Tarjei Sandvik Moe

Tarjei Sandvik Moe (born 24 May 1999)^[1] is a Norwegian actor, known from the teen drama series SKAM, which is broadcast on NRK. Moe had the lead role of Isak Valtersen in the third season of the show. His character appears throughout all four seasons of the series.

In 2017, for his role as Isak Valtersen, Moe was nominated as best actor in the annual award for the Norwegian TV industry, Gullruten.^[2] His character Isak was also nominated for the Audience Award, along with co-star Henrik Holm's character Even Bech Næsheim. They won this award, as well as an award for 'Best TV-moment' for the 'O Helga Natt' scene from season 3.

Moe attends Hartvig Nissen School,^[3] which is the school in which the TV show SKAM is set.

In September of 2016 he participated in Skavlan, a Norwegian-Swedish television talk show together with Josefine Frida Pettersen,^[4] who plays Noora, the main character of the second season of SKAM.

Moe recently attended Oslo Pride with his co-star Carl Martin Eggesbø who played the character Eskild Tryggvason in seasons 2 - 4 of Skam. The show won the 'Frydprisen' which is an award given to people or organisations that break the norms of gender and sexuality positively. Carl, Tarjei and Marianne (one of the project leaders of Skam) were there to collect the award on the behalf of the whole cast. Speaking to the crowd, Carl said "We're extremely proud to have gotten the chance to be part of something that has meant so much for so many. That's why we make TV, isn't it". Tarjei had replied to this by saying "Yeah, I'm just very thankful for all the love. It's really big". Carl then said "Born this way, become this way, chosen this way, it doesn't really matter" and afterward, both shouted "Love on top" to the crowd.

Moe was also a dancer in the music video for 'Don't Worry' by Madcon.

Moe is also playing the role of Jens in an up and coming Norwegian movie called 'En dag i Juli' translating to 'One day in July'.

References

1. ↑ Sofie Braseth (15 December 2016). "Tarjei (17) hylles for «Skam»-rollen. Men kan han vinne Gullruten?". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-01-21. 
2. ↑ "Nobel, Valkyrien, Leo Ajkic, Anne Lindmo, Petter Uteligger og Lothepus nominert til Gullruten". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-04-08. 
3. ↑ "Skam-stjärnorna om att förväxlas med sina rollfigurer" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 2017-01-21. 
4. ↑ "Skavlan". NRK. September 2016. Retrieved 2017-01-21.