Bio
- Began his career as a basketball player.
- Carried a 33 foot-long, 1,430 pound log for five steps at the World's Strongest Viking competition in Norway in 2015, beating a 1000-year-old record set by Orm Storolfsson.
- Played the lead role of King Thor, the leader of a Viking raiding party, in the Philadelphia Renaissance Faire's debut season in 2015.
- Placed either second or third in the TWI World’s Strongest Man competition from 2012 to 2017.
Hafþór Júlíus BjörnssonNovember 26, 1988 (age 35)Reykjavík, Iceland
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Bio
- Began his career as a basketball player.
- Carried a 33 foot-long, 1,430 pound log for five steps at the World's Strongest Viking competition in Norway in 2015, beating a 1000-year-old record set by Orm Storolfsson.
- Played the lead role of King Thor, the leader of a Viking raiding party, in the Philadelphia Renaissance Faire's debut season in 2015.
- Placed either second or third in the TWI World’s Strongest Man competition from 2012 to 2017.
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