Bjørn Richard Sundquist (born 16 June 1948, is a
NorwegianNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty...
actor, famous for TV, theatre, and movie roles. He is considered by many to be Norway's finest and most talented actor of stage, screen and
televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
.
For many years he worked at Det Norske teater and Nationaltheateret in
Oslois the capital and largest city in Norway. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the town was largely destroyed by a fire in 1624. The Danish–Norwegian king Christian IV rebuilt the city as Christiania . Oslo, then an alternative name, became official again in 1925...
, and he is especially famous for the roles as
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and
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.
When he received the Honorary
AmandaThe Amanda Award is an award given annually at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway, to promote and improve Norwegian film. The award originated in 1985, and has since 2005 been exclusively a film award...
Award (Norway's answer to
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) in 2000, he became the youngest ever recipient of the greatest honor in
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film.
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Bjørn Richard Sundquist (born 16 June 1948, is a
NorwegianNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty...
actor, famous for TV, theatre, and movie roles. He is considered by many to be Norway's finest and most talented actor of stage, screen and
televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
.
For many years he worked at Det Norske teater and Nationaltheateret in
Oslois the capital and largest city in Norway. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the town was largely destroyed by a fire in 1624. The Danish–Norwegian king Christian IV rebuilt the city as Christiania . Oslo, then an alternative name, became official again in 1925...
, and he is especially famous for the roles as
MerlinMerlin is a legendary figure best known as the wizard featured in the Arthurian legend. The standard depiction of the character first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, written c. 1136, and is based on an amalgamation of previous historical and legendary figures...
and
HamletThe Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father, the King, and then...
.
When he received the Honorary
AmandaThe Amanda Award is an award given annually at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway, to promote and improve Norwegian film. The award originated in 1985, and has since 2005 been exclusively a film award...
Award (Norway's answer to
OscarThe Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is...
) in 2000, he became the youngest ever recipient of the greatest honor in
NorwegianNorwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants ...
film. He was 52 at the time and only a few months younger than
Liv UllmannLiv Johanne Ullmann is a Norwegian actress and film director, as well as one of the muses of the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman...
, who received the Honorary award in 1992.
He is of
SamiThe Sami people, also spelled Sámi, or Saami, are one of the indigenous people of northern Europe inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia but also in the border area between south and middle Sweden...
heritage on his mothers side (a minority originating mainly from the northern parts of the
ScandinaviaScandinavia is a geographical region in northern Europe that includes, and is named after, the Scanian Province. It consists of the kingdoms of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark...
n peninsula often referred to as Lapland). He has done some television roles for NRK, the biggest Norwegian television channel. Sundquist has been awarded both a
GullrutenGullruten is an annual award for the Norwegian TV business, founded in 1998 by Norske Film- og TV-produsenters forening. The awarding committee has representatives from the major national TV companies, NRK, TV2, TV3 and TVNorge...
and an Amanda award for his leading role as police chief inspector Konrad Sejer in the television miniseries "Sejer".
Sundquist is humorously said to appear in every single Norwegian movie, due to his popularity and versatility.
Quotes
"I'm a genuine bastard. In my veins there is Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Sami and some gypsy blood."
Filmography- Actor
- Jernanger (2009)
- Dead Snow
Dead Snow is a Norwegian comedy horror film, starring, among others, Charlotte Frogner, Stig Frode Henriksen, Bjørn Sundquist, Ane Dahl Torp and Jenny Skavlan. It is directed by Tommy Wirkola. The film was released on 9 January 2009 in Norway...
(2009) (aka Død Snø)
- Kautokeino-opprøret
Kautokeino-opprøret in Norwegian or, The Kautokeino Rebellion in English is a 2008 film based on the true story of the Kautokeino riots in Kautokeino, Norway in 1852 in response to the Norwegian exploitation of the Sami community at that time. It is directed by Nils Gaup and was released in...
(2008)
- Sejer - Svarte sekunder (2006) (mini) TV Series
- Min misunnelige frisør (2004)
- Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé (2004) TV Episode
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey is a Danish police procedural television series produced by Danmarks Radio, written by Peter Thorsboe and Mai Brostrøm. The series debuted on 10 October 2004 in Denmark...
