Norwegian actor, employed by Oslo Nye Teater since 1981, has had a diverse career spanning numerous stage productions. He has taken on various roles, ranging from Shakespearean plays to modern drama, including Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, and musicals like Guys and Dolls.
His breakthrough role came in 1985, when he portrayed a Norwegian resistance fighter in the suspenseful WWII mini-series "Röd snö". This was followed by his starring role as Nils in the popular Norwegian sitcom "Mot i brøstet" from 1993 to 1997. The show's success was such that it even inspired a snack to be named after his character.
On the big screen, he had the opportunity to act alongside renowned actors Robert Mitchum and Cliff Robertson in the Norwegian film "Pakten" in 1995. In 2001, he appeared alongside Kenneth Branagh's Ernest Shackleton in the large-scale TV-production "Shackleton", playing the role of an arctic explorer.
That same year, he starred as the endearing but slightly challenged Kjell-Bjarne in "Elling", which went on to become the most successful Norwegian film ever shown in Sweden and Denmark, attracting over 800,000 Norwegian cinema-goers in a country with just 4.2 million people. The film's success was further celebrated when Nordin, along with his co-star Per Christian Ellefsen, director Petter Næss, and producer Dag Alveberg, traveled to Hollywood to commemorate the movie's Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2002.
