Aksel Hennie

Aksel Hennie

Born: October 29, 1975
in 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.

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Tina & Bettina 2 - The Comeback
Title: Tina & Bettina 2 - The Comeback
Character: Thorvald
Released: February 24, 2023
Type: Movie
10 long years have passed since the first film about the super duo, and things are not so great anymore. Tina married an 89-year-old, who just refuses to die so that she can finally get the inheritance. Bettina, on the other hand, tries to keep her spirits up in a rotten marriage where all she does is look after the ungrateful man's children. And almost even worse - no one does video blogging anymore, and after a heated argument, the girls have lost contact with each other. Life sucks. But when Tina goes crazy at the VIXEN awards, and the recording from there goes viral, Tina & Bettina are suddenly on everyone's lips again.
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Three Robbers and a Lion
Title: Three Robbers and a Lion
Character: Jesper (voice)
Released: December 25, 2022
Type: Movie
The three thieves Kasper, Jesper and Jonathan lives together with their always hungry lion in the little town of Kardemomme town, the home to a fair but kind police officer, and the strict Aunt Sofie.
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Sisu
Title: Sisu
Character: Bruno
Released: September 9, 2022
Type: Movie
Deep in the wilderness of Lapland, Aatami Korpi is searching for gold but after he stumbles upon Nazi patrol, a breathtaking and gold-hungry chase through the destroyed and mined Lapland wilderness begins.
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Cockroaches
Title: Cockroaches
Character: Paul
Released: June 6, 2022
Type: Movie
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The Middle Man
Title: The Middle Man
Character: Arthur Clintstone
Released: September 17, 2021
Type: Movie
Frank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a community in a depression so deep that they need a middle man to professionally communicate more of the bad news.
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The Trip
Title: The Trip
Character: Lars
Released: July 30, 2021
Type: Movie
A dysfunctional couple head to a remote lakeside cabin under the guise of reconnecting, but each has secret designs to kill the other. Before they can carry out their respective plans, unexpected visitors arrive and the couple is faced with a greater danger than anything they could have plotted.
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The Doorman
Title: The Doorman
Character: Borz
Released: October 1, 2020
Type: Movie
A former Marine turned doorman at a luxury New York City high-rise must outsmart and battle a group of art thieves and their ruthless leader — while struggling to protect her sister's family. As the thieves become increasingly desperate and violent, the doorman calls upon her deadly fighting skills to end the showdown.
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Title: White Wall
Character: Lars
Released: September 20, 2020
Type: TV
Three workers die in a mysterious explosion accident deep down in a mine shaft. The incident is obscured, but rumors begin to spread about a find that no one can explain.
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Congo
Title: Congo
Character: Joshua French
Released: October 26, 2018
Type: Movie
In the spring of 2009 two Norwegian adventurers, Joshua French and Tjostolv Moland, are accused of killing their hired chauffeur just before crossing into the eastern Congo. The following manhunt starts a political and diplomatic headache.
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The Cloverfield Paradox
Title: The Cloverfield Paradox
Character: Volkov
Released: February 4, 2018
Type: Movie
Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
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Twigson the Explorer
Title: Twigson the Explorer
Character: Twigson (voice)
Released: November 17, 2017
Type: Movie
Lillebror moves with Twigson and his family to the western part of Norway, but he dreams of even bigger expeditions, like going to the North Pole.
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Title: Nobel
Character: Erling Riiser
Released: September 25, 2016
Type: TV
Lieutenant Erling Riiser is on his way back to Norway after a long stay in Afghanistan. Much has gone wrong, several soldiers are missing from the Hercelus-plane. After only one day in Norway, Erling receives a text message saying an old acquaintance from Afghanistan is in Oslo - which can mean only one thing: A woman's life is in danger
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The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
Title: The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
Character: Self
Released: June 7, 2016
Type: Movie
A long form documentary on the making of Ridley Scott's film, "The Martian," featuring interviews with its cast and crew.
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The Martian
Title: The Martian
Character: Alex Vogel
Released: September 30, 2015
Type: Movie
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
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Title: ARES: live
Character: Alex Vogel
Released: June 7, 2015
Type: TV
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet.
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Last Knights
Title: Last Knights
Character: Gezza Mott
Released: April 3, 2015
Type: Movie
When an evil emperor executes their leader, his band of knights – bound by duty and honour – embarks on a journey of vengeance that will not come to an end until they've destroyed their mortal foe.
