Nils Johnson (born 19 June 1956) is a Norwegian actor and

theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...

Early life

He was born in

Tønsberg Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative ce ...

, and is a brother of Guri Johnson.

Theatre career

He made his stage debut in 1980 at

Nordland Teater Nordland Teater is a Norwegian theatre based in Mo i Rana. It was established in 1977 by Norwegian Parliament as the regional theatre for Nordland. Birgitte Strid has been theatre director since 2013. Theatre directors *1979–1986 Collective ...

, and then worked at

Hålogaland Teater Hålogaland Teater is a regional theatre serving the region of Nord-Norge, the northernmost of Norway. It got its name after the northernmost county in Norway in the Middle Ages Hålogaland. When established in 1971, it was the first regional the ...

from 1981 to 1989 and

Trøndelag Teater Trøndelag Teater is a large theater in the city of Trondheim, in Trøndelag county, Norway. Trøndelag Teater stages large-scale dance and musical performances. History Originally built in 1816, the theater is the oldest stage in Scandinavia ...

from 1989 to 2000. From 2001 to 2008 he was the director of Hålogaland Teater.

Movie career

Johnson portrayed also Jon in ''

Cold Prey 3 ''Cold Prey 3'' ( no, Fritt vilt III) is a 2010 Norwegian slasher film, it is the prequel to the highly successful '' Cold Prey'' (''Fritt vilt''), and ''Cold Prey 2'' (''Fritt vilt II''). It is directed by Mikkel Brænne Sandemose and starred N ...

'' under the direction from Mikkel Brænne Sandemose.

References

1956 births Living people Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian theatre directors People from Tønsberg {{theat-bio-stub