Atle Antonsen
Atle Antonsen (born 11 August 1969 in Lillehammer) is a Norwegian comedian and actor. He has worked on many TV and radio shows since 1998, including XL and XLTV, Nissene på låven, Uti vår hage, Team Antonsen, Tre brødre som ikke er brødre, Etaten, Uti vår hage 2, Dag, and Nissene over skog og hei.
In film, he has starred in the animated Kurt blir grusom (Kurt Turns Evil, 2008) and the comedy Kong Curling (Curling King, 2011). He also appeared in the music video for Lemaitre’s We Got U. Antonsen has collaborated with Harald Eia, Bård Tufte Johansen, Kristopher Schau, Johan Golden, and Espen Thoresen Hværsaagod-Takkskalduha.
Antonsen and Golden host a weekly radio show called Misjonen (“The Mission”) on Fridays on Norway’s national radio station P4. The show began in August 2008, continuing their earlier program Kommisjonen on Kanal 24.
In the 2001 Norwegian parliamentary election, Antonsen and Golden led a satirical campaign for The Political Party. He is a member of the German-language rock band DDR, along with Golden, known for their humorous music videos.
Awards and recognition include four Komiprisen wins: Best Stand-up (2004) and Male Comedian of the Year (2007, 2008, 2012). He received Gullruten for Best Actor for Tre brødre som ikke er brødre in 2006. In 2007, he collected a Male Comedian of the Year award and began his speech with a joke about not thanking people properly.
He briefly appeared at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo. In 2012, he played King Arthur in the Norwegian staging of Spamalot at Folketeatret in Oslo.
Since 2019, Antonsen has hosted Kongen befaler, the Norwegian version of Taskmaster, with Olli Wermskog as his assistant. The show won Gullruten for Best Entertainment Program in 2022. In November 2022, he announced he was stepping down after a police report over racist remarks made on 23 October 2022 at Bar Boca in Oslo. The case was dismissed the same month, and in August 2023 his return to Kongen befaler was announced.
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