Bjarte Hjelmeland (born 24 February 1970) is a Norwegian actor and theatre director. He was born in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

. He made his stage debut in 1991 at

Oslo Nye Teater Oslo Nye Teater is a theater located in Oslo, Norway. The theater has its main stage in its own theater house at Rosenkrantz' gate 10. It is one of Norway's most visited theatres. Oslo Nye Teater AS is wholly owned by Oslo Municipality. Histor ...

, and also had notable roles at the National Theatre,

Rogaland Teater Rogaland Teater is a theatre in Stavanger, Norway. Background The theatre building was built in 1883 on a parcel of '' Kannik prestegård''. It was designed by architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff, and initially held close to 500 seats. The bui ...

, Torshovteatret,

Den Nationale Scene Den Nationale Scene ( en, National Theater) is the largest theatre in Bergen, Norway. Den Nationale Scene is also one of the oldest permanent theatres in Norway. History Opened under the name '' Det Norske Theater'' in 1850, the theatre has root ...

and

Chateau Neuf Chateau Neuf is a building in Oslo, Norway that houses the Norwegian Students' Society ''( Det Norske Studentersamfund)'' including cafes, bars, performance centers, and other facilities for student assembly. It is situated at Slemdalsveien 1 ...

. In 2008 he was hired as director of Den Nationale Scene. Films include his screen debut ''Byttinger'' (1991), ''Livredd'' (1997) and ''Desperate bekjennelser'' (1998). Television series include ''Vestavind'' (1994–1995), the talk show ''Mandagsklubben'' (1996–1997) and ''

Hvaler Hvaler is a municipality that is a group of islands in the southern part of Viken County, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skjærhalden, on the island of Kirkeøy. The only police station in the municipali ...

''. He was a judge on Series 6 of ''

Norske_Talenter ''Norske Talenter'' (English: ''Norway’s Got Talent'', ''Norwegian Talents'') is a Norway, Norwegian talent show with a similar format to ''Britain's Got Talent,'' making it one of the ''Got Talent'' franchise programmes. The 16-year-old sin ...

''. He has also released music albums. Hjelmeland is openly gay.

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* 1970 births Living people Actors from Bergen Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian theatre directors Norwegian male comedians Norwegian LGBT actors Gay actors Norwegian male film actors Theatre people from Bergen 21st-century Norwegian male singers 21st-century Norwegian singers 21st-century LGBT people {{Norway-actor-stub