Erik Ulfsby (born 2 October 1970) is a Norwegian actor, stage instructor and

theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...

Biography

Ulfsby was born in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

, and educated at the

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. As an actor, he has performed at Trøndelag Teater (

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), Den Nationale Scene (

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) and Teatret Vårt (

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), and has worked with radio, television and film. As a theatre director, he received the Hedda Award in 2006 (for ''Bollywood Ibsen – Fruen fra Det indiske hav'') and in 2009 (for ''Jungelboka''). He was appointed artistic director at Det Norske Teatret from 2011.

References

1970 births Living people Male actors from Oslo Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male television actors Norwegian theatre directors Theatre people from Oslo {{Norway-actor-stub