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Knut Nærum

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  • Born
    March 3, 1961 · Arendal, Norway

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    • Knut Nærum was born on March 3, 1961 in Arendal, Norway. He is an actor and writer, known for Troll Hunter (2010), Døde menn går på ski (2024) and Øystein og meg (1997). He is married to Marianne Smith. They have two children.

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  • Spouse
      Marianne Smith(? - present) (2 children)
  • Children
      Christian Nærum

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  • Is a celebrated comedy-writer, TV-host, award winning cartoonist and an author.
  • Met his future wife on stage in his youth. He played a man chasing a butterfly in the staging of Karel and Josef Capek's "Insect Life". She played the butterfly.
  • Born in Arendal, Norway, he grew up in Halden, then studied and lived in Kristiansand before finally ending up in Oslo where he is living today with his wife and two children (born 1992 and 1994).

Quotes

  • I'm boring at parties. Mainly because I never get invited. I'm not even given the opportunity to be boring at parties!
  • (On his marriage) "A wise man once said: love isn't two people looking at each other, it is to people looking in the same direction. So we watch a lot of TV."
  • [when picking the best movie he saw in 2003]: Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi: No fighting, no dubbing, no merchandising. So rare it left me happy and dizzy!

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