Sven-Ole Thorsen
Sven-Ole Thorsen (born 24 September 1944) is a Danish actor, stuntman, bodybuilder and strongman competitor. Sven won Denmark's Strongest Man in 1983.
Using his stature he often plays imposing giants and villains in his films who are somehow beaten by smaller opponents in a David and Goliath manner, but he has also played heroic characters such as Gunnar the legendary warrior in The Viking Sagas. His autobiography Stærk mand i Hollywood (Strong Man in Hollywood) was published on 26 October 2007, and was very well reviewed. The first printing of the book reportedly sold out in 24 hours.
Biography
Career
He is known for his frequent appearances in Arnold Schwarzenegger movies, like Conan the Barbarian, as the hammer-wielding Thorgrim; The Running Man, as the sympathetic bodyguard Sven; and in Predator, where he played a one-second role as a Russian military advisor ('Knock Knock'). Some of his other most memorable characters have varied widely, from the gritty boater wearing security guard La Fours in Mallrats, to the unbeaten fighting legend Tigris of Gaul in Gladiator, and the witty Lt. Michael 'Tank' Ellis, Ground Assault Unit in Captain Power, to the menacing alien villain Secundus in Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe, who is always hunting for the Anti-Life Equation without any success.
Podcasts:
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by Accept
Dead On !
by: AcceptZooming through the universe -
on collision course
A meteor from outta space -
gonna smash the earth
Head down to the trenches -
to watch the bloody war
Nothing¹s gonna stop -
the metal dinosaurs
Runaway train lost control -
a thousand tons of steel
Overheated engines - the screaming
of the wheels
A fighter in a boxing ring -
takes the final blow
Opponent¹s on the canvas -
lost by t.k.o.
Dead on - in a head-on collision
Dead on - like the hammer and the nail
Dead on - in a head-on collision
Dead on - like the hammer and the nail
From Belfast to Jerusalem -
it¹s the living hell
Tuzla to Afghanistan -
fighting tooth and nail
Death is irreversible -
no matter what we try
Life is not recyclable -
we are born to die
Dead on - in a head-on collision
Dead on - like the hammer and the nail
Dead on - in a head-on collision
Dead on - like the hammer and the nail
He was a teen spirit idol -
loaded up his veins
He couldn¹t stand the pressure -
so he terminates his brains
A renegade Red Indian -
they called Geronimo
Cracked the white man¹s head -
like the raging buffalo
Dead on - in a head-on collision
Dead on - like the hammer and the nail
Dead on - in a head-on collision
Dead on - like the hammer and the nail
Dead on - in a head-on collision
Dead on - like the hammer and the nail
Dead on - in a head-on collision
Dead on - like the hammer and the nail