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Aksel Hennie

Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn October 29, 1975 (49 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Last Knights
  • Max Manus: Man of War
  • The Doorman
  • Pioneer

Known For

  • Headhunters
  • The Martian
  • Sisu
  • Hercules
  • Max Manus: Man of War
  • Last Knights
  • The Cloverfield Paradox
  • The Trip
  • Nobel
  • Pioneer
  • Uno
  • The Doorman
  • Buddy
  • The Congo Murders
  • Terkel in Trouble
  • White Wall
  • Jonny Vang
  • Age of Heroes
  • Kurt Turns Evil
  • 90 Minutes
  • Cold Lunch
  • The Middle Man
  • Three Robbers and a Lion
  • Through a Glass, Darkly

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2024
    Spermageddon · as Simen Sprut (voice)
    2024
    Stayer (TV Series) · as Even
    2023
    2022
    Three Robbers and a Lion · as Jesper (voice)
    2022
    Sisu · as Bruno
    2021
    The Middle Man · as Arthur Clintstone
    2021
    The Trip · as Lars
    2020
    2020
    White Wall (TV Series) · as Lars
    2019
    Taskmaster (NO) (TV Series)
    2018
    The Congo Murders · as Joshua French
    2018
    2017
    Twigson the Explorer · as Twigson (voice)
    2016
    Nobel (TV Series) · as Erling Riiser
    2016
    Level Up Norway (TV Series) · as Axel Vogel
    2015
    The Martian · as Alex Vogel
    2015
    Last Knights · as Geza Mott
    2015
    2014
    Hercules · as Tydeus
    2013
    Pioneer · as Petter
    2012
    90 Minutes · as Trond
    2011
    Headhunters · as Roger Brown
    2011
    Age of Heroes · as Lt. Steinar Mortensen
    2010
    2008
    2008
    Kurt Turns Evil · as Bud / Barnehagebarn (voice)
    2008
    2008
    Cold Lunch · as Christer
    2007
    The Commissioner and the Sea (TV Series) · as Stefan Falk
    2007
    Torpedo (TV Series) · as Sebastian
    2004
    Hawaii, Oslo · as Trygve
    2004
    Uno · as David
    2004
    Terkel in Trouble · as Terkel
    2004
    Cry in the Woods · as Stefan
    2003
    Buddy · as Geir
    2003
    Wolf Summer · as Pål
    2003
    Jonny Vang · as Jonny Vang
    2001
    24 (TV Series) · as Karl Rask
    1998
    Bloody Angels · as Arnt-Olaf
    Stayer (TV Series) · as Even Elstad

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