Acting

Stig Henrik Hoff

Born 4 February 1965 · Vadsø, Norway · 61

Stig Henrik Hoff (born February 4, 1965, Vadsø, Norway) is a Norwegian actor who grew up in Berlevåg and Darbu, and is the son of Norwegian singer and writer Trygve Henrik Hoff. Before pursuing acting, he trained as a welder and obtained a vocational chef's certificate from the Oslo restaurant Bagatelle. His nickname is "Hoffer'n," and he holds an orange belt in Tae Kwon-doo. He won the Best Actor award at the Rouen Nordic Film Festival for Burnt by Frost (1997) and a Kanon Award for Best Supporting Role for Hawaii, Oslo (2004). He has been married to Sølje Bergman since 2010; they have three children. His notable film credits include Hawaii, Oslo (2004) (Trond Espen Seim, Jan Gunnar Røise), Max Manus: Man of War (2008) (Aksel Hennie, Ken Duken), The Thing (2011) (Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton), Into the White (2012) (David Kross, Rupert Grint), In Order of Disappearance (2014) (Gabriel Byrne, Henrik Mestad), and Narvik (2022). On television he has appeared in Hvaler (2008–2010), Lilyhammer (2013), Borderliner (2017), Beforeigners (2019), and Welcome to Utmark (2021).