Tobias Santelmann

Tobias Santelmann (born August 8, 1980) is a German-born Norwegian actor. He is best known for starring in the Academy Award-nominated film Kon-Tiki (2012). His credits also includeHercules (2014), Point Break (2015), The Heavy Water War (2015), Grenseland (2017), The Last Kingdom (2015–2018), Atlantic Crossing (2020), Those Who Kill (2021), Exit (Norwegian TV series) (2019-2023).

Early life
Santelmann was born in Freiburg, Germany. He moved with his family to Norway when he was young. He was raised in Lindesnes, south Norway, later moving to Oslo when he was 16 years old. He studied at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, graduating in 2006.

Career
Santelmann worked at The Norwegian Theatre in Oslo with appearances in The Castle,  The Good Person of Szechwan, and Nora. His screen credits include Norwegian films like Kon-Tiki (2012), Flukt (2012), Jag Etter Vind (Chase the wind) (2013), and Jeg er din (I Am Yours) (2013). Santelmann's film work outside Norway includes supporting performances in the films Hercules (2014), and Point Break (2015), and a starring role in the BBC television series The Last Kingdom (2015-2018).

From 2019 to 2023, Santelmann played Henrik in Exit, a series in 3 seasons that described the decadent lives of 4 men in Oslo's finance elites. It became the most streamed in the history of Norwegian national television.

In 2021, he played the role of a serial killer in the mini series Those Who Kill.

In 2020, Santelmann, though relatively unknown in the United States, was chosen to play Prince Olav in the TV series Atlantic Crossing, a joint Norway/US production, alongside Sofia Helin and Kyle MacLachlan.

Santelmann will star as Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole in the upcoming Netflix series Detective Hole.