Ole-Jørgen Nilsen was a Norwegian actor who was perhaps best known for playing the role of Hans Fredrik Rosenkrantz in the soap Hotel Cæsar

Hotel Cæsar

Hotel Cæsar is a Norwegian soap opera that has been broadcast Monday to Friday on TV 2 since 1998 . It was created by Swedish duo Peter Emanuel Falck and Christian Wikander...

and from a recurring role in the Olsenbanden films.
Nilsen made his debut as a student at the Nationaltheatret

Nationaltheatret

The National Theatre in Oslo is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts.The theatre had its first performance on 1 September 1899 but can trace its origins to Christiania Theatre, which was founded in 1829...

 in 1959 and graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre

Norwegian National Academy of Theatre

The Norwegian National Academy of Theatre was established as a three-year theater-education in 1953, under the name of Statens teaterskole.The school was given collegiate status in 1982...

 in the same year. He then became involved with Trøndelag Teater

Trøndelag Teater

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

 1961-68, Det Norske Teatret

Det Norske Teatret

Det Norske Teatret is a theatre in Oslo. The theatre was founded in 1912, after an initiative from Hulda Garborg and Edvard Drabløs. It opened in 1913, touring with two plays, Ervingen by Ivar Aasen and Rationelt Fjøsstell by Hulda Garborg...

 1968-73, Fjernsynsteatret

Fjernsynsteatret

Fjernsynsteatret was a department of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation which produced plays for television broadcasting. It opened in 1960 , and operated until 1990, when a major reorganisation of NRK took place.Its first leader was Arild Brinchmann, who headed the theatre from its start...

 1974-77, and with the Nationaltheatret since 1977.

At the Trøndelag Teater, he made his debut in 1966 as the narrator of the piece Heat wave

Heat wave

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by Ted Williams

Ted Williams

Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 21-year Major League Baseball career as the left fielder for the Boston Red Sox...

. At Det Norske Teater he took part in translated productions such as Myrfolket, Johann uten land, Montserrat and not least, playing van Gogh in Postmannen fra Arles. With Nationalteatret he played among others, a jealous Saleri in Amadeus. He also had central roles in Ibsen's De unges forbund and Peer Gynt

Peer Gynt

Peer Gynt is a five-act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, loosely based on the fairy tale Per Gynt. It is the most widely performed Norwegian play. According to Klaus Van Den Berg, the "cinematic script blends poetry with social satire and realistic scenes with surreal ones"...

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In later years, he took part in pieces such as The Master Builder

The Master Builder

The Master Builder is a play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It was first published in December 1892 and is regarded as one of Ibsen's most significant and revealing works.-Performance:...

(2003), Maria Stuart (2004) and Til Damaskus (2006) - all with Nationaltheatret.

Behind the scenes

He was head of Nationaltheatret from 1988-89 together with Ellen Horn

Ellen Horn

Ellen Horn is a Norwegian actress and politician for the Labour Party. She is educated at the State Acting College and has been an associate of Norsk Rikskringkasting, Nationaltheatret and is currently director of Riksteatret. During the Second cabinet Stoltenberg she was Minister of Culture...

 and Sverre Rødahl

Sverre Rødahl

Sverre Rødahl is a Norwegian stage producer and theatre director.He was theatre director at the National Theatre from 1988 to 1989, together with Ellen Horn and Ole-Jørgen Nilsen. He was head of the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre from 1992 to 1996. He is head of the Danish National School...

. He was part of Skuespillerforeningen in 1978, and its first foreman.

He was nominated for the Per Aabels ærespris in 2000.

Filmography

• 2008 Do or Die-08 Short addition to "Love is War" (film)
• 2005 Selected Shorts#2: European Award Winners (Video)
• 2004 Lies Inc. ...Benefactor
• 2003 United
  United
  -Travel:* United Airlines* United Automobile Services, a bus operator in England, now merged with the Arriva Group* United Bus, a bus manufacturing group-Sports:...
  
