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Feb 4, 2017 · An Inuit Actor Contemplates A Big Break Gone Small. Orto Ignatiussen outside his home in Tasiilaq, Greenland, in 2016. When Orto Ignatiussen landed a part in a Hollywood blockbuster in...
Orto Ignatiussen was born on 19 February 1959 in Denmark. He was an actor, known for Gravity (2013), Eight Below (2006) and Aningaaq (2013). He died on 4 March 2019 in Tasiilaq, Greenland, Denmark.
- February 19, 1959
- March 4, 2019
Orto Ignatiussen was born on 19 February 1959 in Denmark. He was an actor, known for Gravity (2013), Eight Below (2006) and Aningaaq (2013). He died on 4 March 2019 in Tasiilaq, Greenland, Denmark.
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- Denmark
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- Tasiilaq, Greenland, Denmark
Orto Ignatiussen was the only Greenlandic actor who worked in films internationally. In 2000 he had a role in the Icelandic-Danish-Norwegian coproduction Ikíngut. In 2006 he was a production assistant for the American film Antarctica - Caught in the Ice.
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- Work on Gravity
is a Greenlandic actor. He has worked as an actor and director in theatre and commercials for many years and has also worked as a technical assistant on Eight Below and played Aningaaq in Gravity and its short film.
Orto Ignatiussen lent both his likeness and voice to Gravity for the role of Aningaaq, a Greenlandic Inuit fisherman who contacts Dr. Ryan Stone in space from his ham radio. Ignatiussen's voice can be heard in the film but he can be seen in the film's companion piece, named Aningaaq as well.
Orto Ignatiussen Active - 2000 - 2015 | Birth - Feb 19, 1959 | Death - Mar 4, 2019 | Genres - Drama , Action-Adventure , Family , Science Fiction , Thriller | Subgenres - Disaster Film , Family Film , Survival Film , Techno-Thriller
Orto Ignatiussen is known as an Actor. Some of his work includes Gravity, Aningaaq, Endless Night, and Ikingut.
