Mikkel Bratt Silset

Mikkel Bratt Silset (born 1991) is a Norwegian theatre, television, and film actor from Oslo best known to international audiences for his role in the Netflix series Norsemen.^[1]

Mikkel Bratt Silset
Born	1991 Oslo, Norway
Education	Oslo National Academy of the Arts
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present
Known for	Norsemen

Life and career

Silset began acting as a child and had his first major role at the age of fourteen, in the 2006 feature film Sons. Two years later, he played the role of Georg in Eva Dahr's film adaptation of Jostein Gaarder's novel Appelsinpiken. As a student, he also had roles in the television series Lilyhammer, Dag, and the movie Beatles, based on the novel of the same name.

Silset studied acting at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts from 2012, graduating in 2015.^[2]

In 2016, he was cast in the role of Ragnar, the violent but fun-loving right-hand man of the soon-to-be chieftain Arvid, played by Nils Jørgen Kaalstad, in the Netflix series Norsemen,^[3] a parody of Viking life and customs.^[4] He kept the role for the duration of the show's three seasons, until March 2020.

In 2017, Silset played the role of Teo, a bank robber, in the NRK1 thriller-drama series Valkyrien.^[5] In 2018, he appeared in two episodes of the dramedy Unge lovende. In 2019, he acted in the HBO series Beforeigners as Nabo, the Stone-Age neighbour of lead protagonist Lars Haaland, played by Nicolai Cleve Broch. He also played a small part in the miniseries Hellums kro the same year.

Selected filmography

Film

List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Sons	Tim
2009	The Orange Girl	Georg
2014	Beatles	Snowflakes
2018	22 July	Hønefoss police officer

Television

List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Dag	Theo	6 episodes
2014	Lilyhammer	Roger	2 episodes
2016–20	Norsemen	Ragnar	18 episodes
2017	Valkyrien	Teo	8 episodes
2018	Unge lovende	Sebastian	2 episodes
2019	Beforeigners	Neighbor	4 episodes
	Hellums kro	Bully	2 episodes
	Førstegangstjenesten		1 episode
2022	Headhunters	Ove Kjikerud	6 episodes