Roy Bjørnstad
Roy Bjørnstad was a Norwegian actor.
Career
Stage
Bjørnstad made his debut in 1945 at the People's Theater in Sweden.
Throughout his career, he was associated with several theaters in Norway, including the Trøndelag Theater from 1949 to 1951, the Rogaland Theater from 1953 to 1960, and then several periods with NRK's Television Theater in the 1960s and 1970s.
From 1978 to 1996 he was engaged with the Norwegian Theater. He made a name for himself there in a number of Chekhov productions, such as Three Sisters and The Seagull. He also made an impression in Cora Sandel's Kjøp ikke Dondi and Kido Okamoto's Heikegani.
Film and television
In 1946, Bjørnstad made his film debut in Englandsfarere. Other films that he appeared in include Jentespranget, Trost i taklampa, Den siste Fleksnes, and Olsenbanden gir seg aldri. Bjørnstad also had some television roles outside of his Television Theater productions, including in a few episodes of the comedy series Fleksnes Fataliteter as well as in the crime series Nini and Blind gudinne.
Filmography
Films
Englandsfarere as ArneDei svarte hestane as FalteTrost i taklampa as RoyI faresonen as Bredesen, a sailorFreske fraspark Om Tilla Marenco Sult as KonstantinBare et liv – Historien om Fridtjof Nansen An-Magritt as Lort-Nils, an ore transporterOperasjon V for vanvidd as MørkOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Lukket avdeling as VestfoldThe Call of the Wild as StoremanJentespranget as GilbertBobbys krig as Robert LundKimen as JensDen siste Fleksnes as a policemanKarjolsteinen as the party chairmanOperasjon Cobra as Fredrik's fatherRallarblod as Slag-PederOlsenbanden gir seg aldri as passport control officerKrypskyttere as Olaf BuerBuicken – store gutter gråter ikke as Arntzen
Television
Kontorsjef Tangen Fleksnes Fataliteter: Trafikk og panikk as a policemanFleksnes Fataliteter: Radioten as BudSaken Ruth Vang as William Hagenberg I de beste familier as Jack Blind gudinne as ThomassenNini as Will
Ungen as JuliusDen store barnedåpen as Hans "Gjøken" Fru Inger til Østråt as Ejner Huk Går ut i kveld as Gidney Nederlaget as Louis Huset på grensen as a smuggler Twigs as Frank