Sal Rokölöker

**Salander Georg** "**Sal**" **Rokölöker** (born 1 October 1983) is a Lashardian actor and model. Rokölöker is best known for his roles in the film *Beautiful People* (2003), and in the television series *Malpractice* (2007–14) and *A Nightmare in Lashardia* (2014–15).

## Life and career

### Early life

Rokölöker was born as **Salander Rokölöker** on 1 October 1983 in the Lava Ubenmoor – Flast district of Ubenmoor. His father, Rok, was a high school Lashardian literature teacher, while his mother, Maria, was a primary school teacher. Has has a younger sister, while the family was middle class.

Rokölöker attended primary school in Flast, where he was primarily interested in athletics and did not consider an acting career. He played football from ages five to seventeen. Rokölöker graduated primary school in 1999, and began attending an athletics high school, which he graduated from in 2002.

When he was seventeen, he tore his ACL and retired from football. He spent his recovery time watching movies, and was inspired to pursue a film career, partially due to his girlfriend at the time being an aspiring actress.

### 2002–2007: Early roles and breakthrough

After graduating from high school, Rokölöker began working as a model and actor in Ubenmoor. Initially, he experienced difficulty in booking acting jobs, but was able to support himself as a model. He managed to book minor parts in films in 2002 and 2003. In 2003, he was cast in his breakthrough role, as Jon, in the satirical drama film, *Beautiful People*. He won the Lashardian Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama for his performance.

After *Beautiful People*, Rokölöker rarely booked jobs and was considered a "one-hit-wonder" of the film industry by the media and public. In 2007, he revealed that he took a break from the spotlight to deal with his alcoholism and drug addiction that was brought on following *Beautiful People*.

### 2007–2014: *Malpractice* and household name

In 2007, Rokölöker was cast as the lead in the courtroom drama *Malpractice*. The show, set in the 1960s, followed a group of corrupt lawyers working for a firm in Morgana and their personal lives. Rokölöker played corrupt defense attorney Edvin Erkenöurgo. The show was seen as a comeback for Rokölöker, following his struggle with alcoholism and drug abuse.

*Malpractice* became a massive success in Lashardia, and additionally abroad. The show earned a multitude of Lashardian Television Awards, and Rokölöker additionally won the Lashardian Television Award for Best Leading Actor in a Drama in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. The show announced that it'd air its final season in 2014, with its final episode airing on 29 May 2014.

### 2014–present: *A Nightmare in Lashardia* and further roles

Following the end of *Malpractice*, Rokölöker was cast on the LRT horror-drama television series *A Nightmare in Lashardia*. In season 1, Rokölöker played Kendrik, a pompous and overconfident vampire whose arrogance risks the safety of others occasionally. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama at the Lashardian Television Awards for his performance. Rokölöker returned to the show for season 2, where he played Chark Edvardösneska, the husband of Sabina (played by Greta Danielöbeek), searching for their son, who was taken by a violent cult.

Rokölöker did not return to the show for season 3, instead wanting to further his film career. In 2016, he acted in the films *Paris*, *We Go Down*, and *Clever Girls*.

## Personal life

Rokölöker began dating Lashardian actress Katrina Didriköflefer in 2010. They became engaged in 2012, and were married the following June. They have one child together; a son, David, born on 31 March 2016. The family resides in the Breż district of Ubenmoor.

Following his success with *Beautiful People* in 2003, Rokölöker went through a period of alcoholism and drug abuse brought on by the success experienced with the film. He struggled booking jobs during this time period, but successfully completed rehab in 2006. Rokölöker did not reveal his struggle with addiction until 2007. He celebrated his ten-year sobriety anniversary in May 2016.