Sven-Ole Thorsen

Met his Future wife Anniqa Forss in the 1970's when she married his friend, Danish boxing champion Hans Jørgen Jacobsen. She was a Swedish blonde, best known as a snake-charmer and pop singer. They started falling in love in 1980 while returning home from the first Miss Olympia in Pennsylvania, where she was a contestant and he was a judge. They got married in 1982 and moved permanently to the U.S. in April, 1985.

Frequently plays Russian characters (Pas på ryggen, professor! (1977), Predator (1987), Red Heat (1988), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Eraser (1996), Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998), Route 666 (2001) and so on).

Has been in virtually every Arnold Schwarzenegger movie to date, after arriving in the US in the early 1980s. He has acted in many of the films (including an uncredited performance in Predator (1987) as the Russian General), and has also done many of the stunts and provided training for the actors in most of Schwarzenegger's films.

Won the "Strongest Man in the World"-contest, by power-lifting a massive 544 lbs (247 kilo - 1981).

Born in Denmark, Sven-Ole Thorsen has a remarkable sporting background as a champion bodybuilder, champion power-lifter, and karate black belt that made him an obvious choice for movies roles as "muscle for hire. " The hulking 6' 4 1/2" actor first came to attention as one of Thulsa Doom's bodyguards. . . The hammer wielding Thorgrim, in the highly popular, Conan The Barbarian (1982).

He came to Hollywood in 1985, appearing in nearly every Arnold Schwarzenegger film, including Predator (1987), Twins (1988), Red Heat (1988), and End of Days (1999).

Has made six movies with Thomas Rosales Jr.. (Raw Deal (1986), The Running Man (1987), Nowhere to Run (1993), Last Action Hero (1993), A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994), and Foolish (1999)).

His other on screen appearances include Lethal Weapon (1987), The Quick and the Dead (1995), The Hunt for Red October (1990), On Deadly Ground (1994), and Gladiator (2000).

His favorite role of his own in an Arnold Schwarzenegger film is 'Nikolai' in Red Heat (1988).

Is in two films based on Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels - The Hunt for Red October (1990) and The Sum of All Fears (2002).

Thorsen's extensive stunt work includes Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Bulletproof (1996), Eraser (1996), Soldier (1998) and _Duplicate_Collateral (2004).

Has made four movies together with Ralf Moeller (The Viking Sagas (1995), Batman & Robin (1997), The Bad Pack (1997), and Gladiator (2000)). The two are good friends in real life.

Pursued his award-winning role as Tigris in Gladiator (2000) for over a year, and beat Lou Ferrigno for the part.

He is the actor who has appeared in most Arnold Schwarzenegger movies, with a total of 15 and counting (March 2005).

(2006 -) Resides half of the year in Santa Monica, California, and the other half of the year in the small town of Ringsted, Denmark.

He's writing a book about his life; Stærk man i Hollywood (Strong Man in Hollywood), expected to be published in the fall of 2007. [May 2007]

As of 15th of November 2013 Married to Birgitta Sunding aka Queen B. who is an Actress, Co-Owner of Artista Group where she handles Management, PR, Castings amongst many other things. Birgitta is also CEO and Producer at RubioRex Production. The Couple resides in Santa Monica with their two dogs Jackie and Sampson.