Kjetil Bang-Hansen

Kjetil Bang-Hansen (born 16 May 1940) is a Norwegian actor, dancer, stage producer and theatre director.

Early and personal life Bang-Hansen was born in Oslo as the son of writer Odd Bang-Hansen and physician Elise Aas. He married dancer and choreographer Inger Johanne Rütter in 1967. He is brother of film producer and film critic Pål Bang-Hansen.

Career After examen artium Bang-Hansen studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre from 1959 to 1962, and later at the University of Oslo and at theatres in Stockholm and London. His adaptation of Ibsen's verse play Peer Gynt received much acclaim, A selection of his writings on theatre was issued in his book Trommer og sang (1987). He received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Theatre in 1999/2000, He is a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature.