# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-tellefsen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:49:13.109Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-tellefsen"
name: "Tom Tellefsen"
slug: "tom-tellefsen"
description: "Tom Tellefsen was a Norwegian actor. He was born in Asker. He was married to actress Rut Tellefsen from 1955 to 1962. He made his film debut in 1949, in Arne Skouen's Gategutter, and also played in Circus Fandango from 1954 and Blodveien from 1955. His stage debut was at Det Norske Teatret in 1959, and he worked at this theatre until his retirement in 2001. Among his later films are Smuglere from 1968, Balladen om mestertyven Ole Høiland from 1970, Bør Børson Jr. and Kimen from 1974 and Hard asfalt from 1986. He also contributed to television and radio."
tagline: "Actor (1931-2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom_Tellefsen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1931-10-30"
deathDate: "2012-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           33.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.067710666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0854409/"
    handle:    "nm0854409"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "توم تيليفسين"
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    title: "Tom Tellefsen"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Tellefsen"
    title: "Tom Tellefsen"
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  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Tellefsen"
    title: "Tom Tellefsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Tellefsen"
    title: "Tom Tellefsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Tellefsen"
    title: "Tom Tellefsen"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Tellefsen"
    title: "Tom Tellefsen"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1261054"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Tom Tellefsen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump