Sven Ole Thorsen
Union Actor – Stuntman – Public Speaker
Age: 81
Playing Age: 60–80
Height: 196 cm
Weight: 140 kg
Build: Large, powerful, imposing
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Short to medium – Grey
Base: Denmark
Nationality: Danish
Passport: Danish & American (EU/US)
Languages: Danish (native), English (fluent), German (fluent), Swedish (fluent)
Skills: On-camera acting, physical performance, stunt work, elite Bodybuilding disciplines, martial arts background
Availability: National & International Productions
FIlm:
Pas på ryggen, professor (Mind Your Back, Professor)
Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Destroyer
Red Sonja
Raw Deal / Triple Identity
Lethal Weapon
Predator
The Running Man
Overboard
Red Heat
Twins
Pink Cadillac
Ghostbusters II
The Hunt for Red October
Total Recall
Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Death Becomes Her
Dead On: Relentless II
Lethal Weapon 3
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Nemesis
Cyborg 2
Nowhere to Run
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Last Action Hero
Hard Target
A Little Tailor’s Christmas Story
The Dangerous
On Deadly Ground
A Low Down Dirty Shame / Mister Cool
The Viking Sagas / The Icelandic Sagas
No Exit / Fatal Combat
The Quick and the Dead
Mallrats
Heat
The Undercover Kid / How I Saved the President
Fox Hunt
Eraser
Bulletproof
Jingle All the Way
Breakdown
Back in Business / Heart of Stone
Batman & Robin
George of the Jungle
Kull the Conqueror
The Bad Pack
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning
Soldier
Winchell
Foolish
The 13th Warrior
End of Days
Ready to Rumble
Façade / Death Valley
Gladiator
The Alternate / Agent of Death
The Gristle
Bandits
Route 666
Extreme Honor / Last Line of Defence 2
Hollywood Next 8 Exits
Collateral Damage
The Sum of All Fears
Masked and Anonymous
Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle
The Rundown / Welcome to the Jungle
Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision
In Enemy Hands / U-Boat
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Collateral
Hidalgo
Hostage
Ronal Barbaren / Ronal the Barbarian (Voice)
TV-Series:
The A-Team
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
The Flash
Nowhere Man
Baywatch Nights
The Guardian
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
Baywatch
Biker-Jens i USA
Helle for Høgsbro
Go’morgen Danmark
Showtime
2 Kaffe, Tak
Go’ Aften Danmark
Andy Barker, P.I.
Vild med dans / Strictly Come Dancing
Kristian
Go’ Aften Danmark
Short Films:
Body Building
Commercials:
Vanilla Coke
Vang’s Automobiles
Training:
Stunt Coordinator/Trainer on Total Recall
Stunt Work & Training on Commando Stunt Coordination across multiple Arnold Schwarzenegger productions
Certified Black Belt, Shotokan Karate Champion Powerlifter (multiple titles) Champion Bodybuilder (multiple titles) Founder, Danish Bodybuilding Federation Denmark’s Strongest Man
Showreel
Sven-Ole Thorsen is a Danish Actor & Stunt Performer with over four decades of credited work in major International Studio Productions. With a background as Denmark’s Strongest Man, a champion Bodybuilder & a Shotokan Karate black belt, he brings an authentic physical authority to screen that is immediately recognizable & impossible to replicate.
He is best known internationally for his role as Tigris of Gaul in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, for which he received the TAURUS World Stunt Award in the ceremony’s inaugural year & for his long-standing professional collaboration with Arnold Schwarzenegger across 15 Productions, making him Schwarzenegger’s most frequent on-screen collaborator.
Ideally cast as Warriors, Enforcers, Military Figures, Guards & commanding Character roles where physical presence & instant screen credibility are essential, Sven-Ole brings both the on-camera impact & the professional discipline that major Productions demand, whether in lead Character roles or as part of ensemble-driven Casts.
His career is further documented in his autobiography Stærk Mand i Hollywood (Strong Man in Hollywood), published in 2007 to strong critical reception, with the first printing selling out within 24 hours of release.
Worked on 160+ productions
Gladiator, Conan the Barbarian, etc.
Union Actor
SAG-AFTRA
EQUITY
Elite-Network
Worked with all the Stars of Hollywood