---
name: "Reidar Sørensen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/reidar-srensen"
fi1m_id: "reidar-srensen"
imdb_id: "nm0845719"
tmdb_id: 63767
wikidata_id: "Q7310028"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 April 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T22:05:07.292491+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Reidar Sørensen

## Identity

Reidar Sørensen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/reidar-srensen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** reidar-srensen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0845719
- **TMDB ID:** 63767
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7310028
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reidar_S%C3%B8rensen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7310028, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0845719/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/63767

Actor. Born 11 April 1956 in Hemnesberget.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 April 1956, Hemnesberget
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reidar_S%C3%B8rensen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7310028, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0845719/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/63767

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Headhunters*](https://film.one/film/headhunters.md) (80)

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## Biography

Reidar Sørensen is a Norwegian actor. He was born on 11 April 1956 in Hemnesberget and trained at the National Academy of Theatre, graduating in 1986.

He has worked at theatres including Trøndelag Teater, Det Norske Teatret and others, and served as artistic director of Nordland Teater from 2008 to 2012. Sørensen is also a vocalist in the rock band Freak.

His film and television credits include the role of Brede Sperre in *Headhunters* (2011), appearances in *Lilyhammer* (2012) and *North Star* (1996), and the series role of Cato Isaksen. He received the Amanda Award for Best Actor in 1989.

*Sources: imdb.com, snl.no, no.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Headhunters* (2011), Fi1m 80, as Brede Sperre — [page](https://film.one/film/headhunters.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Going West* (2018), as Nils
- *Monster* (2017), series, as Einar Hersoug
- *TRIO - The Hunt for the Holy Shrine* (2017), as Besten
- *TRIO* (2015), series, as Besten
- *Eyewitness* (2014), series, as President Sixers
- *Glass Dolls* (2014), as Wennestad
- *Dunderland* (2012), as Frank
- *Lilyhammer* (2012), series, as Fisherman
- *Headhunters* (2011), as Brede Sperre — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/headhunters.md)
- *Home for Christmas* (2010), as Jordan
- *The Orchestral Pit* (2010), series, as Cato Isaksen
- *Honningfellen* (2008), series, as Cato Isaksen
- *Honningfellen* (2008), as Cato Isaksen
- *The Night Sister* (2008), series, as Cato Isaksen
- *The Mourning Cloak* (2008), series, as Cato Isaksen
- *Trigger* (2006), as Viktor
- *Drømmefangeren* (2005), series, as Cato Isaksen
- *Slangebæreren* (2005), series, as Cato Isaksen
- *Cato Isaksen* (2005), series, as Cato Isaksen
- *Finding Friends* (2005), as Kurt
- *Taxi til Båtsfjord* (2005), as Passasjeren Karstein
- *The Color of Milk* (2004), as Gaston
- *Lekestue* (2002), series, as Geir-Olav
- *Bloody Angels* (1998), as Nicholas Ramm
- *When the Light Comes* (1998), as Ragnar
- *Etterfølgeren* (1997), as Sigurd Hauge
- *The White Lioness* (1996), Actor
- *North Star* (1996), as Bjorn Svenson
- *Cross My Heart and Hope to Die* (1994), as Father
- *Second Sight* (1994), as Asser
- *Peer Gynt* (1993), series, as Aslak Smed
- *The Last Lieutenant* (1993), Actor
- *Head Above Water* (1993), as Gaute
- *The Telegraphist* (1993), as Ulrik
- *Out of Order!* (1992), as Ronald Verde
- *Lethal Lies* (1992), as Kivdahl
- *Dyret i brystet* (1992), as Spaner
- *Byttinger* (1991), Actor
- *Affæren Anders Jahre* (1991), series, as Endre Dinesen
- *Aksjemordet* (1990), series, as Olsrud
- *Marerittet* (1989), series, as Lars
- *Marerittet* (1989), as Lars
- *Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by* (1988), as Silius
- *Blücher* (1988), as Betjenten
- *Plastposen* (1986), as Bankraner

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Amanda Award for Best Actor 1989: Amanda Award for Best Actor (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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