Val Jobara

Swedish actor
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroSwedish actor
PlacesSweden
isActor
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Male
Birth18 June 1980, Helsingborg
Age44 years
The details

Biography

Val Jobara (born June 18, 1980) is a Swedish film, stage and television actor, best known for his role as Nervous in the film Kick-Ass and The Italian in the film Rush, directed by Ron Howard.

Early life

Jobara was born Helsingborg, Sweden. As a teenager he left to peruse his dream and ended up studying photography at Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome, Italy under the great Antonio Barella, only to be kicked out shortly after because lack of discipline "I was young and thought partying was more fun". Shortly after a friend successfully convinced him to be an extra in the film Gangs of New York.

In 2005 he enrolled in a theater-course at Stella Adler Academy of Acting and moved to Los Angeles to study theater.

Career

Upon graduating from the Adler, Jobara made his move to New York where he got cast in the Off-Broadway play Savage in Limbo.

Jobara appeared in the BBC drama The Kane Conspiracy as Agent Wood and Nervous, in Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman's film Kick-Ass, based on the superhero comic book of the same name by Mark Millar.

Filmography

YearFilmRole
2012RushThe Italian
2010ExposureTommy
2010Kick AssNervous
2009Man Who Would Be KingKing
2007The Bronx is BurningMitch

Theatre

YearRoleProductionNotes
2012SeanOff The WallIn Production
2010MurphyThe Indian Wants The Bronx
2010SalvatoreSticks & Stones
2010TonySavage in Limbo
2009BahlolAmerican Beauty
2007PhilThose The River Keeps
2006ColemanLonesome West
2006MichaelPillowman

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