Trond Fausa Aurvåg is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 actor, film director and poet.

After graduating 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 2001, he has acted at Oslo Nye Teater

Oslo Nye Teater

Oslo Nye Teater in Oslo is one of Norway's most visited theatres.The theatre opened in 1959 as a merge between Det Nye Teater and Folketeatret, and consists of four stages; Oslo Nye Hovedscenen, Oslo Nye Centralteatret, Oslo Nye Trikkestallen and Oslo Nye Caféscenen.-External links:*...

 since 2001. Here he has acted in plays such as Amadeus, Manndomsprøven and Tatt av kvinnen. As a film actor he is best known for his leading roles in the films Andreaskorset (2004), Den brysomme mannen

Den brysomme mannen

The Bothersome Man is a Norwegian film from 2006. It was directed by Jens Lien after a script by Per H. V. Schreiner. In the main roles were Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Petronella Barker and Per Schaaning. The story is about a man suddenly finding himself in an outwardly perfect, yet essentially soulless...

(2006) and Tatt av kvinnen (2007).

He won two Amandas

Amanda (award)

The Amanda Award is an award given annually at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway, to promote and improve Norwegian film. The award originated in 1985, and has since 2005 been exclusively a film award...

 – the main Norwegian film award – in 2006, for best actor for his role in Den brysomme mannen

Den brysomme mannen

The Bothersome Man is a Norwegian film from 2006. It was directed by Jens Lien after a script by Per H. V. Schreiner. In the main roles were Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Petronella Barker and Per Schaaning. The story is about a man suddenly finding himself in an outwardly perfect, yet essentially soulless...

, and for the short film Alene menn sammen, which he directed. Aurvåg cohabits with his girlfriend, actress Lena Kristin Ellingsen, in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

.

Select filmography

• Budbringeren (1997)
• 1732 Høtten (1998)
• "Nissene på låven" (TV, 2001)
• Andreaskorset (2004)
• Den brysomme mannen (2006)
• Tatt av kvinnen (2007)

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