Ole-Jørgen Nilsen
Ole - Jørgen Nilsen ( born February 28, 1936 in Halden, † June 15, 2008 in Oslo) was a Norwegian actor and theater director.
Nilsen was trained at the Theatre Academy in Oslo and debuted in the year he graduated, 1959, right on the biggest stage in the country, the Nationaltheatret. He received a first firm commitment Trøndelag Teater in 1961 at Trondheim, where he briefly worked as a director. From 1968 to 1973 he belonged to the ensemble of Det Norske Teatret, the largest Nynorsk stage of the country to. During this time he won, among others, in some foreign contemporary plays, for example, in the role of van Gogh in Ernst Bruun Olsen's " The Postman of Arles ".
After a detour to Fjernsynsteater of state broadcasting company NRK, he returned in 1977 to the Nationaltheatret back. Here he was seen in several large classic productions, as in Henrik Ibsen Peer Gynt, Friedrich Schiller's Mary Stuart and August Strindberg's To Damascus.
Gained fame Nilsen since 1961 by more than twenty film and television roles. He appeared in several episodes, among others the Norwegian Olsen Gang remakes with.
In 1978 Nilsen co-founder of the Norwegian Federation of Actors and its first chairman. Between 1988 and 1989, he led, together with Ellen Horn the Nationaltheatret as director.