Background
Kristofer was born on December 7, 1978, in Oslo, Norway. He is the son of Norwegian actors Erik Hivju and Lieselotte Holmene and the cousin of French actress Isabelle Nanty.
Kristofer Hivju
Young Kristofer Hivju
Young Kristofer Hivju
2011
100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608, USA
Producer Marc Abraham (L) and Kristofer Hivju pose at the after party of Universal Pictures' "The Thing' at Jillians on October 10, 2011 in Universal City, California. (Source: Kevin Winter)
2011
100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608, USA
Actor Kristofer Hivju arrives at the premiere of Universal Pictures' "The Thing" at Universal Studios Hollywood on October 10, 2011 in Universal City, California. (Source: Kevin Winter)
2011
100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608, USA
Actor Ulrich Thomsen, director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. and actor Kristofer Hivju arrive at the premiere of Universal Pictures' "The Thing" at Universal Studios Hollywood on October 10, 2011 in Universal City, California. (Source: Kevin Winter)
2011
Los Angeles, USA
Celebrities attend the "The Thing" Los Angeles premiere at the AMC Universal City Walk. (Source: FlynetPictures.com)
2013
141 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019, USA
Actor Kristofer Hivju (R) attends the "After Earth" premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater on May 29, 2013 in New York City. (May 28, 2013 - Source: Stephen Lovekin)
2014
Cannes, France
(L-R) Actors Clara Wettergren, guest, Johannes Bah Kuhnke, director Ruben Ostlund, actors Lisa Loven Kongsli, Vincent Wettergren and Kristofer Hivju attend the 'Turist' photocall at the 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2014 in Cannes, France. (May 18, 2014 - Source: Pascal Le Segretain)
2014
10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023, USA
Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on March 18, 2014 in New York City. (March 17, 2014 - Source: Jamie McCarthy)
2014
10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023, USA
Actor Kristofer Hivju attends the "Game Of Thrones" Season 4 New York premiere at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on March 18, 2014 in New York City. (March 17, 2014 - Source: Jamie McCarthy)
2015
6215 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA
(L-R) Editor Jacob Secher Schulsinger, actors Kristofer Hivju and Johannes Kuhnke attend the 20th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards at the Hollywood Palladium on January 15, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Source: Frazer Harrison)
2015
6215 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA
(L-R) Actors Kristofer Hivju, Johannes Kuhnke and editor Jacob Secher Schulsinger attend the 20th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards at the Hollywood Palladium on January 15, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Source: Alberto E. Rodriguez)
2016
Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
'Game of Thrones' actor Kristofer Hivju is spotted filming a commercial in a white Porsche along Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California on October 14, 2016. (Source: FameFlynet Pictures)
2016
6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028, USA
Actor Kristofer Hivju (R) and Gry Molvær attend the premiere of HBO's "Game Of Thrones" Season 6 at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 10, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (April 9, 2016 - Source: Alberto E. Rodriguez)
2017
1260 6th Ave, New York, NY 10020, USA
Actor Kristofer Hivju attends "The Fate Of The Furious" New York Premiere at Radio City Music Hall on April 8, 2017 in New York City. (April 7, 2017 - Source: Dimitrios Kambouris)
2019
New York City, USA
Gry Molvær Hivju and Kristofer Hivju attend the "Game Of Thrones" Season 8 Premiere on April 03, 2019 in New York City. (April 2, 2019)
2011
100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608, USA
Producer Marc Abraham (L) and Kristofer Hivju pose at the after party of Universal Pictures' "The Thing' at Jillians on October 10, 2011 in Universal City, California. (Source: Kevin Winter)
2011
100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608, USA
Actor Kristofer Hivju arrives at the premiere of Universal Pictures' "The Thing" at Universal Studios Hollywood on October 10, 2011 in Universal City, California. (Source: Kevin Winter)
2011
100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608, USA
Actor Ulrich Thomsen, director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. and actor Kristofer Hivju arrive at the premiere of Universal Pictures' "The Thing" at Universal Studios Hollywood on October 10, 2011 in Universal City, California. (Source: Kevin Winter)
2011
Los Angeles, USA
