Tove Christensen

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Tove Christensen
Born (1973-02-02) February 2, 1973 (age 51)
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Tove Christensen (born February 2, 1973) is a Canadian-American film producer [1] and actor. He is the older brother of actor Hayden Christensen.

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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.[ citation needed ]

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, Chloë 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
2003 Shattered Glass Billy Ray
2007 The Education of Charlie Banks Fred Durst
2014 Cooties Cary Murnion
Jonathan Milott
2017 The Hunter's Prayer Jonathan Mostow

Actor

YearTitleRole
1999 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tuxedo Boy
1998 Without Limits Per Hallie

Himself

YearTitleNotes
2004 Independent Spirit Awards Television
2003 Eco-Challenge Fiji Islands TV series

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