Wilfred Breistrand

Wilfred Breistrand (April 29, 1921 – August 3, 2007) was a Norwegian actor and film director. Breistrand made his debut in 1941 at the Trøndelag Theater as Amund in Til Sæters by Claus Pavels Riis. He performed there until 1944, at the New Theater from 1944 to 1948, at the National Theatre in Oslo from 1948 to 1970, with NRK's Television Theater from 1970 to 1973, and with the Norwegian theater after 1973. Among other roles, he played Elias in Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's Over ævne I, Gustav in Helge Krog's Konkylien, Lebcau in Arthur Miller's Incident at Vichy (Norwegian title: Det hendte i Vichy), various roles in Shakespeare plays (Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Banquo in Macbeth, and Horatio in Hamlet), and the title role in Ambassador (Norwegian title: Ambassadøren) by Sławomir Mrożek. He appeared in a large number of Norwegian films, debuting in Ni liv in 1957. He also played leading roles in the television drama De hvite bussene (1989), Anton (1973), and Åpenbaringen (1977). Breistrand received the Amanda Award for best actor in 1992 for the role of Thomas F in the television drama Th. F's siste nedtegnelser til almenheten, based on the novels of Kjell Askildsen.Breistrand was the father of the film director and writer Ulf Breistrand.