Celebrities attend the "The Thing" Los Angeles premiere at the AMC Universal City Walk. (Source: FlynetPictures.com)
2013
141 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019, USA
Actor Kristofer Hivju (R) attends the "After Earth" premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater on May 29, 2013 in New York City. (May 28, 2013 - Source: Stephen Lovekin)
2014
Cannes, France
(L-R) Actors Clara Wettergren, guest, Johannes Bah Kuhnke, director Ruben Ostlund, actors Lisa Loven Kongsli, Vincent Wettergren and Kristofer Hivju attend the 'Turist' photocall at the 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2014 in Cannes, France. (May 18, 2014 - Source: Pascal Le Segretain)
2014
10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023, USA
Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on March 18, 2014 in New York City. (March 17, 2014 - Source: Jamie McCarthy)
2014
10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023, USA
Actor Kristofer Hivju attends the "Game Of Thrones" Season 4 New York premiere at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on March 18, 2014 in New York City. (March 17, 2014 - Source: Jamie McCarthy)
2015
6215 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA
(L-R) Editor Jacob Secher Schulsinger, actors Kristofer Hivju and Johannes Kuhnke attend the 20th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards at the Hollywood Palladium on January 15, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Source: Frazer Harrison)
2015
6215 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA
(L-R) Actors Kristofer Hivju, Johannes Kuhnke and editor Jacob Secher Schulsinger attend the 20th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards at the Hollywood Palladium on January 15, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Source: Alberto E. Rodriguez)
2016
Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
'Game of Thrones' actor Kristofer Hivju is spotted filming a commercial in a white Porsche along Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California on October 14, 2016. (Source: FameFlynet Pictures)
2016
6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028, USA
Actor Kristofer Hivju (R) and Gry Molvær attend the premiere of HBO's "Game Of Thrones" Season 6 at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 10, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (April 9, 2016 - Source: Alberto E. Rodriguez)
2017
1260 6th Ave, New York, NY 10020, USA
Actor Kristofer Hivju attends "The Fate Of The Furious" New York Premiere at Radio City Music Hall on April 8, 2017 in New York City. (April 7, 2017 - Source: Dimitrios Kambouris)
2019
New York City, USA
Gry Molvær Hivju and Kristofer Hivju attend the "Game Of Thrones" Season 8 Premiere on April 03, 2019 in New York City. (April 2, 2019)
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Young Kristofer Hivju
Young Kristofer Hivju
Kristofer Hivju childhood picture
Emilia Clarke
Jacob Anderson
Peter Dinklage
Sophie Turner
Isaac Hempstead Wright
Maisie Williams
Alfie Allen
Bella Ramsey
Lena Headey
(The summer of 1974, four young people are all ambushed an...)
The summer of 1974, four young people are all ambushed and left unconscious. They wake up deep in the woods with no one around but the sound of a hunting horn.
https://www.amazon.com/Rovdyr-Blue-ray-Henriette-Bruusgaard/dp/B003VHUHHA/?tag=2022091-20
2008
(From the producers of Dawn of the Dead comes the prelude ...)
From the producers of Dawn of the Dead comes the prelude to John Carpenter's cult classic film where paranoia spreads like an epidemic after a creature is freed from its frozen prison.
https://www.amazon.com/Thing-Mary-Elizabeth-Winstead/dp/B0070Z4M4I/?tag=2022091-20
2011
(Far in the future, a young boy and his estranged father n...)
Far in the future, a young boy and his estranged father navigates an abandoned planet on which their space ship crashed.
https://www.amazon.com/After-Earth-Will-Smith/dp/B00EP0KBXM/?tag=2022091-20
2013
(The honorable citizen Nils ploughs snow in the wild winte...)
The honorable citizen Nils ploughs snow in the wild winter mountains of Norway, when his son is mistakenly murdered, Nils takes action, which ignites a war between the vegan gangster "the Count" and the Serbian mafia boss Papa.
https://www.amazon.com/Order-Disappearance-Blu-ray-Stellan-Skarsgard/dp/B01M0Y5Y7Z/?tag=2022091-20
2014
(A wickedly funny psychodrama of a model Swedish family-To...)
A wickedly funny psychodrama of a model Swedish family-Tomas, his wife and their children-- on a skiing holiday. An avalanche suddenly bears down on them. Tomas makes a decision that leaves him struggling to reclaim his role as family patriarch.
https://www.amazon.com/Force-Majeure-Johannes-Bah-Kuhnke/dp/B00ST1CWL2/?tag=2022091-20
2014
(In the year 1206 Norway is raged by civil war. The King's...)
