{"id":4378,"date":"2024-06-27T13:52:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T11:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/?post_type=guest&#038;p=4378"},"modified":"2024-08-03T19:29:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T17:29:44","slug":"kristofer-hivju","status":"publish","type":"guest","link":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/speaker\/kristofer-hivju\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristofer Hivju"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KNOWN FOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tormund Giantsbane in <strong>Game of Thrones<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Rhodes in <strong>The Fate of the Furious (Fast &amp; Furious 8)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Steinar Hovland in <strong>Beck<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Mats in <strong>Turist (Snow Therapy)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Security Chief in M. Night Shyamalan\u2019s <strong>After Earth<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and much more!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BIOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hide your big women and stash your giant\u2019s milk, because the Norwegian actor Kristofer Hivju is coming to FACTS! With his <strong>Game of Thrones<\/strong> character <strong>Tormund Giantsbane<\/strong>, Hivju became an instant worldwide fan favourite, smashing, boasting and headbutting his way from season 3 all the way to the finale.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re not saying we would kneel every time he farts, but we\u2019re not saying we wouldn\u2019t either.<\/p>\n<p>His talents didn\u2019t go unnoticed, as he got the chance to perform in <strong>The Fate of the Furious (aka Fast &amp; Furious 8)<\/strong> as Rhodes, the main henchman of Charlize Theron\u2019s character. He also convincingly portrayed the Security Chief in <strong>M. Night Shyamalan\u2019s After Earth<\/strong>, in which he delivered impressive dialogue and monologue scenes.<\/p>\n<p>He may have reached global praise for his Game of Thrones performance, but Kristofer Hivju was already quite the celebrity in the Nordic region. With lead roles in the movies <strong>Operation North Pole<\/strong>, <strong>Turist<\/strong> &amp; the soon to be released <strong>TWIN<\/strong>, as well as in the fantastic crime series <strong>Beck<\/strong>, we know we haven\u2019t seen the last of this actor yet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to meet this hunk of a ginger man, be part of one of his legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BxnSu8vIKL4\/\">Super Selfies<\/a>, and have your picture taken with him? Then come to FACTS Fall 2019, on October 19-20, in Flanders Expo Ghent! Kristofer Hivju will be available for photoshoots, autographs and panels on Saturday and Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PS: Be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/khivju\/\"><strong>follow this actor on Instagram<\/strong><\/a>, he&#8217;s absolutely hilarious.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-I5psjYLM5o&#038;feature=youtu.be&#038;t=2<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best known as the big, blue-eyed, bearded badass <strong>Tormund Giantsbane in<\/strong> <strong>Game of Thrones<\/strong>. You may also recognise him as Rhodes in <strong>Fast &amp; Furious 8 <\/strong>and as Steinar Hovland in <strong>Beck.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_company_name":"","_job_title":"","_visit_me":"","_email":"","_linkedin":"","_twitter":"","_facebook":"","_instagram":"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/khivju\/","_youtube":"","_imdb":"","footnotes":""},"edition":[],"guest_type":[78],"work":[],"class_list":["post-4378","guest","type-guest","status-publish","hentry","guest_type-actors"],"_cover_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest\/4378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/guest"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest\/4378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17053,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest\/4378\/revisions\/17053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/edition?post=4378"},{"taxonomy":"guest_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest_type?post=4378"},{"taxonomy":"work","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work?post=4378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}