Jon Øigarden is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 actor. He is educated at the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre

Norwegian National Academy of Theatre

The Norwegian National Academy of Theatre was established as a three-year theater-education in 1953, under the name of Statens teaterskole.The school was given collegiate status in 1982...

, and has acted in several productions both on stage and on the screen. Between 1997 and 1999 he worked at Oslo Nye Teater

Oslo Nye Teater

Oslo Nye Teater in Oslo is one of Norway's most visited theatres.The theatre opened in 1959 as a merge between Det Nye Teater and Folketeatret, and consists of four stages; Oslo Nye Hovedscenen, Oslo Nye Centralteatret, Oslo Nye Trikkestallen and Oslo Nye Caféscenen.-External links:*...

. Among the plays he has acted in is Mirandolina

Mirandolina

Mirandolina is a comic opera in three acts by Bohuslav Martinů, with a libretto by the composer after Carlo Goldoni's comedy The Mistress of the Inn ....

by Carlo Goldoni

Carlo Goldoni

Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays of Goldoni for their ingenious mix of wit and honesty...

 and an adaptation of Graham Greene

Graham Greene

Henry Graham Greene, OM, CH was an English author, playwright and literary critic. His works explore the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world...

's Travels with My Aunt

Travels with My Aunt

Travels with My Aunt is a novel written by English author Graham Greene.The novel follows the travels of Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, and his eccentric Aunt Augusta as they find their way across Europe, and eventually even further afield...

, and he has had roles in such movies as Detektor (2000) and the comedy Get Ready to Be Boyzvoiced (2000). Øigarden has been cast to portray the Norwegian war criminal Henry Rinnan on film; the filming is planned to start some time in 2009. For a while he both ran and acted in the theater Torshovteateret, with his colleagues Mads Ousdal

Mads Ousdal

Mads Ousdal is a Norwegian actor. He worked as an actor at Den Nationale Scene from 1996 to 1998, at Oslo Nye Teater from 1998 to 1999, and at Nationaltheatret from 2000. He played in the film Detector from 2000 and in Bryllupet from 2000, and has participated in television series.He is the son...

 and Trond Espen Seim

Trond Espen Seim

Trond Espen Seim is a Norwegian actor.He has played private detective Varg Veum in a series of films based on the eponymous series of novels by Gunnar Staalesen...

.

Select filmography

• "Lyckliga gatan" (1999) (TV)
• Sofies verden (1999)
• Detektor (2000)
• Get Ready to Be Boyzvoiced (2000)
• Gymnaslærer Pedersen (2006)
• "Berlinerpoplene" (2007) (TV)
• A Somewhat Gentle Man
  A Somewhat Gentle Man
  A Somewhat Gentle Man is a 2010 Norwegian comedy film directed by Hans Petter Moland. It was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Stellan Skarsgård - Ulrik* Bjørn Floberg - Rune Jensen* Gard B...
  
  (2010)
• Norwegian Ninja
  Norwegian Ninja
  Norwegian Ninja is a 2010 Norwegian action comedy film, directed by Thomas Cappelen Malling. The film, based on a 2006 book, presents real-life espionage-convicted Arne Treholt as the leader of a ninja group saving Norway during the Cold War and stars Mads Ousdal as Treholt.The film is loosely...
  
  (2010)

External links

Biography at Snurrfilm