Per Christian Ellefsen

Per Christian Ellefsen is a Norwegian actor who started on stage at twenty-three with Sogn og Fjordane's Theatre. In 1980 he became part of Oslo Nye Teater, and over the following decade he was known mainly as a stage performer, appearing in comedies, musicals, and family productions. One such role came in the theater's 1988 staging of Karlsson på taket, drawn from Astrid Lindgren's children's book. He later took a supporting part as a hairdresser prone to accidents in the 1999 film Absolute Hangover. In 2000 he played Trosten in the drama series Soria Moria. That year he also acted opposite Sven Nordin in the stage production Brødre i blodet, as Elling. The two repeated their roles in the film Elling (2001), which drew large audiences in Norway and abroad and was nominated for an Academy Award in the foreign-language film category in 2002. Its success brought him wide recognition in Norway.