Thor Knai is a full-blood Norwegian soldier turned actor & model. Born and raised in Norway, mostly in the suburbs of Oslo.
After starting off with small parts on stage and TV in his teens, Thor compeleted a tour in Afghanistan with Norwegian forces before traveling to LA to study film acting. He was quickly scouted for both acting and modeling and appeared on TV, billboards and in commercials in England, Hong Kong, China and Norway before he returned to Hollywood with a coveted "Artist of Extraordinary Ability" visa in early 2008.
He has worked internationally for clients like Disney, McDonalds, KFC, Hell's Kitchen, Ed Hardy, Kleins and UK's Project Catwalk, filmed scores of short and feature films, shot more than two dozen catalogues and appeared in magazine editorials and articles for Esquire, Woman, InSide and Girls. The last for which he writes a monthly advice column for teenage girls.
Thor's has and continues to study with the acting studios of Brian Reise, Margie Haber, Ivana Chubbuck and Improv Olympics and is managed by Dreamscope Entertainment, LA.
Thor is represented in Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Calgary, London, Milan, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Oslo and Trondheim.
He currently resides in Hollywood, California.