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Hercules
Title: Hercules
Character: Tydeus
Released: July 23, 2014
Type: Movie
When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battle against overwhelming odds.
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Pioneer
Title: Pioneer
Character: Petter
Released: August 30, 2013
Type: Movie
Pioneer is set in the early '80s, at the beginning of the Norwegian Oil Boom. Enormous oil and gas deposits are discovered in the North Sea and the authorities aim to bring the oil ashore through a pipeline from depths of 500 meters. A professional diver, Petter, obsessed with reaching the bottom of the Norwegian Sea has the discipline, strength and courage to take on the world's most dangerous mission. But a sudden, tragic accident changes everything. Petter is sent on a perilous journey where he loses sight of who's pulling the strings. Gradually he realizes that he is in way over his head and that his life is at stake.
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90 Minutes
Title: 90 Minutes
Character: Trond
Released: September 21, 2012
Type: Movie
Director Eva Sørhaug (Cold Lunch) reveals the rage and violence lurking beneath seemingly tranquil domesticity in her bold and uncompromising sophomore feature.
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Headhunters
Title: Headhunters
Character: Roger Brown
Released: August 26, 2011
Type: Movie
An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.
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Age of Heroes
Title: Age of Heroes
Character: Lt. Steinar Mortensen
Released: May 19, 2011
Type: Movie
The true story of the formation of Ian Fleming's 30 Commando unit, a precursor for the elite forces in the U.K.
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A Somewhat Gentle Man
Title: A Somewhat Gentle Man
Character: Samen
Released: March 19, 2010
Type: Movie
After serving a 12-year sentence for killing the man that slept with his wife, a man ponders whether he should try and reconcile with his family, or take revenge on those who turned him in.
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Kurt Turns Evil
Title: Kurt Turns Evil
Character: Bud / Barnehagebarn (voice)
Released: March 25, 2009
Type: Movie
One day Kurt discovers that society does not respect forklift operators very much. He quits his job, and starts climbing the social ladder. He wants to be somebody, but when he doesn't have success in any of his projects, Kurt turns – evil.
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Max Manus: Man of War
Title: Max Manus: Man of War
Character: Max Manus
Released: December 18, 2008
Type: Movie
Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of World War II in Norway until peacetime in 1945.
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Through a Glass, Darkly
Title: Through a Glass, Darkly
Character: Ariel
Released: October 17, 2008
Type: Movie
A moving, magic and playful story about a young girl who, at the end of her life, learns to accept death and understands how wonderful life really is. The script is based on the novel by Jostein Gaarder.
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Cold Lunch
Title: Cold Lunch
Character: Christer
Released: February 1, 2008
Type: Movie
Bird droppings on a work shirt lead to extreme unintended consequences.
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Title: Der Kommissar und das Meer
Character: Stefan Falk
Released: December 21, 2007
Type: TV
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Title: Torpedo
Character: Sebastian
Released: February 4, 2007
Type: TV
Emotionally-charged miniseries about a “Torpedo” (enforcer) who has his life turned upside down in an instant – the moment he finds his wife murdered. She was killed with her husband’s weapon, making him the prime suspect, and leaving him with the responsibility of caring for their five-year-old daughter as he embarks on a harrowing four-day quest find the real killers and clear his name Less
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Hawaii, Oslo
Title: Hawaii, Oslo
Character: Trygve
Released: September 24, 2004
Type: Movie
Hawaii, Oslo is the story of a handful of people who cross each other's path without necessarily knowing each other, during the hottest day of the year, in Oslo. We follow Frode and Milla. They are having their first child, who they are told will not live long. We follow Bobbie-Pop, a faded singer who tries to commit suicide. We follow Leon, an institutionalized kleptomaniac who is loking for Åsa, to whom he has a ten year old deal to get married. We meet Leon's brother, Trygve, who fetches Leon at the institution to celebrate his birthday, but who himself has plans to use his leave from prison to run away. And most of all we meet the angel Vidar, Leon's best buddy at the institution, who sees things no one else can see, and who may be able to save everyone - except himself?
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Uno
Title: Uno
Character: David
Released: September 10, 2004
Type: Movie
Best friends David and Morten work as gym instructors at Jarle's gym. Jarle is a sadistic small-time criminal whom, together with his son Lars, purchase and distribute anabolic steroids.
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Cry in the Woods
Title: Cry in the Woods
Character: Stefan
Released: April 2, 2004
Type: Movie
An unfortunate bank robber takes an escaped mental patient, wanted for murder, as hostage.
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Terkel in Trouble
Title: Terkel in Trouble
Character: (Norwegian version) (voice)
Released: April 2, 2004
Type: Movie
6th-grader Terkel begins experiencing a streak of bad luck after sitting on a black spider. His teacher dies and is replaced by the strange Justin. At home, Terkel's Uncle Stewart erupts in sporadic fits of rage, and at school Terkel is bullied by two boys after they learn that fat Doris likes him. On a school camping trip, Terkel begins receiving death threats and must figure out who wants to kill him.
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Tell Me Not to Worry
Title: Tell Me Not to Worry
Character: Smith (voice)
Released: March 22, 2004
Type: Movie
Smith is searching for his guiding star. For centuries his expeditions have been in vain. But then one night, just as he's about to give up, the star emerges - on the night sky above his bed. But the festivities are cut short, when Smith discovers the star is just a reflection in his window. Reason tells Smith that the star doesn't really exist, but in his heart, Smith knows he's found what he was looking for.
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Buddy
Title: Buddy
Character: Geir
Released: August 29, 2003
Type: Movie
Kristoffer lives in Oslo with his friends Geir and Stig Inge. He works as a billboard installer, and in his spare time he makes a video diary with Geir and Stig, containing stunts of a Jackass-nature. When Kristoffer's girlfriend, Elisabeth, leaves him, his life seems to fall to pieces. Until his videos are featured on Norway's most popular talk show and Kristoffer becomes famous.
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Wolf Summer
Title: Wolf Summer
Character: Pål
Released: February 28, 2003
Type: Movie
The young Norwegian girl Kim almost gets killed after falling from a hillside. She finds shelter and stumbles upon the territory of a wolf and her puppy. When she finds out three shepherds are out to kill the wolf, she decides to get across the border to Sweden, where they don't hunt for wolves.
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Jonny Vang
Title: Jonny Vang
Character: Jonny Vang
Released: February 14, 2003
Type: Movie
Three friends since childhood are trying to work out their complicated relationships. Jonny tries to be best friends with Magnus, Magnus tries to be married to Tuva, and Tuva tries to have sex with Jonny.
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Anolit
Title: Anolit
Character: Stefan
Released: December 10, 2002
Type: Movie
A circling roadmovie told from the back seat of a styled BMW.
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Guggen: The Big Cheese
Title: Guggen: The Big Cheese
Character: (voice)
Released: October 22, 2002
Type: Movie
Guggen is not like the other rat-children. He hates the sewers and loves the fresh air on the roof, where he has emigrated. His mom is worried. What will become of this fresh-air-loving, guitar playing son of hers? She forces her husband, Roger Rotten to take Guggen on a father-and-son trip down the sewers to hunt for cheese. On their adventure they must conquer sewercats, gigantic spiders and alligators. At the end of the day, Roger must admit that he has learned as much of his son as Guggen of him.
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Fort forover
Title: Fort forover
Character: Even
Released: November 3, 2000
Type: Movie
The year after upper secondary high school the best friends Even works in a kinder garden, while Andreas is running from party after party.
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Bloody Angels
Title: Bloody Angels
Character: Arnt-Olaf
Released: December 26, 1998
Type: Movie
A few months after a girl with developmental disabilities is murdered in the remote village Høtten, the two young men who most townsfolk think killed her go missing. A police detective is sent to investigate and finds this very challenging.
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Friday Night Fever
Title: Friday Night Fever
Character: Voice
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
The film marked the debut of cartoonist and illustrator Christopher Nielsen as an animator. This is a crude cartoon with period humour depicting Oslo's East youth hanging around the Narvesen kiosks - hence the name 'Narver'.
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Title: STAYER
Character: Even Elstad
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Even Elstad has his life turned upside down after a tragic accident. Even, who left his home village of Eidsvoll many years ago to pursue himself and life as a rock star, is forced back to take care of his 16-year-old daughter, Annie. A daughter he hasn't had contact with in years. The old rock star is forced back to a place he fled from and that he never thought he would return to. Her daughter Annie must thus involuntarily deal with a father who once abandoned her. Will Even be able to juggle his music career with his role as a teenage dad? And will Annie be able to trust him not to leave her once again?
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Spenn
Title: Spenn
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A father is struggling to keep a good life with his son. His last business project was a flop. He is about to loose everything when two men with a gun turns up and makes him a proposal.