Jakob Oftebro

Jakob Oftebro was born on January 12, 1986 in Oslo. His father is the Norwegian actor Nils Ole Oftebro. He had his screen debut when he was 18 in the Norwegian youth drama JUST BEA (2004).

Oftebro studied acting at the State Theatre Academies in Oslo and Copenhagen. He became known with his stage performances and roles in Norwegian TV series, and got his international breakthrough with supporting roles in the Norwegian box office hits MAX MANUS (2008), THE HIDDEN CHILD (2012) and KON-TIKI (2012). 

In the film adaptation of Knut Hamsun's VICTORIA (2013), he plays a poor miller's son who pursues a landowner's beautiful, wealthy daughter. In 2014 he was also in European cinemas with the Danish action-drama ON THE EDGE, in the Danish Tv-series 1864 by Ole Bornedal, and in 2015 with THE SHAMER'S DAUGHTER.

Oftebro was honored at the 2014 Berlinale as a European Shooting Star.

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