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Asbjørn 'Bear' Riis

Asbjørn 'Bear' Riis

Actor, Writer

Born July 28, 1957 in V. Hvidbjerg, Mors, Denmark

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Asbjorn Riis is a Danish professional wrestler, actor and TV personality, who is most famous internationally for portraying the role of the 10th warrior, Halga the Wise, in the movie The 13th Warrior featuring Antonio Banderas. He is also known for a Hulk Hogan look a like in the early 1990s, where he presented WWF and WCW on danish tv channel name TV3. Riis created his "The Great Dane Bear" in 1991 and has been his image to this day. He runs a professional wrestling school in Denmark since 1994, and has produced several local house shows all over the country - he is still doing a lot of wrestling shows, mostly for children and still going strong at the age of 51.

Riis originates from the small island of Mors, and his recognizable accent and local jargon has made him an instant fan-favorite, and the subject of many parodies by Danish comedians and entertainers. He is doing a lot work to get people not only on the island Mors but all over Denmark, in motivating them to get in better shape.

In the Danish Wrestling scene, Riis his wrestling school is the only place in Denmark to learn the performing art of professional wrestling,with the spirit of keeping everyone in the best shape possible and learning weight training - coordination - acrobatics and all styles from the wrestling world. Riis has 4 sons, one of them is Klaus Myren Riis, whom is also a wrestler, trained by his father, and a bodybuilder. He works as a very successful bodybuilding and fashion model.

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Type

Year

Hedensted High Poster

Hedensted High TV Series20151 episode, 2015

Robinson VIP TV Series2005Self - Contestant

Cosmos kaos TV Series2002Self

Børnebussen TV Series2000Butler

The 13th Warrior Poster

The 13th Warrior Feature Film1999Halga - Wise

Dansk melodi grand prix TV Special1996Self - Member of Jury

Go' morgen Danmark Poster

Go' morgen Danmark TV Series1996Self

Spy Hard Poster

Spy Hard Feature Film1996Guard at Rocket

Fangerne på fortet Poster

Fangerne på fortet TV Series1994Self

Bjørns Wrestling TV Series1993Self - Host

Maximum Force Poster

Maximum Force Feature Film1992Bear

Stormy Weathers Poster

Stormy Weathers TV Movie1992Big Weight Trainer

Tales from the Crypt Poster

Tales from the Crypt TV Series1989Security officer

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Bjørns Wrestling TV Series1993

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