Known for Acting
Born
November 26, 1962 (age 63)
Birthplace
Oslo, Norway
Filmography
21 films, 5 shows


Santa's Workshop
2026 · 1h 15m
country: Unknown
Nine-year-old Mari is really looking forward to Christmas. Her journalist dad, Svein, on the other hand, loves his job so much, he barely notices the festive season. One night, Mari’s Christmas list vanishes – and in its place lies a mysterious mitten. The mitten sends Mari, Svein and her adventurous grandma on an exciting quest to find Santa Claus. Meanwhile, Stubby the Wishlist Elf is in a panic — he’s lost his mitten, which might just lead this curious family straight to the secret location of Santa’s workshop! He must stop them before it’s too late!


Rufus: The Sea Serpent Who Couldn't Swim
2025 · 1h 20m
country: Norway
Rufus does not really fit in - in his community of sea serpents, he is the only one who can't swim. But when disaster strikes and their secret island needs protection, Rufus must face his deepest fear and save his family.


Peer Gynt
2023 · 2h 19m
country: Unknown
Peer Gynt is a charming but lazy and arrogant peasant youth who leaves home to seek his fortune. Confident of success, he has one disastrous adventure after another. In one, he attends the wedding of a wealthy young woman he himself might have married. There he meets Solveig, who falls in love with him. He impulsively abducts the bride from her wedding celebration and subsequently abandons her. He then embarks on a series of fantastic voyages around the world, finding wealth and fame but never happiness. This production is a new and modern take on Peer Gynt as a psychological drama.


HIM
2021 · 1h 25m
country: Norway
HIM consists of three separate stories in one film. Harald (11) is a boy who constantly falls outside the group. He is not recognized either by friends, school or parents. Emil (30) is unemployed, he is angry and looks down on everyone else. Petter (60) is a Norwegian renowned scriptwriter who wants to make a film about the national hero Fridtjof Nansen. Two men and one boy, one day in Oslo, whom all experiences a social and emotional fall. The film discusses the male role in the contemporary Norway.


The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle
2019 · 1h 39m
country: Norway
When the King and Queen are poisoned, brothers Per and Pål get arrested, suspected of being behind it. Younger brother Espen "Ash Lad" and Princess Kristin set out on a quest to find the mythical Soria Moria castle, which is said to be built of pure gold. In Soria Moria, there sits a well containing the Water of Life; the only thing that can cure Kristin's parents. But some wicked Danes are also on the hunt to find the castle. If Espen and Kristin fail, it will spell the end for the brothers, the kingdom - and perhaps the entire world.


Post-War
2018 · 42m
country: Norway
A city dweller moves through various routines and encounters throughout a single day. The gradually revealed circumstances point toward a crisis starting to unfold.


Sara's Intimate Confessions
2018 · 22m
country: Norway
After being confronted with her fear of being too big, Sara, 181 centimeters tall and heavily built, begins to explore her perception of femininity, with her talkative vulva.


The Ash Lad: In the Hall of the Mountain King
2017 · 1h 40m
country: Czech Republic
Espen “Ash Lad”, a poor farmer’s son, embarks on a dangerous quest with his brothers to save the princess from a vile troll known as the Mountain King – in order to collect a reward and save his family’s farm from ruin.


Gilbert's Grim Revenge
2016 · 1h 30m
country: Norway
Gilbert is new to the neighborhood and ready for a new and better life. All he has to do is keep his nasty egg allergy a secret. Gilbert’s new life is threatened when his self-absorbed aunt Doris shows up to baby-sit, and secretly feeds him eggs on purpose! Gilbert soon learns that the best defense is a good offense, and lays a vindictive plan to outsmart her.


Sons of Norway
2011 · 1h 28m
country: Norway
It’s not easy to rebel when your dad wants to join the party... One day (in 1979), Magnus and his son Nikolaj hit the wall in their new terrace house in Rykkinn. Magnus is an architect, hippie and free spirit, a glaring exception in a community where equality and conformity is the norm. He always stands up for his son, supporting him unconditionally, even when Nikolaj decides to stop giving a damn.


House of Fools
2008 · 1h 42m
country: Norway
At the psychiatric clinic Varden the attendants are mad and the inmates are sane.
Bokaj
Bokaj
2006
country: Unknown
Jakob lives with his unstable mother. She constantly explodes into wild rages and Jakob does what he can to protect his baby brother Tomas. By assuming the role of his evil twin Bokaj, he is able to vent his suppressed emotions. This role playing begins as an innocent game, but after a while, he grows increasingly unable to distinguish between game-playing and real life.


Cry in the Woods
2004 · 1h 37m
country: Norway
An unfortunate bank robber takes an escaped mental patient, wanted for murder, as hostage.
Hver søndag hos mor
Hver søndag hos mor
2000 · 10m
country: Unknown
Julie has left her boyfriend because of an argument. The Family supports her decision when her brother tells them that he really is a criminal. Surprisingly the boyfriend turns up not knowing what to expect him.


Eva's Eye
1999 · 1h 42m
country: Norway
While Eva Magnus and her daughter, Jenny, are taking a walk, they discover a dead body floating along the riverside. Eva runs to the nearest phone booth and pretends to call the police. Then she leaves the body for someone else to find. Why? Konrad Sejer, the police officer investigating the case, links it to another unsolved murder of a woman killed in her bed. A woman that used to be a childhood friend of Eva Magnus.


Insomnia
1997 · 1h 36m
country: Norway
Detectives Jonas and Erik are called to the midnight sun country of northern Norway to investigate a recent homicide, but their plan to arrest the killer goes awry, and Jonas mistakenly shoots Erik. The suspect escapes, and a frightened Jonas pins Erik's death on the fugitive. Jonas continues to pursue the killer as he seeks to protect himself; however, his mounting guilt and the omnipresent sun plague him with an insomnia that affects his sanity.


Kristin Lavransdatter
1995 · 3h 7m
country: Germany
The daughter of a prominent medieval Norway landowner, Kristin grows up in total harmony with the ideals of the time: strong family ties, social pride and devout Christianity. As she accepts the fact that she has been arranged to marry the son of another landowner, Kristin's beauty, innocence and purity evokes violent emotions around her: envy, lust, murder, revenge. She seeks refuge in a convent, awaiting marriage. Here, the passion of her life strikes, the knight Erlend Nikulaussonn. However, their love cannot be private, and suddenly Kristin is the centre of a scandal.


Something Calming
1995 · 1h 22m
country: Norway
Inheriting a piece of land with a really old oak of which they are very attached, a family believes the grandmothers soul lives in the old tree. When losing his job, the family father has to decide if he is to keep land and oak.


Cross My Heart and Hope to Die
1994 · 1h 36m
country: Norway
A story about a young boy, Otto, whose childhood is brought to an abrupt end when Frank, an older boy, suddenly enters his life.


The Last Lieutenant
1993 · 1h 42m
country: Norway
Norwegian war drama. The old sea-captain retires, but the next day German WWII occupation of Norway begins. He then kisses his wife good-bye and is off to Army HQ. There he finds a lack of leadership and morale that offends him. They even laugh at him and his out-dated uniform and officer-rank. Secondloitnanten then finds and leads his private troop of volunteers against the German attack. The movie tells the story of a man that refuses to give up, even when everybody else leaves. He will fight for the country he loves and do his duty.


Smykketyven
1990 · 1h 30m
country: Norway
Jan Strøm has always been popular with women and is used to getting what he wants. But one day he is drawn into dramatic events beyond his control, and suddenly finds himself at a crossroads in his life.