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Captain Frodo


Captain Frodo (born 1976 in Haugesund, Norway), also known as “The Incredible Rubberman”, is a Guinness World Record breaking contortionist living in Australia. He is the son of a famous Norwegian magician known as “The Great Santini”.

Frodo was born double jointed which means he can dislocate joints, he uses this as the basis for most of his acts. He has been performing since he was eight years old starting out as an assistant at his father’s magic show. He now performs solos acts in varieties around the globe.

After working as a street performer, Captain Frodo joined the cast of "The Kamikaze Freakshow" in 1998. Two years later in 2000 started the Australian freak show "The Happy Sideshow" with Space Cowboy, Shep Huntly and Tigerlil.

From 2004 to 2006, Frodo toured with Circus Oz in Australia and two seasons in London. After leaving Circus Oz, Frodo embarked on two season solo show in Adelaide and Melbourne.

Since 2006, Captain Frodo has performed to great critical acclaim with Australian variety show La Clique in numerous cities including Sydney, New York, Montreal, London, Paris and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Frodo has performed on British television in 2007 on “When Will I Be Famous”, hosted by Graham Norton, in which he reached the semi final with his contortion act. He also performed his act in 2009 on the "The Paul O'Grady Show".

Frodo has appeared twice on Irish The Late Late Show.

In November 2009, Frodo performed as a member of the cast of La Clique on Canal+ "Le Grand Journal".

Captain Frodo holds two Guinness World Records, the first one for “Most Sword Swallowers Swallowing the Same Object Simultaneously”. The record involved swallowing the leg from the same chair with three other swallowers The Space Cowboy, Thomas Blackthorne and Gordo Gamsby.


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