# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ove-verner-hansen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:27:26.034Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ove-verner-hansen"
name: "Ove Verner Hansen"
slug: "ove-verner-hansen"
description: "Ove Verner Hansen was a Danish opera singer and actor. He played the character, \"Bøffen\" in 16 of the Olsen-banden-movies. He played a tall, large, and slow-moving henchman, often seen lifting Egon Olsen up over his head, carrying him under one arm, and trying to kill him."
tagline: "Danish actor (1932-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ove_Verner_Hansen_2013.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1932-07-20"
deathDate: "2016-02-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.53
  momentum:             10
  historical:           10.41274933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0361037/"
    handle:    "nm0361037"
sources:
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    title: "اوڤ ڤيرنير هانسين"
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    title: "Ove Verner Hansen"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ove_Verner_Hansen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump