Magnus Sheving or, as it is commonly called in the Russian-speaking environment, Skaving is a famous writer, actor, businessman and athlete originally from Iceland. In the post-Soviet space, he is little known, but in the West his fame is much wider.
Magnus Sheving: biography
The man in question was born on November 10, 1964 in the capital of the Icelandic Republic of Reykjavik, but the childhood of the future celebrity passed in a small town called Borgarnes.
Magnus Sheving became famous for his sports activities, namely sports aerobics, in which he became the champion of Iceland six times. In 1994-95. our hero received the European championship title in this sports discipline.
In the same 1994, he received the silver medal of the World Championship in sports aerobics. This achievement allowed him in 1994 to obtain the status of athlete of the year in his native Iceland.
Such high awards and achievements in sports, and later in cinema, made Magnus the national hero of Iceland. At home, he is not only valued and respected, but is considered a heritage and a real symbol of his country. For Iceland, where the population is only 330 thousand people, talents that have become famous throughout the world are very rare. Magnus did a lot, so his contemporaries are very proud of his achievements, believing that he popularizes cinema and sports in Iceland, and also claims to the whole world that Iceland also has good athletes and cinema is developed.
Writing
The most famous literary work of Magnus Sheving is "Lazytown", which subsequently filmed the eponymous series. The original name sounds so Lazy Town, which literally translates as "Lazy city", but the Russian-language adaptation took the form of "Lazy town". Magnus Sheving is very proud of his work, so he immediately began shooting the series.
By the way, this children's show has become quite popular not only in the homeland of Magnus, but also far beyond its borders. For example, in other Scandinavian countries this television show is also broadcast. Some other European and American channels also feature Lazytown. In Russia, they also know about him.
However, it cannot be said that this series is in great demand in our country, therefore the author is not much in demand in Russia as an actor, and even more so as a director.
Magnus Sheving: movies
In cinema, our hero also proved himself to be quite competent in this area. He is not only the author of the script for the TV series "Lazytown", but also played one of the key roles in this project.
His character is named Sportacus and is a man with superpowers, that is, a kind of superhero. It should be a positive example for children.
In addition to the series "Lazytown", Magnus Sheving played a small role in the film "The Spy Next Door" in 2009, in which he got the role of Anton Poldark.
He also acts as a producer for a television series from his book and is a co-producer for the film "No Access" (2007). In addition, he appeared in a number of other projects related to film and television.
As an actor, director, and movie scriptwriter, Magnus Sheving specializes in good family movies with comedy elements. This is largely due to the fact that he himself is an exemplary family man and believes that the family is the most important thing in life. Therefore, he builds all life priorities in such a way that there is time for his family.
His current calm and rather measured life in a secluded small town clearly demonstrates that no "hangouts" are of no interest to him.
Personal life
Magnus Sheving is legally married to Ragnheidur Melsted. The couple has two children, and also has two grandchildren. In addition to the children who appeared in a legal marriage, Magnus has a daughter from his previous relationship, which ended without marriage.
Today, happy spouses live in the small Icelandic town of Seltjarnarnes.
Magnus himself has siblings (younger) and sister (older), and our hero is the second child in the family.
Conclusion
Magnus Sheving does not flaunt world-famous fame, because he prefers family, home comfort to the noisy and bustling social parties of cinema bohemia.
Despite the fact that in Russia our hero is almost unknown, in Iceland and other European countries, as well as in the USA and Canada, he is quite popular. Moreover, not only as a famous athlete of the 90s, but also as a talented writer, screenwriter, actor, director and producer.
In addition to all of the above, he was quite successful in business, so many business people in Iceland also know about him.
Such a multifaceted and outstanding person like Magnus Sheving should be widely known all over the world, therefore there is a big omission that few people have heard of him in Russia and the CIS countries. In our country they know about him only as the actor of the Lazytown series, but this is far from all of his achievements.