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Petter Næss

1960 - Today

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Petter Næss (born 14 March 1960 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian actor and film director. His first film as a director was the comedy Absolutt blåmandag in 1999. Næss is known for his work directing two of the three films about Ingvar Ambjørnsen's character, Elling (2000), which was nominated for the foreign language film Oscar and Elsk meg i morgen (Love Me Tomorrow), (2005), in addition to Bare Bea (2003), Mozart and the Whale (2005) and Hoppet (The Jump, 2007) in Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petter Næss has received more than 39,115 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Petter Næss is the 10,620th most popular actor, the 703rd most popular biography from Norway and the 22nd most popular Norwegian Actor.

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  • 39k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Petter Næss ranks 10,620 out of 13,578. Before him are Mika'ela Fisher, Joshua Gomez, Florencia Lozano, Matilda De Angelis, Simmone Jade Mackinnon, and Luna. After him are Anna Valle, Maria Simon, Taylor Cole, Omid Abtahi, Gina Bellman, and Robert Aramayo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Petter Næss ranks 747. Before him are Javier Velásquez, Marty Jannetty, Gheorghe Dogărescu, José Antonio Alonso, James J. Martin, and Jan Ottosson. After him are Bob Mould, Siegfried Wentz, Felicitas Hoppe, Amy Steel, Henry Worsley, and Elena Valenciano.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Petter Næss ranks 703 out of 1,039. Before him are Ann-Elen Skjelbreid (1971), Hanne Haugland (1967), Morten Gamst Pedersen (1981), Maria Haukaas Mittet (1979), Espen Lind (1971), and Gunn Margit Andreassen (1973). After him are Anders Jacobsen (1985), Sylvi Listhaug (1977), Christian Ruud (1972), Merethe Lindstrøm (1963), Cecilie Leganger (1975), and Joachim Rønning (1972).

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Among ACTORS In Norway

Among actors born in Norway, Petter Næss ranks 22. Before him are Julie Ege (1943), Alisha Boe (1997), Trond Espen Seim (1971), Beate Eriksen (1960), Agnes Kittelsen (1980), and Jakob Oftebro (1986). After him are Rune Temte (1965), Renate Reinsve (1987), Lisa Loven Kongsli (1979), Anders Danielsen Lie (1979), Josefine Frida Pettersen (1996), and Tarjei Sandvik Moe (1999).

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Television and Movie Roles

Into the White
Based on a true story. On 27 April 1940, Luftwaffe pilot Horst Schopis' Heinkel 111 bomber is shot down near Grotli by an RAF Blackburn Skua L2940 fighter, which then crash-lands. The surviving German and English crew members begin to shoot at each other, but later find themselves huddled up in the same cabin. In order to survive the harsh winter in the Norwegian wilderness, they have to stand together. An unlikely, lifelong friendship blossoms.
Mar 9o 20126.906 / 10
Elling
40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.
Mar 16o 20017.162 / 10
Mozart and the Whale
A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship.
Sep 10o 20056.2 / 10