Acting
Per Christian Ellefsen
Born February 14, 1954 · Norway (age 72)
Per Christian Ellefsen (born 14 February 1954) is a Norwegian actor. He became a star in Norway because of his title role of Elling (2001) after more than 20 years as a leading stage actor.
Known For
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale · 2010Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
★ 6.22010
MovieFantasyHorror
Young Pietari lives with his reindeer-herding father in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, a nearby excavation makes a frightening discovery and an evil Santa Claus is unleashed…
Absolute Hangover · 1999Absolute Hangover
★ 4.41999
MovieComedy
John and Siri Lill are a couple who have been together for most of their forty something years, but are yet to be married. He works for a newspaper, and is a heavy drinker. She is a respected hairdresser, working for Birger, a commom friend. John, usually, bottle-in-hand is an ace at being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Tired of John's drinking, Siri decides to leave him and move to her parents' house. John's drinking then worsens, and their apartment becomes a mess. Siri decides to return to her and John's place, and that's when the Absolute Hangover really begins with a vengeance.
The TV ManThe TV Man
MovieDramaFantasy
A discarded TV comes to life on a landfill and tries to get back home to its former owner.
I Am Dina · 2002I Am Dina
★ 5.62002
MovieDrama
In Northern Norway during the 1860s, a little girl named Dina accidentally causes her mother's death. Overcome with grief, her father refuses to raise her, leaving her in the care of the household servants. Dina grows up wild and unmanageable, with her only friend being the stable boy, Tomas. She summons her mother's ghost and develops a strange fascination with death as well as a passion for living.
Women of Hope · 1986Women of Hope
★ 8.01986
MovieDramaFamily
A black and a white woman meets in Dar es Salam because of their men, and starts a friendship, despite their different background.
Mother's Elling · 2003Mother's Elling
★ 5.72003
MovieComedyDrama
Elling has lived with his mother all his life. Mom is the practical one, while Elling ponders the more theoretical aspects of life. He spends his time in their apartment reading books and looking at the neighbours through the living room window. Elling doesn't seem to need to be around others like most people. That's why Elling is less than enthusiastic when his mother suddenly decides to take her son on a beach vacation to Spain. Reluctantly, Elling agrees. After all, a lady at her age needs a good man by her side. But what Elling refuses to realize is that Mom is not only old, but also sick. Very sick. On her last vacation she tries to get Elling to see that life is bigger than their living room.
Elling · 2001Elling
★ 7.12001
MovieComedyDrama
40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.
Asfaltevangeliet · 2004Asfaltevangeliet
★ 8.02004
MovieDrama
The controversial story about "Jesus", placed in Oslo today. Jesus drinks, curses and attends to prostitutes, to fit in to modern life.
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Aksjemordet · 1990Aksjemordet
★ 9.01990
SeriesCrimeDrama
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