In the year 1206 Norway is raged by civil war. The King's illegitimate infant son, Håkon Håkonsson, which half the kingdom wants killed off, is guarded in secrecy by two men. A story which changed the course of the country's history.
https://www.amazon.com/Last-King-Jakob-Oftebro/dp/B01H8TSZ3E/?tag=2022091-20
2016
(A mysterious woman (Charlize Theron) seduces Dom (Vin Die...)
A mysterious woman (Charlize Theron) seduces Dom (Vin Diesel) into a betrayal of those closest to him, forcing the team to face trials that will test them as never before.
https://www.amazon.com/Fate-Furious-Vin-Diesel/dp/B06ZXRG946/?tag=2022091-20
2017
(Nine noble families fight for control over the mythical l...)
Nine noble families fight for control over the mythical lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for thousands of years.
https://www.amazon.com/Game-Thrones-Complete-Seasons-Collectors/dp/B07QJSGRZF/?tag=2022091-20
2011
Kristofer was born on December 7, 1978, in Oslo, Norway. He is the son of Norwegian actors Erik Hivju and Lieselotte Holmene and the cousin of French actress Isabelle Nanty.
From the beginning of his childhood, Kristofer Hivju had a keen interest in acting and began to learn from a very early age. In 2004, he graduated from the Danish subdivision of the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts.
Kristofer began his acting career as Jim Olsen in the 2001 series Fox Gronland. Later, he also appeared in a couple of TV series such as Melonas, Six Like Us, Largest of All, and few more. In 2008, he made his film debut in 2008 movie Rovdyr followed by The Thing in 2011. Back in 2013, he appeared as a Security Chief in Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith production After Earth. Later in 2014, the Norwegian actor has also starred in several movies such as In Order of Disappearance, Force Majeure, Operation Arctic, and The World Is Waiting.
In Game of Thrones, he plays Tormund Giantsbane. He initially appeared as a guest star in the third season and returned to the role in seasons four, five, and six as part of the starring cast. The role was announced in May 2012 and Hivju was confirmed in the role in July 2012 at the San Diego Comic-Con casting reveals.
Recently, he has also played in 2016 film The Last King and 2017 hit venture The Fate of the Furious along with Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, and Tyrese Gibson. Furthermore, he has been featuring in the series since 2013 as Tormund Giantsbane. Recently, he has also appeared in a couple of TV series which include The Lion Guard and Beck-Steinar.
Kristofer Hivju is an award-winning and exceptionally talented actor who is most recognizable as the all-time fan favorite Tormund Giantsbane on HBO's Game of Thrones. Kristofer's character was seen for the first time in season 3 and has since then been a beloved series regular up until the eighth season. He has won Guldbagge Awards in the category of Best Supporting Actor for Turist.
(The honorable citizen Nils ploughs snow in the wild winte...)
2014(From the producers of Dawn of the Dead comes the prelude ...)
2011(A mysterious woman (Charlize Theron) seduces Dom (Vin Die...)
2017(Far in the future, a young boy and his estranged father n...)
2013(A wickedly funny psychodrama of a model Swedish family-To...)
2014(The summer of 1974, four young people are all ambushed an...)
2008(In the year 1206 Norway is raged by civil war. The King's...)
2016(Nine noble families fight for control over the mythical l...)
2011Kristofer Hivju prefers training outdoors. Taking the example of the character Rocky Balboa from the film Rocky IV (1985), Kristofer stated that for his role as the wilding leader in the Games of Thrones, he followed a similar workout method. He prefers training in harsher conditions that challenge his physical endurance.
Physical Characteristics:
Height - 6 ft (183 cm)
Weight - 97 kg or 214 lbs
Hair color - red
Eye color - green
Distinctive features: tends to keep a thick beard, sharp pointed nose
Kristofer Hivju has already gotten used to playing brawny men. He owes that to his Viking-like appearance and physical abilities. He more than justifies his Scandinavian roots with how he appears and the busy beard and long hair are enough for him to get roles in fantasy and historical movies.
Kristofer Hivju has been in a long relationship with his girlfriend Gry Molvær. In 2015, they got married and Gry became Gry Molvær Hivju. The couple have two beautiful daughters together and Kristofer enjoys all the time that he possibly can to spend with them.
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