Meet Oliver Fredin | Actor

We had the good fortune of connecting with Oliver Fredin and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Oliver, what do you attribute your success to?
Trial and error. If there’s a question, an obstacle, a challenge, unknown territory, face it head on and whatever outcome, feed off of it.
But I didn’t understand that until later on during my career.
I was my biggest obstacle, my biggest teacher and my biggest student. I had to talk to myself a lot, I had to be hard on myself, also kind but if I deserved kindness.

During my dog years in the film industry as an actor I’d invest a lot personally into an audition, a project (even though we hadn’t started filming yet), i’d hold onto to auditions once I was finished with them, wondering if they’ll get back to me. Bad idea. You beat yourself up mentally in doing so.
With time I’ve come to understand to let things go and to not get attached to anything until i’m on set filming, Today I delete self tapes right after i’m done with them, I refuse to get invested personally. I should’ve approached the film industry this way from the start but I wouldn’t know that unless I did what I did.

Whatever happens, happens. I know what i’m doing and it’s just a matter of time. If it’s tomorrow or in 5 years, i know it’ll happen because with every year I book better projects and bigger roles and if it happened once it’ll happen again.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
My name is Oliver Fredin. I come from a small town in Sweden called Helsingborg. I left everything behind and moved to the states when I was 22, I left Sweden for America, Helsinborg for Hollywood, I left to make my dream become a reality. To act.

In 2018 I moved to Los Angeles to study acting at NYFA in Burbank. I did 2 semesters of “Acting for Film” and I definitely learned a lot. Prior to this I’ve done some theater, but nothing in front of a camera. NYFA provided great acting/film classes but knowing what I know now, the best teacher/student is I and myself, no one else can communicate the way I communicate with myself. I watch a lot of movies but when I pick a movie, I don’t necessarily go for the latest ones, or the most popular ones, I pick the ones with great actors, so I can study. Today I’ve had the opportunity to be in shorts, features, shows, commercials etc. I’ve had the chance to play vikings, cowboys, pirates and many more. I’m about to begin work on a feature film where i’m playing a unique role. I’m very excited about that.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
I would take them to venice and gold’s gym to start off the day. Then we’d head over to breakfast republic in weho for an american breakfast. After that we’d have to burn off some calories and hike up to the Hollywood sign to get a solid view. Later on, we’d catch a movie at the Chinese and finish the day with pizza and Guinness at Jones in weho.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
David Pitcher.

We met on the set of Rebel Moon in 2022 and became friends right away. He’s from England and I’m from Sweden so maybe that why.. Jokes aside, we both have such passion for film and we’re both just as self critical so maybe that why we get a long. So much that we decided to make a film together. We recently finished principal photography of our first short and we went through hell to complete it but it’s been a minute since I’ve laughed so much,

Dave is a filmmaker and an actor,

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Image Credits
Morgan weistling
Anthony Anastasi