We Come in Peace
2025 · TV Show
as Henrik Halmgren
Aksel Hennie
1975-10-29
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Oslo, Norway
Aksel Hennie (born 29 October 1975) is a Norwegian actor, director and writer. He has acted in a number of successful Norwegian movies, and has received several awards. Hennie grew up in Lambertseter in Oslo. In his late teens he was sentenced for graffiti, and became an outcast in the community for confessing to the police. This personal story contributed much of the background for the movie Uno. The conviction against Hennie was in fact one of the first such cases in Norway. Hennie was admitted to the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre after applying four times. He graduated in 2001, and has since acted both at Teatret Vårt in Molde (2001–2002) and at Oslo Nye Teater (2002–), where he has been in plays such as Hamlet, and Kvinnen som giftet seg med en kalkun (English: The woman who married a turkey). His main success, however, has been as a film actor. He made his debut starring in the feature film Jonny Vang in 2003. Though the director, Jens Lien, originally thought Hennie was too young for the role, the actor convinced him he was the right man for the film. The same year he also acted in the movies Buddy and Ulvesommer, and the next year he made his debut as a director and writer with the movie Uno, in which he also acted. For this film Hennie, and his co-star Nicolai Cleve Broch, went into hard physical training for six months to perform convincingly as bodybuilders. He won the Amanda Award – the main Norwegian film award – for "Best Direction" for the movie Uno in 2005, and that same year he was also among the nominees for "Best Actor" and "Best Film". He also won an Amanda award as "Best Actor" for the movie Jonny Vang in 2003. He was named one of European films "Shooting Stars" by European Film Promotion in 2004. In 2001 he was also named "Theatre talent of the year" by the newspaper Dagbladet. In 2008 Hennie starred in the movie Max Manus, where he played the role of the Norwegian war hero by that name. The movie had a large budget by Norwegian standards, and was met with great expectations. His next upcoming international film is Age of Heroes, a world war 2 movie primarily shot in Norway starring Sean Bean and Danny Dyer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aksel Hennie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Spermageddon
2024 · Movie
as Simen Sprut (voice)
Stayer
2024 · TV Show
as Even Elstad
Frifot
2024 · TV Show
as Aksel Hennie
Tina & Bettina 2 - The Comeback
2023 · Movie
as Thorvald
Sisu
2022 · Movie
as Bruno
Cockroaches
2022 · Movie
as Paul
Three Robbers and a Lion
2022 · Movie
as Jesper (voice)
The Middle Man
2021 · Movie
as Arthur Clintstone
The Trip
2021 · Movie
as Lars
The Doorman
2020 · Movie
as Borz
White Wall
2020 · TV Show
as Lars
Taskmaster Norway
2019 · TV Show
as Self
The Cloverfield Paradox
2018 · Movie
as Volkov
Congo
2018 · Movie
as Joshua French
Twigson the Explorer
2017 · Movie
as Twigson (voice)
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
2016 · Movie
as Self
Nobel
2016 · TV Show
as Erling Riiser
The Martian
2015 · Movie
as Alex Vogel
Last Knights
2015 · Movie
as Geza Mott
ARES: live
2015 · TV Show
as Alex Vogel
Hercules
2014 · Movie
as Tydeus
Pioneer
2013 · Movie
as Petter
90 Minutes
2012 · Movie
as Trond
Headhunters
2011 · Movie
as Roger Brown
Age of Heroes
2011 · Movie
as Lt. Steinar Mortensen
A Somewhat Gentle Man
2010 · Movie
as Samen
Kurt Turns Evil
2009 · Movie
as Bud / Barnehagebarn (voice)
Cold Lunch
2008 · Movie
as Christer
Through a Glass, Darkly
2008 · Movie
as Ariel
Max Manus: Man of War
2008 · Movie
as Max Manus
Torpedo
2007 · TV Show
as Sebastian
Der Kommissar und das Meer
2007 · TV Show
as Stefan Falk
Uno
2004 · Movie
as David
Tell Me Not to Worry
2004 · Movie
as Smith (voice)
Hawaii, Oslo
2004 · Movie
as Trygve
Cry in the Woods
2004 · Movie
as Stefan
Jonny Vang
2003 · Movie
as Jonny Vang
Buddy
2003 · Movie
as Geir
Wolf Summer
2003 · Movie
as Pål
Guggen: The Big Cheese
2002 · Movie
as (voice)
Anolit
2002 · Movie
as Stefan
24
2001 · TV Show
as Karl Rask
Fort forover
2000 · Movie
as Even
Bloody Angels
1998 · Movie
as Arnt-Olaf
Friday Night Fever
1996 · Movie
as Voice
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Spenn
· Movie
Howl
· Movie
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Ekko av Ibsen: hvis jeg faller
· Movie
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The Boy in the Iron Box
· Movie
