{{short description|Norwegian comedian and actor|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2008}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox person | name = Atle Antonsen | image = Atle Antonsen Parkteatret Crap åppå Park (235728).jpg | caption = Antonsen in 2017 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|8|11|df=y}} | birth_name = | birth_place = Lillehammer, Oppland, Norway | years_active = 1998–present | occupation = Comedian and actor | spouse = | children = }}
'''Atle Antonsen''' (born 11 August 1969, in Lillehammer<ref name=":0">{{Citation|last1=Røhnebæk |first1=Einar |title=Atle Antonsen |date=2022-05-09 |url=http://snl.no/Atle_Antonsen |work=Store norske leksikon |language=no |access-date=2023-01-08 |last2=Holen |first2=Øyvind |authorlink2=Øyvind Holen }}</ref>) is a Norwegian comedian and actor.
Antonsen has participated in and contributed to several television and radio shows, including ''XL'' and ''XLTV'' (1998–99), ''Nissene på låven'' (2001), ''Uti vår hage'' (2003), ''Team Antonsen'' (2004), ''Tre brødre som ikke er brødre'' (2005), ''Etaten'' (2006), ''Uti vår hage 2'' (2008), ''Dag'' (2010–15),<ref name=":0" /> and ''Nissene over skog og hei'' (2011). He has also appeared in feature films, including starring roles in the animated feature ''Kurt blir grusom'' (''Kurt Turns Evil'', 2008) and the comedy ''Kong Curling'' (''Curling King'', 2011).<ref name=":0" /> He also appeared in the music video for Lemaitre's song We Got U.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa_Hj3EObcY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/Sa_Hj3EObcY |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Lemaitre, The Knocks – We Got U ft. The Knocks|via=YouTube|author=Lemaitre|date=16 June 2016 |accessdate=2016-06-16}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
Antonsen has cooperated with such comedians as Harald Eia, Bård Tufte Johansen, Kristopher Schau, Johan Golden,<ref name=":0" /> and Espen Thoresen Hværsaagod-Takkskalduha. Atle Antonsen and Johan Golden currently host a weekly radio show called "Misjonen" ("The Mission") on Fridays on Norwegian national radio station P4.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Misjonen med Antonsen og Golden |url=https://www.p4.no/podcast/4/misjonen-med-antonsen-og-golden |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=p4.no |language=nb-no}}</ref> The show first aired in August 2008, and was a continuation of their previous radio show "Kommisjonen" ("The Commission") which aired on now-defunct radio station Kanal 24.
In the Norwegian parliamentary election in 2001 Antonsen and Golden spearheaded the campaign for The Political Party, a party formed as a satiric statement on modern politics.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haugan |first=Adrian Møller |date=2015-09-14 |title=6 absurde politiske partier vi savner i den norske valgkampen. |url=https://www.nettavisen.no/12-95-3423133141 |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=Nettavisen |language=no}}</ref>
Antonsen is a member of German-language rock band DDR, most famous for their comical music videos, along with Johan Golden.<ref name=":0" />
Antonsen has been awarded a Norwegian Comedy Award (Komiprisen) four times: Best Stand-up in 2004 and Male Comedian of the Year in 2007, 2008, and 2012. He also received Gullruten for Best Actor for ''Tre brødre som ikke er brødre'' in 2006.<ref name=":0" /> On 1 September 2007, at the Norwegian Comedy Awards, Antonsen was awarded the Male Comedian of the Year. He started his speech by saying that the last time he won an award, his mother told him that he didn't thank people properly, and that he was going to do better this time. He paused for a couple of seconds before shouting out "Damnit! (Faen!) Didn't work this time either."
In 2010, he briefly appeared at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo.
In 2012 he starred as King Arthur in the highly successful Norwegian staging of ''Spamalot'', at Folketeatret in Oslo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Antonsen klar for Kong Arthur |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/oslo/byliv/i/5Vv5b/antonsen-klar-for-kong-arthur |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=aftenposten.no |date=3 August 2012 |language=nb}}</ref>
Since 2019, Antonsen has hosted ''Kongen befaler'', the Norwegian version of the British TV series ''Taskmaster'', in the role of the Taskmaster, with Olli Wermskog as his assistant.<ref>{{Citation |title=Kongen Befaler |date=2019-10-17 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13218474/ |access-date=2023-01-08}}</ref> ''Kongen befaler'' was awarded Gullruten for Best Entertainment Program in 2022.<ref name=":0" /> In November 2022, Antonsen announced he was stepping down from the role<ref>{{Cite web |last=NRK |date=2022-11-19 |title=Atle Antonsen trekkjer seg frå Kongen befaler |url=https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/atle-antonsen-trekkjer-seg-fra-kongen-befaler-1.16186859 |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=NRK |language=nn-NO}}</ref> after being reported to the police by poet and author Sumaya Jirde Ali for racist remarks on 23 October 2022 at Bar Boca in Oslo.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Skjelvik |first=Sondre |date=2022-11-15 |title=Sumaya politianmelder Atle Antonsen for rasisme |url=https://www.nrk.no/nordland/sumaya-jirde-ali-politianmelder-atle-antonsen-for-rasisme-1.16180349 |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=NRK |language=nb-NO}}</ref> The case was dismissed the same month,<ref>{{Cite web |last=NRK |date=2022-11-18 |title=Saken mot Atle Antonsen er henlagt |url=https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/saken-mot-atle-antonsen-er-henlagt-1.16186206 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=NRK |language=nb-NO}}</ref> and in August 2023, Antonsen's return to ''Kongen befaler'' was announced.<ref>{{Cite web|last=NRK |date=2023-08-30 |title=Komikar Atle Antonsen tilbake på skjermen |url=https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/komikar-atle-antonsen-tilbake-pa-skjermen-1.16536124 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=NRK |language=nn-NO}}</ref> ==Filmography== * Get Ready to be Boyzvoiced (2000) * Tommy's Inferno (2005) * Pitbullterje (2005) * Kurt Blir Grusom (2006) * Kong Curling (2010) * Fuck Up (2012) * Kraftidioten (2014) * Jakten På Berlusconi (2014) * Doktor Proktors Prompepulver (2014) * Wendyeffekten (2015) * Presten I Paradis (2015) * Doktor Proktors Tidsbadekar (2015) * Grand Hotel (2016) * Norske Byggeklosser (2018) * I Onde Dager (2021)
==TV shows== * XLTV (1998) * Åpen Post (1998) * Nissene På Låven (2001) * Tre Brødre Som Ikke Er Brødre (2005) * Etaten (2006) * Uti Vår Hage (2003 – 2008) * Team Antonsen (2004) * Den Unge Fleksnes (2010) * Solsidan (2010) (1 Episode) * Nissene Over Skog Og Hei (2011) * NAV (2012) * DAG (2010 – 2015) * Jul I Blodfjell (2017) * Kongen Befaler (2019-)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|nm0031483}} * https://web.archive.org/web/20110716051343/http://home.eunet.no/frodech/atle/
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Antonsen, Atle}} Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:Norwegian male comedians Category:Norwegian radio personalities Category:Norwegian stand-up comedians Category:People from Lillehammer