Knut Husebø

Knut Husebø
Born (1946-05-10) 10 May 1946 (age 78)
Stavanger, Norway
Occupations
  • Actor
  • visual artist

Knut Husebø (born 10 May 1946) is a Norwegian actor and visual artist.[1]

Born in Stavanger, Husebø debuted in 1968 in the role Flyndrefanten in the play Taremare by on Den Nationale Scene.[2] He was employed at the Nationaltheatret 1969–1971 and 1975–1986, interrupted by an engagement at the National Theatre 1977–1979 and 1982–1983. Since 1986 he has been a freelance actor.[2]

Among the roles Husebø has played are Edmund in King Lear, Orsino in the Twelfth Night and the title role in Henrik Ibsen's Catiline.[2] He played the multifaceted Benoni in Fjernsynsteatret's adaptation of Knut Hamsun's novels Benoni and Rosa, and he had one of the leading parts in Per Bronken's television series adaptation of Sigrid Undset's Jenny.[2]

In more recent years Husebø's work has most prominently been as a visual artist.[1][2]

Select filmography

Television

Select theater

Nationaltheatret

Riksteatret

Centralteateret

Hålogaland Teater

References

  1. ^ a b "ABOUT THE ARTIST". Nordic Portraits. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Knut Husebø". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. April 3, 2009. Retrieved February 17, 2012.


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