Biography

Kåius (KY-us) Härrisøn is an award-winning actor, comedian, and voiceover artist whose character range of ROY G. BIV is the result of having been raised in the wild by the very chameleons and octopuses who first suckled him.

Within days of being discovered by his first agent, Kåius was directed by Cannes Jury Grand Prize-winning and Oscar-nominated German filmmaker Wim Wenders in 8 (2008) for the Festival de Cannes. A few weeks later, Hårrisøn auditioned in nothing but a bikini, cowboy boots, and bowler hat for Kate Caldwell who, along with then-Director (and eventually President of Paramount Studios) Brian Robbins, Taft-Hartleyed him into SAG-AFTRA by virtue of appearing one-on-one with Eddie Murphy in A Thousand Words (2012). Several years later, fans at Comic Cons and on social media flatter him with requests for autographs and cameos thanks to his world-renowned turn as Mr. Irish in the iconic Red Dead Redemption (2010). His salacious performance has even inspired a seemingly endless amount of NSFW Fan Art... which he gratefully frames and blows kisses to on a daily basis.

Mischievous young Härrisøn's earliest years surrounded by harsh badlands, winding canyons, and lush forests in the Rock Mountains were filled with re-enacting various Western, Fantasy, and Science Fiction scenarios; he and his buddies could start the day pretending to be local outlaw legends like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) pulling off hilariously daring heists... or gallivanting like dwarves and wizards out of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001). An afternoon playing outside could lead to assuming roles a' la Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) to protect sacred relics from Nazis while swinging from tree limbs with jump ropes in lieu of bull whips... and by evening Kåius & his cohorts would re-imagine Rebellions against Galactic Empires on backwater planets in a galaxy far, far away. It didn't take long before seeing Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) repeatedly (along with anything starring Robin Williams, Bill Murray, Jack Nicholson, or Michael Keaton) for him to realize he wanted to make a career out of playing jackasses, scoundrels, geeks, and villains onscreen.

Never falling entirely into any one category, the perpetual Class Clown became involved with student government on top of excelling in baseball, football, art, theatre, English, and history. He eventually graduated as Valedictorian with a perfect 4.0 GPA as the starting Center Fielder, Fullback & Linebacker, Homecoming King, Student Body President, 3x consecutive All-State Drama, 2x consecutive National Forensics Qualifier, National Forensics Semi-Finalist, 3x consecutive State Champion in Speech & Debate for Dramatic Interpretation, 1995 American Legion Wyoming Boys' State Governor, and 1995 American Legion Boys' Nation Delegate... where Härrisøn made President Bill Clinton belly laugh himself to tears with his impression of a Cro-Magnon Congressman.

Kåius subsequently put full-ride Academic, Honors, and Theatre scholarships to stellar use by performing in nearly 40 seasonal main stage and/or regional Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival productions over the course of four years while earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre & Dance with an emphasis in Voice, Dialects, and Movement at the University of London and University of Wyoming. There's also a semester each of Jazz, Tap, & Modern Dance in those toes.

Leading improv and sketch comedy troupes from Orlando to Anchorage, Härrisøn then found spiritual peace while briefly teaching English in South Korea before finally moving to Los Angeles in August of 2004. It didn't take long for award-winning casting director Danielle Eskinazi to hurl him into the national spotlight with several Foster's Beer commercials ("GPS," "Social Networking," and "Hybrid") playing at high volume during two years of World Series and NFL regular seasons. Soon after appearing with Richard Simmons and Sam Elliott in the 1000th episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003), he found himself sharing Prime Time screens with the likes of Sasha Alexander and Angie Harmon in TNT's hit syndicated series Rizzoli & Isles (2010). And that ain't half bad for a poke from a trailer park in the least populated state.

While his work in Red Dead Redemption (2010) thoroughly elevated Härrisøn's career to the next level, Headlining at South-by-Southwest in Blumhouse's In a Valley of Violence (2016) further thrust his career's focus on Westerns. Featuring an all-star ensemble cast that includes Karen Gillan, John Travolta, Ethan Hawke, James Ransone, Taissa Farmiga, and Toby Huss, the side-splitting revenge Western won the SXSW Audience Award and subsequently granted an additional screening. His performance as the mustachioed traveling salesman William T. Baxter led writer/director Ti West to declare that Kåius is "a true Chameleon with an encyclopedia knowledge of dialects." So Kåius has got that going for him, which is nice.

K.H. subsequently appeared in Billy the Kid: New Evidence (2015) as Frank "Windy" Cahill, the Irish blacksmith who bullied the young infamous outlaw and was the first to ever be killed by him. Härrisøn would again make his mark as Scottish henchman "Buckshot" Tommy in Any Bullet Will Do (2018) filmed entirely in Montana with Kevin Makely and Oscar-nominated Bruce Davison, followed soon as the Yosemite Sam-like curmudgeon in Rhett and Link's Buddy System (2016) opposite Rhett McLaughlin, Link Neal, and legendary SNL alum Garrett Morris. For all intents and purposes, Härrison is basically a shaman, with his ability to heal all kinds of both physical & spiritual boo-boos... not to mention manifesting dreams.

Portraying the Cockney arms dealer, Micky, with UK heavies Stephen Marcus & Vinnie Jones in NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) allowed Kåius to cross off two more Bucket List items with one stone right before the COVID Pandemic of 2020 hit; now experiencing a Career Renaissance with International Markets thanks to New Media Series, Härrisøn has broken into Chinese markets with various series. It's almost as if he were spreading like a notorious virus in all the right ways.

Which now means this Human Parrot has added speaking Mandarin to American Sign Language, German, Korean, Spanish, Russian, Klingon, and Shryiiwook to his Language Library... and yes, Padawans & Grand Masters, this penultimate Star Wars fan reads and writes in Aurebesh.
- IMDb mini biography by: V. James

Red beard and contagiously Cheshire grin

Ability to morph into various characters by recreating dialects, posture, and facial expressions.