Aksel Hennie

Acting · Born 1975-10-29 in Oslo, Norway

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Sisu as Bruno
• Max Manus: Man of War as Max Manus
• Headhunters as Roger Brown
• The Martian as Alex Vogel
• Tina & Bettina 2 - The Comeback as Thorvald
• A Somewhat Gentle Man as Samen
• Cold Lunch as Christer
• Jonny Vang as Jonny Vang
• Through a Glass, Darkly as Ariel
• Buddy as Geir

TV

• 24 as Karl Rask
• Der Kommissar und das Meer as Stefan Falk
• Nobel as Erling Riiser
• ARES: live as Alex Vogel
• White Wall as Lars
• Taskmaster Norway
• We Come in Peace as Henrik Halmgren