Per Christian Ellefsen Net Worth is
$200,000

Mini Biography

Per Christian Ellefsen started his impressive stage career at Sogn og Fjordane’s Theater at age 23. In 1980 he became a worker of Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo’s New Theater) where he shortly fulfilled friend and colleague Sven Nordin. Through the 1980s Nordin drifted into achievement in tv while Ellefsen continued to be a reputed stage actor, popular towards the theater-going open public, but definately not children name. Ellefsen proved himself to be always a cheerful comic professional in comedies and musicals, submiting some memorable performances in kids and family has like the name function in Oslo Nye Teater’s 1988 version of “Karlsson på taket”, predicated on Astrid Lindgren’s popular childrens reserve. His portrayal of Karlsson was hysterically funny sending children and adults as well screaming with laughter. Despite rave reviews on stage, some accommodating assignments in TV and movies, it wasn’t until 1999’s Absolutt blåmandag (1999) he made a tag for himself over the big screen, using a scene-stealing helping role seeing that an accident-prone hairdresser in another of that years most popular Norwegian films. In 2000 success on the tiny display screen followed, as the retarted ‘Trosten’ in the favorite drama-series Soria Moria (2000). After that, to finally seal his destiny as you of Norway’s most liked stars, the same calendar year he co-starred along with his previous friend Sven Nordin on stage in “Brødre i blodet” (Brothers in Bloodstream), playing the emotionally handicapped Elling contrary Nordin’s relatively dim-witted oaf Kjell Bjarne. The display was predicated on a successful group of books by Ingvar Ambjørnsen, as well as the large stage success produced the general public cry out for a Elling/Kjell-Bjarne-movie. The movie-version, titled Elling (2001), premiered in 2001 with Ellefsen and Nordin re-creating their roles for the silver screen. “Elling” quickly converted into a wide-spread sensation! Seen by 800,000 Norwegian moviegoers (within a nation with simply 4.2 million people) in addition, it became one of the most successful Norwegian film in neighbouring Sweden and Denmark ever! As though this wasn’t more than enough, the charming audience-pleaser “Elling” in 2002 received an Academy Award nomination for Best SPANISH Film, mailing Ellefsen, co-star Sven Nordin, movie director Petter Næss and manufacturer Dag Alveberg on the (in Norway) extremely publicized visit to Hollywood celebrating the films achievement. Per Christian Ellefsen acquired finally strike the big style, not only learning to be a home name in Norway but also among it’s most recognizable and enjoyed actors.

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