Roy Bjørnstad
Roy Bjørnstad | |
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| Born | September 29, 1925 Oslo, Norway |
| Died | November 28, 2005 (aged 80) Strømmen, Norway |
| Occupation | Actor |
Roy Bjørnstad (September 29, 1925 – November 25, 2005) was a Norwegian actor.[1][2]
Bjørnstad made his debut in 1945 at the People's Theater in Sweden.[1] Throughout his career, he was associated with several theaters in Norway, including the Trøndelag Theater from 1949 to 1951, the Rogaland Theater from 1953 to 1960, and then several periods with NRK's Television Theater in the 1960s and 1970s. From 1978 to 1996 he was engaged with the Norwegian Theater.[1] He made a name for himself there in a number of Chekhov productions, such as Three Sisters (1981) and The Seagull (1987). He also made an impression in Cora Sandel's Kjøp ikke Dondi (Don't Buy Dondi) and Kido Okamoto's Heikegani (The Heike Crabs).
In 1946, Bjørnstad made his film debut in Englandsfarere. Other films that he appeared in include Jentespranget, , Den siste Fleksnes, and . Bjørnstad also had some television roles outside of his Television Theater productions, including in a few episodes of the comedy series Fleksnes Fataliteter as well as in the crime series (2001)[3] and Blind gudinne (1997).[4]
Filmography[]
Films[]
- Englandsfarere (1946) as Arne
- Dei svarte hestane (1951) as Falte
- Trost i taklampa (1955) as Roy
- Freske fraspark (1963)
- Om Tilla (1963)
- (1964)
- Sult (1966) as Konstantin
- Bare et liv – Historien om Fridtjof Nansen (1968)
- An-Magritt (1969) as Lort-Nils, an ore transporter
- (1970) as Mørk
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1970)[5][6]
- Lukket avdeling (1972) as Vestfold[7]
- The Call of the Wild (1972) as Storeman
- Jentespranget (1973) as Gilbert
- Bobbys krig (1974) as Robert Lund
- Kimen (1974) as Jens
- Den siste Fleksnes (1974) as a policeman
- Karjolsteinen (1977) as the party chairman
- Operasjon Cobra (1978) as Fredrik's father
- Rallarblod (1979) as Slag-Peder
- (1981) as passport control officer
- Krypskyttere (1982) as Olaf Buer
- Buicken – store gutter gråter ikke (1991) as Arntzen
Television[]
- (1966)
- Fleksnes Fataliteter: (1974) as a policeman
- Fleksnes Fataliteter: (1976) as Bud
- (1981) as William Hagenberg
- (1994) as Jack
- Blind gudinne (1997) (mini-series) as Thomassen
- (2001) as Will
NRK Television Theater[]
- (1960) as Julius
- Den store barnedåpen (1961) as Hans "Gjøken"
- Fru Inger til Østråt (1961) as Ejner Huk
- Går ut i kveld (1961) as Gidney
- (1966) as Louis
- Huset på grensen (1969) as a smuggler
- Twigs (1978) as Frank
References[]
- ^ a b c "Roy Bjørnstad". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- ^ "Andre viktige romerikinger". Romerikes blad. May 10, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- ^ "Nini, tv-serie fra 1997". Filmfront. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ "Blind gudinne, tv-serie fra 1997". Filmfront. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Hellmann, Ben (2014). Filming the Unfilmable: Casper Wrede's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Stuttgart: Ibidem-Verlag. p. 146.
- ^ Nash, Jay Robert; Ross, Stanley Ralph (1986). The Motion Picture Guide, Volume 6. Chicago: Cinebooks. p. 2259.
- ^ Flowers, John; Frizler, Paul (2006). Psychotherapists on Film, 1899–1999: A Worldwide Guide to Over 5000 Films. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 116.
External links[]
- Roy Bjørnstad at IMDb
- Roy Bjørnstad at Filmfront
- Roy Bjørnstad at the Swedish Film Database
- 1925 births
- 2005 deaths
- 20th-century Norwegian male actors
- Male actors from Oslo