  ...Johansen
• 2002 De beste går først ...Ragnar (in section Folk flest bor i Kina)
• 2000 De 7 dødssyndene
• 2000 Hovmod
• 1989 Kamilla og tyven II ...Thygesen
• 1985 Galskap! ....Erik
• 1984 Men Olsenbanden var ikke død ...toller
• 1982 Olsenbandens aller siste kupp ....bodyguard
• 1981 Olsenbanden gir seg aldri! ...Director of TeamFinans
• 1979 Olsenbanden og Dynamitt-Harry mot nye høyder ...The big Baron
• 1979 Rallarblod ...Øl-Kalle
• 1976 Olsenbanden for full musikk ...Sjåføren
• 1976 Angst Lendl
• 1975 Faneflukt ...Politibetjent Lind
• 1974 Bobbys krig ...Klaus
• 1972 Motforestilling
• 1972 Olsenbanden tar gull
  Olsenbanden tar gull
  Olsenbanden tar gull is a 1972 Norwegian comedy-crime film of the Olsen Gang film series, directed by Knut Bohwim.-Plot:The gang is now up to finding an old bunker from World War II, in the southern parts of Norway. after the leader Egon has found a map leading to the old General's treasure, a...
  
  ...Ricco, international swindler
• 1972 Lukket avdeling
  Lukket avdeling
  Lukket avdeling is a 1972 Norwegian drama film directed by Arnljot Berg. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Roy Bjørnstad - Vestfold* Carsten Byhring - Vålerenga* Vegard Hall - Gamlingen* Erik Hivju - Harry...
  
  ...Paul Paulus
• 1970 Love Is War
  Love Is War (film)
  Love Is War is a 1970 Norwegian drama film directed by Ragnar Lasse-Henriksen. It was entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival where it won a Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement.-Cast:* Yvonne Ingdal - Gro...
  
  ....Espen
• 1968 Hennes meget kongelige høyhet ...Anderson, livvakt
• 1961 Hans Nielsen Hauge (film) ...Sergeant in Fredrikstad

TV roles

• 2004-06 Hotel Cæsar
  Hotel Cæsar
  Hotel Cæsar is a Norwegian soap opera that has been broadcast Monday to Friday on TV 2 since 1998 . It was created by Swedish duo Peter Emanuel Falck and Christian Wikander...
  
  ...Hans Fredrik Rosenkrantz
• 2001 Rosmersholm (TV 2001) ...Ulrik Brendel (Fjernsynsteater)
• 1997 Blind gudinne ...Bjerke (mini-series)
• 1995 Rett I Lomma ...Hr Fylking (Play broadcast by NRK)
• 1988 Fleksnes - Blodgiveren '88 ...leges
• 1985 The Last Place on Earth
  The Last Place on Earth
  The Last Place on Earth is a 1985 Central Television seven part serial, written by Trevor Griffiths based on the book Scott and Amundsen by Roland Huntford. The book is an exploration of the expeditions of Captain Robert F...
  
  ...Alfred Eriksen (mini-series)
• 1978 Blindpassasjer
  Blindpassasjer
  Blindpassasjer was a Norwegian science fiction tv-series from 1978. It aired 3 episodes.A spaceship has 5 crew members. An alien kills one of the crew members which is replaced by a copy, but who is it?-External links:*...
  
  ...Byråkraten (mini-series)
• 1973 Et Dukkehjem
  Et Dukkehjem
  Et Dukkehjem was a sketch show shown on Norwegian NRK television channel NRK1, presented by Mari Grydeland and Gunhild Dahlberg. There were six episodes to the series and ran on Thursdays at 22:30 from 2 September 2004 until 14 October 2004 ....
  
  ...Sakfører Krogstad (Fjernsynsteater)
• 1972 Fleksnes - Blodgiveren ...Doctor