Tove Christensen Explained

Tove Christensen
Birth Date:2 February 1973
Birth Place:Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation:Film producer, actor

Tove Christensen (born February 2, 1973) is a Canadian-American film producer[1] and actor. He is the older brother of actor Hayden Christensen.

Early life

Christensen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of Alie, an American speechwriter for the heads of large companies, and David Christensen, a Canadian software program writer and communications executive. His father is of Danish descent, and his mother has Italian and Swedish ancestry.[2] [3] He has a younger brother, actor Hayden Christensen, and two younger sisters, Hejsa and Kaylen.[4] He attended the University of Pennsylvania.

Career

Christensen has been a producer and an actor. He is best known for producing the film Shattered Glass, in which his brother, Hayden, starred, working with actors Peter Sarsgaard, Chloƫ Sevigny, Rosario Dawson, Melanie Lynskey, and Hank Azaria. Christensen also produced The Education of Charlie Banks, which starred Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Ritter. He has acted in one film, Without Limits (1998), which starred Donald Sutherland, Billy Crudup, Monica Potter, and Matthew Lillard, and in the television show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in which he played a supporting character of a prom attendee who gets assaulted by "devil dogs". He had a line of dialogue in the episode, and was billed only as "Tuxedo Boy".

Filmography

Producer

YearTitleDirector
2003Shattered GlassBilly Ray
2007The Education of Charlie BanksFred Durst
2014CootiesCary Murnion
Jonathan Milott
2017The Hunter's PrayerJonathan Mostow

Actor

YearTitleRole
1999Buffy the Vampire SlayerTuxedo Boy
1998Without LimitsPer Hallie

Himself

YearTitleNotes
2004Independent Spirit AwardsTelevision
2003Eco-Challenge Fiji IslandsTV series

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tove Christensen . https://web.archive.org/web/20160123165250/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/376911/Tove-Christensen/biography . 23 January 2016 . 17 December 2018 . Movies & TV Dept. . . . 2016 . dead .
  2. Web site: Tove Christensen . IMDb . 4 June 2022.
  3. Web site: Leith . William . A force to be reckoned with . The Daily Telegraph . 4 June 2022.
  4. Web site: Tove Christensen . IMDb . 4 June 2022.