Paal-Erik Thelle

Paal-Erik Thelle
  • Date of birth: 1993
  • Profession: Actor, Miscellaneous
Born in Châteauguay to a Québécois consultant and a Norwegian journalist, my son grew up fluent in two cultures (and at least three time zones). He first found his feet on stage at Collège Stanislas in Montréal as Harlequin, earned his Brevet des Collèges in 2008, then headed to Oslo for artium studiespesialisering at Persbråten VGS (2009-2012)-with a Montréal detour for Cégep (2011-2013) in Humanities, because he could not finish, Paris called next: he completed a Baccalauréat général at Lycée EGSH in 2015, then briefly flirted with econometrics at the Sorbonne (2015-2017) before realizing his curiosity was bigger than any one formula. ISG Grande École de Commerce (2016-2017) added some business polish.

In 2017-2018 he registered for a drama certificate in Tromsø, then crossed the Atlantic for the Shakespeare program at Canada's National Theatre School in Montréal (2018-2019). In 2019 he completed the YMCA "Espadrille Entourage" anger-management program while incarcerated-hard lessons, taken seriously. In 2020, while "interdit de quitter le Canada", he dove into EMSB computer graphics from home, and in 2021 he joined the municipal School of Creative Sciences' PAUSE program.

Somewhere between economics and theatre-often north of the Arctic Circle-he decided a remote BBA at the Tromsø School of Economics (UiT) (2023-2026) sounded fun, because of course he did, and he's currently pursuing a BFA in Drama at OsloMet (2024-2027). He later earned a vocational degree in administrative services from Elverum VGS (2025).

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