Pål Waaktaar

Music Artist
Actor
Composer

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Pål Waaktaar

It follows the band on tour, telling the full story of how three young men followed their impossible dream of becoming Norwegian pop stars. When Take On Me reached number 1 on Billboard in the US in 1985 the dream came true. Or did it?

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Pål Waaktaar was born on 6 September 1961 in Oslo, Norway. He is a music artist and actor, known for Tueurs à gages (1997), Tuer n'est pas jouer (1987) and Deadpool 2 (2018). He has been married to Lauren Savoy since 21 December 1991. They have one child.

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Known for

John Cusack and Minnie Driver in Tueurs à gages (1997)

Tueurs à gages

7.3

Soundtrack("Take on Me")

1997

Timothy Dalton and Maryam d'Abo in Tuer n'est pas jouer (1987)

Tuer n'est pas jouer

6.7

Soundtrack("The Living Daylights")

1987

Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool 2 (2018)

7.6

Soundtrack("Take on Me", "Take On Me (MTV Unplugged - Summer Solstice)")

2018

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in La La Land (2016)

8.0

Soundtrack("Take On Me")

2016

Credits

Actor

A-ha: Hunter in the Hills
Music Video
- Paul Waaktaar
- 2022
A-ha: True North
Music Video
- Paul Waaktaar
- 2022
A-ha: As If
Music Video
- Paul Waaktaar
- 2022
A-ha: You Have What It Takes
Music Video
- Paul Waaktaar
- 2022
A-ha: I'm In
7.4
Music Video
- Paul Waaktaar
- 2022
Savoy: January Thaw
Music Video
- Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
- 2018
A-ha: Cast in Steel (Steve Osborne Version)
6.4
Music Video
- Pål Waaktaar
- 2016
A-ha: Under the Makeup
7.9
Music Video
- A Detective
- 2015
Weathervane
Music Video
- Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
- 2011
A-ha: Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)
6.9
Music Video
- Pål Waaktaar
- 2010
A-ha: Nothing Is Keeping You Here
6.8
Music Video
- Pål Waaktaar
- 2009
A-ha: Shadowside
6.3
Music Video
- Pål Waaktaar
- 2009
A-ha: Cozy Prisons
6.9
Music Video
- Pål Waaktaar
- 2006
A-ha: Analogue (All I Want)
7.3
Music Video
- Pål Waaktaar
- 2005
A-ha: Celice
7.1
Music Video
- Pål Waaktaar
- 2005

Composer

A-ha: Hunter in the Hills
Music Video
- Composer
- 2022
A-ha: As If
Music Video
- Composer
- 2022
A-ha - Historien om tidenes norske popsuksess
7.6
TV Mini Series
- Composer
- 2022
Weezer: Take On Me
7.5
Music Video
- Composer
- 2019
Satellite Young: Take on Me (J-Pop cover)
Music Video
- Composer (original song)
- 2018
Savoy: January Thaw
Music Video
- Composer
- 2018
Waaktaar & Zoe: Laundromat
Music Video
- Composer
- 2017
Waaktaar & Zoe: Beautiful Burnout
Music Video
- Composer
- 2016
A-ha: Under the Makeup
7.9
Music Video
- Composer
- 2015
Pitbull Feat. Christina Aguilera: Feel This Moment
6.5
Music Video
- Composer
- 2013
Weathervane
Music Video
- Composer
- 2011
A-ha: Ending on a High Note - The Final Concert
8.5
Video
- Composer
- 2011
A-ha: Foot of the Mountain
7.6
Music Video
- Composer
- 2009
A-ha: Analogue (All I Want)
7.3
Music Video
- Composer
- 2005
A-ha: The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (Live)
7.2
Music Video
- Composer
- 2003

Videos1

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Personal details

Official sites
- MySpace - Savoy
- Official Site - a-ha
Alternative names
- A-Ha
Born
- September 6, 1961
- Oslo, Norway
Spouse
- Lauren SavoyDecember 21, 1991 - present (1 child)
Other works
TV commercial for Seat cars (as A-ha) their song "Living Daylights" being used.

Did you know

Trivia
Member of the pop group a-ha, best known for their hit in the early eighties, "Take On Me".

Quotes
We wrote "The Sun Always Shines On T.V.", that Andrew Wickham's secretary felt was a hit. She convinced him to make room for it. When we recorded it, we were really sick with influenza. Magne and Morten were lying in the studio on camping beds with high fevers.

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