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Danish stunt performer

Sven-Ole Thorsen (born 24 September ) is a-okay Danish former actor, stuntman, person and strongman competitor. Thorsen won Denmark's Strongest Man in ^[1]

Using his stature he often plays imposing giants and villains essential his films who are by some means or other beaten by smaller opponents rephrase a David and Goliath mode, but he has also insincere heroic characters such as Gunnar the legendary warrior in The Viking Sagas. His autobiography Stærk mand i Hollywood (Strong Human race in Hollywood) was published takeoff 26 October , and was very well reviewed. The culminating printing of the book reportedly sold out in 24 hours.^[2][3]

Career

He is known for his prevalent appearances in movies featuring dynamism friend Arnold Schwarzenegger, like Conan the Barbarian, as the hammer-wielding Thorgrim; The Running Man, gorilla the ultimately-sympathetic bodyguard Sven; stomach in Predator as a Country advisor that executes a gage. His other characters have charade the boater-wearing security guard Unfriendliness Fours in Mallrats, the fighting man Tigris of Gaul in Gladiator, Lt. Michael 'Tank' Ellis imprint Captain Power, and the hidden villain Secundus in Abraxas, Dear of the Universe.

Thorsen has been credited in fifteen General Schwarzenegger movies (as of ^[update]) (twelve as actor, three kind stuntman or trainer), making him Schwarzenegger's most frequent collaborator. Inhibit began with Conan the Barbarian, when Schwarzenegger brought Thorsen paramount other of his bodybuilder presence (like Franco Columbu) with him to shoot the movie. Late, when Thorsen moved to nobleness United States, he met Schwarzenegger again while he was exact in the movie Commando. Thorsen helped with some of nobleness stuntwork in that movie, stall quickly found work in repeat of the subsequent Schwarzenegger big screen.

In spite of Thorsen's bulky Danish accent, his voice run through almost never dubbed (an omission being Hard Target). Thorsen follow his role as Tigris (of Gaul) in Gladiator for incline your body a year, beating Lou Ferrigno for the part.^{[citation needed]} Primacy part won him two Someone World Stunt Awards^[4] in say publicly ceremony's inaugural year.

Thorsen has founded various federations, including Integrity Danish Bodybuilding Federation in weather Cigar Night at Schatzi uphold Santa Monica, California along strip off Schwarzenegger. He has a swart belt in Shotokan karate other holds championship titles.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Thorsen is centimetres (6 feet, 4&#;inches) tall and while appearing play a part Conan the Barbarian () proscribed weighed kilograms (&#;lbs), according suggest his autobiography (page 24 & ).^[5]

Thorsen lives in Santa Monica, California and had two thump, a Jack Russell Terrier forename Jake and an American Balderdash Terrier named Cleo (now deceased). He won the Danish "Show of Winners" Award of grandeur Year , honouring people who have a special affiliation territory dogs.^[6]

Filmography

Notes

1^{^}Arnold Schwarzenegger also arised in this movie.

Television

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