Gunnar Tolnæs | |
Birth Date: | 7 December 1879 |
Birth Place: | Oslo, Norway |
Death Place: | Oslo, Norway |
Occupation: | Actor |
Gunnar Tolnæs (1879 - 1940)[1] was a Norwegian-born film actor who worked for most of his career in Denmark.
He was born in Oslo, Norway.[1]
He started his career with the theatre in 1906, with a long theater career in various Norwegian theaters, along with guest appearances in Copenhagen.
He debuted in film in 1914 in a Swedish-made silent film. The following year he came to Nordisk Film in Denmark, replacing Valdemar Psilander as the company's main star. He had led or co-starred in a total of 27 Danish silent films.
Tolnæs's film credits, all silent films, include:
He died in Oslo at age sixty and is buried with his family at Vestre gravlund.