Trivia

Celebrated his 100th birthday at October 19th 2009, as the oldest male actor in Norway so far, and as one of the oldest Norwegian actors ever.

Distinguished stage actor at Nationaltheatret in Oslo, Norway, for over fifty years.

Son of composer Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935).

Son-in-law of actors Lauritz and Vibeke Falk.

Father of comedian and composer Stein Johan Grieg Halvorsen.

Knighted by the king with the order of St.Olav in 1979.

One of Grieg Halvorsen's memorable figures was to be Gregory Salomon in Arthur Miller's Prize. Odd-Stein Anderssen wrote about this in Verdens Gang: "I listened to the role as if to something completely inalienable. Such a life force, gentle and unshakable, we will never meet again.".

Stein Grieg Halvorsen was also awarded the Aase Byes Prize in 1993,.

He was married to actor Odd Frogg's widow Elizabeth Inga Else Margrethe Thaulow (1903-1968) from 1940.

For the title role in' Paul Lange and Tora Parsberg' he received the Critics Award in 1955.

Stein Grieg Halvorsen was appointed a knight of the 1st class of the Order of St. Olav in 1979 and was also a knight of the Swedish Nordstjärneorden. In addition to the Critics' Prize, he was awarded the Aase Bye Prize as well as the Gry statuette.

He was particularly known for his portrayal of life's pathetic originals, for example as the old man-knower Solomon in The Price by Arthur Miller , the choleric Serebryakov in Anton Chekhov 's Uncle Vanya and the loser Jack in Home by David Storey(also shown in the Television Theatre).

In his extensive repertoire as a character artist, Stein Grieg Halvorsen showed his mastery in almost all fields of drama.

Despite all the attention: Grieg Halvorsen was very little fond of personal attention. He rarely allowed himself to be interviewed and expressed that what he had to say, he could best express it on stage - as an actor.

He said goodbye to the stage as the Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlos in 1980.

He came to make his mark in foreign dramas of the time, including as Hoederer in Sartre's Dirty Hands, the loser Jack in David Storey's Home (also shown in Fjernsynteatret), and in Graham Greene's Drivhuset.

He worked at the 'Den Nationale Scene' from 1935 to 1936, and again Nationaltheatret from 1936 to 1939 and from 1945 to his retirement in 1997.

Stein Grieg Halvorsen was employed at Nationaltheatret from 1928 to 1935.

Halvorsen began his career in distinctly lyrical roles and lover roles, such as Taylor in Maria Stuart and Aksel in Helge Krog 's Konkylien , but developed into a realistic portrayal of people in modern drama, including as Hoederer in Jean-Paul Sartre's Dirty Hands .

By William Shakespeare , he played Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Brutus in Julius Cæsar, by Henrik Ibsen Hjalmar Ekdal in The Vildanden , Haakon and Nikolas in Kongsemnerne, Ulrik Brendel in Rosmersholm and Rubek in When we died awake , by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Adolf Sang in Over Ævne I and the title role in Paul Lange and Tora Parsberg.