Lars Øyno (born 1 August 1955) is a Norwegian

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

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and playwright who lives and works in

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. He was educated at the National Academy of Theater 1981-1984. He worked as an actor at the

Trøndelag Teater Trøndelag Teater is a large theater in the city of Trondheim, in Trøndelag county, Norway. Trøndelag Teater stages large-scale dance and musical performances. History Originally built in 1816, the theater is the oldest stage in Scandinavia ...

1984-1992. Øyno has portrayed his countryman

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in the eponymous Norwegia
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He also participated in movies such as ''

Bat Wings ''Bat Wings'' () is a 1992 Norwegian drama film directed by Emil Stang Lund. It was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Diploma for Direction. The film features three sections, called Episodes, based upon ...

''and''

O' Horten ''O' Horten'' is a 2007 internationally co-produced comedy-drama film written and directed by Bent Hamer. The film's title character Odd Horten is a habit-bound train driver, who is about to retire. On the day of his retirement he ends up in an u ...

. '' From 1992 Øyno has managed the underground theatre Grusomhetens Teater (= Theatre of Cruelty), now situated at

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. His theatrical ideology is inspired by the visions of

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. Performances he has created and directed at Grusomhetens Teater include: * ''Revolutionary Messages (2013)'' * ''Amazonas (2011)'' * ''What a Glorious Day! An hommage to Bendik Riis (2011)'' * ''Last Song (2009)'' * ''Mountain Bird (2009)'' * ''Theatre and Science (2007)'' * ''The Ugly Duckling (2006)'' * ''The Spurt of Blood (2005)'' * ''The Gospel according to Thomas (2004)'' * ''The Dollhouse (2003)'' * ''

Peer Gynt ''Peer Gynt'' (, ) is a five-Act (drama), act play in verse written in 1867 by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. It is one of Ibsen's best known and most widely performed plays. ''Peer Gynt'' chronicles the journey of its title character fr ...

(2002)'' * ''Alaska (2001)'' * ''Poetries (2000)'' * ''Black Sun (1999)'' * ''The Philosopher's Stone (1997)'' * ''Woyzeck (1996)'' * ''Storyteller (1995)'' * ''The Road to Heaven (1995)'' * ''The World of Jotner (1994'') * ''To Have Dealt With the Judgement of God (1993)'' * ''Peace (1992)'' * ''

For dagene er onde ''For dagene er onde'' (For the Days Are Evil) is a Norwegian feature film from 1991 based on the novel of the same name by Anne Karin Elstad. The film is an intense story about the rise of evil and its destruction. It was directed by Eldar Ein ...

'' (1991) * ''Elagabal (''

'', 1989)''

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Grusomhetens Teater

The Theatre of Cruelty in Oslo
Living people 1955 births Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Norwegian theatre directors Norwegian theatre managers and producers Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male television actors Norwegian male film actors {{Norway-actor-stub