|title='Beforeigners" Anne Bjornstad on HBO's First Norwegian Original Series |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/festivals/beforeigners-anne-bjornstad-hbo-first-norwegian-original-series-1203310317/ |website=variety.com |date=23 August 2019 |accessdate=1 May 2020}} Since January 2020, he has acted in the Netflix series Ragnarok.{{cite web|title="Ragnarok" med klimabudskap og teaser |url=https://rushprint.no/2019/11/ragnarok-med-klimabudskap/ |website=rushprint.no |date=21 November 2019 |accessdate=10 May 2020 |language=no |trans-title="Ragnarok" with climate message and teaser}}

Williamson married Tinashe Bakas Roll in 2015, and they have one child together, a girl named Ziggy.{{cite web|title=Åpen om sitt "uvanlige" forhold til eksen |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/kjendis/apen-om-sitt-uvanlige-forhold-til-eksen/71603642 |website=dagbladet.no |date=16 September 2019 |accessdate=10 May 2020 |language=no |trans-title=Open about her "unusual" relationship with the ex}}

Selected filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ {{Sronly\|List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown}}
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2006 \|Reprise \|Morten \|
2010 \|En helt vanlig dag på jobben \| \|
2012 \|Kon-Tiki \|Erik Hesselberg \|
2014 \|Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama \|Langemann \|

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ {{Sronly|List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown}}

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2006

|Reprise

|Morten

2010

|En helt vanlig dag på jobben

2012

|Kon-Tiki

|Erik Hesselberg

2014

|Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama

|Langemann

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ {{Sronly\|List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown}}
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2013 \|Dag \| \|1 episode
2016 \|Nobel \|Second Lieutenant Hans Ivar Johansen \|6 episodes
2016–2018 \|Aber Bergen \|Erik Aber \|12 episodes
2019— \|Beforeigners \|Jeppe \|
2020– \|Ragnarok \|Erik \|

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ {{Sronly|List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown}}

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2013

|Dag

|1 episode

2016

|Nobel

|Second Lieutenant Hans Ivar Johansen