Aksel Hennie
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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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As Actor/Actress
24 Horas
Karl Rask
Misión Rescate
Alex Vogel
Hércules
Tydeus
Sisu
Bruno
Spermageddon
Simen Sprut (voice)
La Paradoja Cloverfield
Volkov
Der Kommissar und das Meer
Stefan Falk
Vi kommer i fred
Henrik Halmgren
Kongen befaler
Self
La Portera
Borz
El Último Caballero
Geza Mott
El Viaje
Lars
Hodejegerne 2011
Roger Brown
Nobel - fred for enhver pris
Erling Riiser
Max Manus
Max Manus
ARES: live
Alex Vogel
Pionér
Petter
Lønsj
Christer
Age of Heroes
Lt. Steinar Mortensen
White Wall
Lars
Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by
Jesper (voice)
Buddy
Geir
Stayer
Even Elstad
Hawaii, Oslo
Trygve
Uno
David
The Middle Man
Arthur Clintstone
Torpedo
Sebastian
Ulvesommer
Pål
En ganske snill mann
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Self