August Mowinckel-Nilsen


August Mowinckel-Nilsen was a Norwegian stage and film actor.

Family

August Mowinckel-Nilsen was born in Bergen, the son of the shipbroker Helen Caspar Nilsen and Augusta Mowinckel.

Career

Mowicnkel-Nilsen made his stage debut as a young priest in 1907 in Henrik Ibsen's The Pretenders at the National Theater in Bergen, where he continued to perform. He was also engaged with the New Theater in Oslo and the Trøndelag Theater.
Mowinckel-Nilsen made his film debut in 1927 in the silent film Madame besøker Oslo. He later appeared in the sound films Op med hodet! and Sankt Hans fest.

Filmography

External links

  • at Sceneweb
  • at Filmfront
  • at IMDb