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name: "Øystein Martinsen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ystein-martinsen"
fi1m_id: "ystein-martinsen"
imdb_id: "nm2239432"
tmdb_id: 7761
wikidata_id: "Q76728210"
roles: []
born: "14 May 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T04:35:04.064124+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Øystein Martinsen

## Identity

Øystein Martinsen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ystein-martinsen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ystein-martinsen
- **IMDb ID:** nm2239432
- **TMDB ID:** 7761
- **Wikidata ID:** Q76728210
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98ystein_Martinsen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76728210, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2239432/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7761

Actor. Born 14 May 1976 in Tromsø Municipality.

## Details

- **Born:** 14 May 1976, Tromsø Municipality
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98ystein_Martinsen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76728210, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2239432/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7761

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Tunnel*](https://film.one/film/the-tunnel.md) (54)

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## Biography

Øystein Martinsen is a Norwegian actor. He was born on 14 May 1976 in Tromsø and trained at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts from 2001, graduating in 2004. He then joined Rogaland Teater as a permanent member.

Martinsen has appeared in more than forty theatre productions. In 2012 he received a Hedda Award nomination for best supporting actor for his role as Philinte in *Misantropen* at Rogaland Teater. He is the brother of electronic musician Per Martinsen.

On screen he is known for the role of Kark in the series *Norsemen* (2016–2020), Prime Minister Aide in the film *22 July* (2018), David in the film *The Tunnel* (2019), and Peter in the film *Next Door* (2005).

*Sources: imdb.com, no.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Tunnel* (2019), Fi1m 54, as David — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tunnel.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Borderline* (2026), as Customs Officer
- *My First Love* (2026), Actor
- *The Badgers* (2025), as Gunnar
- *In the Name of Love* (2025), series, as Rektor Hedemann
- *Supurbia* (2022), as Eirik
- *Thea & Tuva* (2022), as Dog walker
- *Nothing to Laugh About* (2021), as Erik Elisabeth
- *The Tunnel* (2019), as David — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-tunnel.md)
- *22 July* (2018), as Prime Minister Aide
- *The Puppy* (2018), as Pet Store Owner
- *Norsemen* (2016), series, as Kark
- *Aber Bergen* (2016), series, as Toivo Eckhoff
- *DIVE* (2015), as Andreas
- *All at Sea* (2012), as Young Curate (uncredited)
- *Shadow of a Midsummer Night* (2011), as Priest
- *Next Door* (2005), as Peter
- *JUMP*, as Torbjørn

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