- The Homolulu Show (2004)
- Asfaltevangeliet (2004)
- Sejer - Elskede Poona (2003) (mini) TV Series
- The Pledge (2003)
- Loose Ends (2003)
- Jonny Vang (2003)
- Pelle politibil (2002) (aka Pelle the Police Car)
- Sejer - Djevelen holder lyset (2002)(mini) TV series
- Himmelfall (2002)(aka Falling Sky) (aka The Sky Is Falling Down)
- Cowboys Don't Cry (2002) .... Pub owner
- I Am Dina
I Am Dina is a 2002 Swedish-Norwegian-Danish film directed by Ole Bornedal. It is based on the 1989 book Dinas bok by Herbjørg Wassmo. The movie was one of the most high-profile in Norwegian movie history. There was some controversy surrounding the casting of the movie, as it was felt by many that...
(2002)
- Endelig fredag (2002) TV Series
- Nini (2001) TV Series
- Amatørene (2001)(aka You Really Got Me)
- Sleepwalker (2000)
- Evas øye (1999)(aka Eva's Eye)
- Tørst - Framtidens forbrytelser (1999)
- Sejer - se deg ikke tilbake (1999) (mini) TV Series
- 1732 Høtten (1998)(aka Blodige engler) (aka Bloody Angels)
- Åpen post (1998) TV Series
- Thranes metode (1998)
- Tann for Tann (1998) (aka Eye for an Eye)
- Hammarkullen (1997) (mini) TV Series
- Salige er de som tørster (1997) (aka Blessed Are Those Who Thirst)
- Blind gudinne (1997) TV series (aka Blind Goddess)
- Mendel (1997)
- Budbringeren (1997)(aka Junk Mail)
- Sagojoga minister (1997) (aka Minister på villovägar) (aka Ministern) (aka Sagojogan ministeri) (aka Stol på ministeren) (aka The Minister of State)
- Pust på meg! (1997)
- Søndagsengler (1996)(aka The Other Side of Sunday)
- Kjærlighetens kjøtere (1995)
- Pan (1995)(aka Two Green Feathers)
- Noe beroligende (1995)
- Ti kniver i hjertet (1994)
- Trollsyn (1994)(aka Second Sight) (aka Trollsyn - Sagnet om Jostedalsrypa)
- Drømspel
Dreamplay is a 1994 Norwegian drama film directed by Unni Straume. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Ingvild Holm - Agnes* Bjørn Willberg Andersen - Lawyer* Bjørn Sundquist - Poet...
(1994)(aka Drömspel) (aka Dreamplay)
- Brødrene Dal og legenden om Atlant-Is (1994) TV Series
- Secondløitnanten (1993) (aka The Last Lieutenant
The Last Lieutenant is a Norwegian movie from 1993, directed by Hans Petter Moland and starring Espen Skjønberg. It was released in the USA with English sub titles.-Plot:...
)
- Telegrafisten (1993) (aka The Telegraphist)
- Pelle politibil (1993) TV Series
- Svarte pantere (1992)
- Krigerens hjerte
The Warrior's Heart is a Norwegian film from 1992, directed by Leidulv Risan and starring Anneke von der Lippe, Peter Snickars, Thomas Kretschmann, Bjørn Sundquist and Iren Reppen. It was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival....
(1992) (aka The Warrior's Heart)
- For dagene er onde (1991) (aka For the Days Are Evil)
- Fedrelandet (1991) (mini) TV Series
- Gränslots (1990)
- Haakon Haakonsen (1990) (Shipwrecked
Shipwrecked is an action-adventure film intended for family viewing. The movie was produced by a consortium of Scandinavian companies and released in the U.S. in a dubbed English-language version by Walt Disney Pictures. Shot on location in Fiji, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom, the movie is...
)
- Døden på Oslo S (1990)
- Håndfull tid, En (1990)
- Dykket (1989)(aka The Dive)
- Sweetwater (1988)
- Etter Rubicon (1987)
- På stigende kurs (1987)
- Feldmann saken (1987) (aka Over Grensen, based on true Feldmann case
The Feldmann case was a controversial criminal case in Norway in which two border pilots admitted to killing an elderly Jewish couple during the Shoah in Norway and stealing their money...
)
- Nattseilere (1986)
- Skal det vere ein dans? (1986) TV Series
- Havlandet (1985)
- Gulag (1985) (TV)
- Galskap! (1985)
- Noe helt annet (1985)
- Høvdingen (1984)
- Spyship (1983) (mini) TV Series
- Engler i sneen (1982)
- Kronprinsen (1979)(aka The Crown Prince)
- Rallarblod (1979) (aka Blood of the Railroad Workers)