Kris Olsen grew up in Porsgrunn, Norway before moving to London to pursue his acting career. He graduated from Guildford School of Acting in 2012 and has since done theatre work in addition to his film and TV work - the theatre work including Les Miserables, Beauty & the Beast, Guys & Dolls and Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. Kris Olsen was in 2012 awarded the prestigious Stephen Sondheim Society Performer Of The Year Award at Queen's Theatre in London.