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person_profile-Aksel Hennie

Aksel Hennie Age: 49

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Aksel Hennie

Date of Birth:

Oct 29, 1975

Country of birth:

Norway

Biography of

Aksel Hennie

    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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Filmography of

Aksel Hennie

Found 31 Movies in total

Spermageddon

Simen (voice) ( Actor )

... 2025

... 2023

Three Robbers and a Lion

Jesper (voice) ( Actor )

... 2022

Sisu

Bruno ( Actor )

... 2022

The Middle Man

Arthur Clintstone ( Actor )

... 2021

The Trip

Lars ( Actor )

... 2021

The Doorman

Borz ( Actor )

... 2020

Congo

Joshua French ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2018

The Cloverfield Paradox

Volkov ( Actor )

... 2018

Twigson the Explorer

Twigson (voice) ( Actor )

... 2017

... 2016

The Martian

Alex Vogel ( Actor )

... 2015

Last Knights

Gezza Mott ( Actor )

... 2015

Hercules

Tydeus ( Actor )

... 2014

Pioneer

Petter ( Actor )

... 2013

90 Minutes

Trond ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2012

Headhunters

Roger Brown ( Actor )

... 2011

Age of Heroes

Lt. Steinar Mortensen ( Actor )

... 2011

A Somewhat Gentle Man

Samen ( Actor )

... 2010

Kurt Turns Evil

Bud / Barnehagebarn (voice) ( Actor )

... 2009

Max Manus: Man of War

Max Manus ( Actor )

... 2008

... 2008

Cold Lunch

Christer ( Actor )

... 2008

Hawaii, Oslo

Trygve ( Actor )

... 2004

Uno

David ( Actor )

Writer

... 2004

Cry in the Woods

Stefan ( Actor )

... 2004

Terkel in Trouble

(Norwegian version) (voice) ( Actor )

... 2004

Buddy

Geir ( Actor )

... 2003

Wolf Summer

Pål ( Actor )

... 2003

Jonny Vang

Jonny Vang ( Actor )

... 2003

Bloody Angels

Arnt-Olaf ( Actor )

... 1998