Endre Hellestveit

Endre Hellestveit (born 7 August 1976 in Rosendal in Kvinnherad Municipality) is a Norwegian actor. He plays Isachsen in the Varg Veum series of crime films.

Education Hellestveit was previously a ski instructor at Gautefall in Telemark before he joined the military service in Norway. He was there for just two years and served in their diving squad. He then continued his studies in Australia, but ended up at BI Norwegian Business School in Bergen. He was then taken up by the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in Oslo.

Film, theatre and television He made his debut in the film The Biggest in the World ( 2001) with Herborg Kråkevik, and later he played a taxi driver in the film Himmelfall (2002), and valet Jan Isachsen in the Varg Veum series (2007–2008).

After the theatre academy he went to Den Nationale Scene where he played, among other things, lawyer Krogstad in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, and Adolf Hitler in Mein Kampf. He became a permanent employee at Det Norske Teatret where he played Peer Gynt, and Rick in the play Katt på hett tinktak opposite Ane Dahl Torp.

He has also played 11 episodes in the TV series Seks som oss (2005–2007) as Lisa Tønne 's boyfriend. In Det tredje øyet he played Kårstein Omvik.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes2001 Det største i verden Gunnar 2002 Himmelfall Thomas 2007 Bitter Flowers Isachsen 2008 Fallen Angels 2010 Cold Prey 3 Fjellmannen 2013 Pioneer Trond 2018 22 July Security Official #1 2019 Amundsen Peter Tessem