Trond Fausa Aurvåg

Norwegian actor, film director, and poet

Trond Fausa Aurvåg
Born	(1972-12-02) 2 December 1972 (age 51) Fetsund,^[1] Norway
Occupation(s)	Actor, director
Spouse	Lena Kristin Ellingsen

Trond Fausa Aurvåg (born 2 December 1972) is a Norwegian actor, film director, and poet.

After graduating from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 2001, he has acted at Oslo Nye Teater since 2001.^[2] Here he has acted in plays such as Amadeus, Manndomsprøven and Tatt av kvinnen.^[3] As a film actor he is best known for his leading roles in the films Andreaskorset (2004) and Den brysomme mannen (2006).^[4] He has also starred in the music video for Lemaitre's song "We Got U".^[5]

He won two Amandas—the main Norwegian film award—in 2006, for best actor for his role in Den brysomme mannen, and for the short film Alene menn sammen, which he directed.^[6] He gained some international attention co-starring with Steven Van Zandt in the TV series Lilyhammer, playing Van Zandt's partner in crime. For this role he won the Gullruten Award in 2014 for best actor.^[7] He plays a role in Christopher Nolan's film, Oppenheimer, where he portrays the Ukrainian scientist George Kistiakowsky.^[8]

Aurvåg lives with his wife, actress Lena Kristin Ellingsen, in Oslo.^[2]

Select filmography

Budbringeren (1997)
1732 Høtten (1998)
Nissene på låven (TV, 2001)
Andreaskorset (2004)
Den brysomme mannen (2006)
Tatt av kvinnen (2007)
Home for Christmas (2010)
Lilyhammer (2012)
Neste Sommer [no] (2014)
Jul i Blodfjell [no] (2017)
Thin Ice (2017)^[9]
Norsemen (2017)
The Innocents (2018)
Stjernestøv [no] (TV, 2020)
The Middle Man (2021)
Oppenheimer (2023)
Captain Fall (2023)

References

^ Guro Danielsen (22 July 2007). "Trond Fausa Aurvåg" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Trond Fausa Aurvåg" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 1 September 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
^ "CV Trond Fausa Aurvåg" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 21 January 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
^ "Trond Fausa Aurvaag". IMDb. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
^ Lemaitre. "Lemaitre, The Knocks - We Got U ft. The Knocks". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
^ "AMANDA-VINNERE 1985-2006" (PDF). Filmweb.no. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2008.
^ "Gullruten 2014". Gullruten. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
^ Tinoco, Armando (19 December 2022). "'Oppenheimer' Trailer: Destruction Looms In Christopher Nolan's Atomic Bomb Pic Starring Cillian Murphy". Deadline. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
^ "Trond Fausa & Dan Gill Join Fox's 'Thin Ice' Comedy Pilot". Supervisor Wire. Retrieved 25 February 2017.