Bjarni Thorsson

Bjarni was born to a middle class family in Reykjavik, Iceland. He was accepted into New York University Tisch School of the Arts without finishing high school. He also studied with Lee Strasberg in New York. He left NYU to attend The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He graduated from AADA in 1995 being accepted into the Academy Company. Bjarni is the only child of one of Iceland's most famous family therapist Mrs. Hrefna Olafsdottir. His father is Thor Sveinsson a ceramic artist. Bjarni has four half brothers and sisters. He speaks Icelandic, English and Swedish and is a lifelong supporter of Manchester United Football Club. He started working as a DJ at a professional radio station Stjarnan FM 102.2 when he was 15 years old, not having a drivers license. Bjarni has one son, Haukur Bjarnson born January 6th 2004, from a previous relationship. Bjarni quickly established himself as an actor, director, writer and producer in Scandinavia and Europe and has since he started out professional in 1996 produced and/or directed more than 24 theatrical productions in 8 countries with over 1,500,000 tickets sold. Bjarni criou / escreveu / produziu e dirigiu 5 grandes programas de televisão em três países. Sua televisão e produções teatrais foram nomeadas para 13 grandes prêmios teatrais e de televisão. Seu primeiro esforço de produção foi "Standing on my Knees" de John Olive, que teve sua estréia no West Beth Theatre em Nova York (Off-Broadway) em 1995. Bjarni é bem conhecido na Islândia depois de tocar e produzir "Defender o Caveman", um show de um homem sobre as diferenças entre homens e mulheres em 1998. Sua primeira peça escrita "The Dad" estreou em janeiro de 2007. A one man comedy about fatherhood starring Bjarni himself. A produção tornou-se um sucesso crítico e bilheteria. "O pai" foi vendido para muitos países ao redor do mundo. Uma versão de filme está em andamento.