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Thor Knai Profile |
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Birth Date: June 22, 1984
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Birth Place: Tromsø, Norway
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Birth Name: Torbjørn Knai
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Height: 6'0"
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Biography |
Thor Knai was born Torbjørn Knai in Tromsø, Norway. His dad
was in the Royal Norwegian Air Force and his mom an
entrepreneur. When Thor was three, they moved to Bærum,
Oslo. While in school, Thor was involved in a variety of
different activities like sports, martial arts, and
role-playing which awoke his passion for acting. When he was
15, his mother found a casting call in the newspaper for a
mini-series that was to be shown on NRK, a national
television network. Thor landed a minor supporting part and
his first encounter with showbiz became 11 days of shooting.
Thor was referred by the impressed director to attend more
auditions including the lead in feature film (Lime, 2001),
although unsuccessfully. At this point in his life he had no
real aspirations to become an actor. That happened later
when he played lead in a high school cabaret which was
awarded "Best high school cabaret of the year", an award he
accepted in front of fifteen hundred people on a well known
stage in Oslo, the "Chateau Neuf". He went on to star in
another successful cabaret, his own amateur short film, and
did some modeling. He was also active in he live
role-playing community and hosted and participated in many
such events. Thor graduated Nesbru High School with an
International Baccalaureate Diploma spring 2003, with the
highest amount of extra curricular activity hours.
After finishing high school Thor went on to join the Royal
Norwegian Army for a mandatory year. He became Squad leader
in a Storm platoon (mechanized infantry unit) in the 1st
Armored Battalion. During this year he signed a contract to
go on a NATO, ISAF7 (international security assistance
force) peacekeeping mission to Kabul, Afghanistan. He
subsequently served the tour of seven months as a combat
medic.
After completing the tour in Afghanistan he went on to
pursue his dream and was admitted to the New York Film
Academy at Universal Studios in Los Angeles for a one year
acting conservatory program set to begin September 2005.
During his brief stay in Norway before leaving for LA, Thor
auditioned for, and got a part in a big Norwegian reality
show called "Filmstjerne" (Moviestar) after out-performing
thousands of other actors Thor was eventually voted off the
show by the judges just in time to make his planned
departure to Hollywood. He graduated the program spring '06
and went on to work on short films and minor parts in
features like (He's Such a Girl, 2007) before he returned to
Norway to make arrangements for the future work permit.
Currently Thor is pursuing his acting career and doing
modeling work in Europe. Thor expects to return to LA to
continue his career there later in 2007. |
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Other Information |
Writes for "Girls", a popular teen magazine published
monthly in Norway and Denmark, where he answers readers
questions about boys & love.
Worked as at a Shell gas station, in telemarketing, and as a
nail-designer in his teens, stating that there are worse
things a teen can do than get paid to hold hands with women.
Received an "Artist of Extraordinary Ability" visa (O-1)
early 2008 to live and work in the US.
Served 7 months in Afghanistan as part of the Norwegian NATO
forces in Kabul, 2005.
Knai is from "Knja-vin" and means "river bend by fertile
plain" in old Norse. The name is more than 1000 years old,
even predating the Vikings. Old Norwegian myths tell of the
Sorcerer of Knai and how he learned his mystic arts from
"Huldra", an evil woodland nymph, who later had a child by
him... The original Knai settlement is still in use today
and open to the public. |
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since December 17, 2008