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Aksel Hennie

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Aksel Hennie
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Aksel Hennie is a Norwegian actor, writer and director. 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 tagging, 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 in Molde from 2001 to 2002 and at Oslo Nye Teater from 2002 till now where he has been in plays such as Hamlet, and 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.[5] 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 "The 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.
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Aksel Hennie, Kate Mara, Jessica Chastain, and Sebastian Stan in The Martian (2015)
Aksel Hennie and Sebastian Stan in The Martian (2015)
Aksel Hennie in The Martian (2015)
Aksel Hennie and Sebastian Stan in The Martian (2015)
Aksel Hennie in Pioneer (2013)
Stephen Lang and Aksel Hennie in Pioneer (2013)
Aksel Hennie in Hercules (2014)
Rufus Sewell, Aksel Hennie, Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, and Reece Ritchie in Hercules (2014)
Rufus Sewell, Aksel Hennie, Dwayne Johnson, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, and Reece Ritchie in Hercules (2014)
Rufus Sewell, Aksel Hennie, Dwayne Johnson, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, and Reece Ritchie in Hercules (2014)
Aksel Hennie and Ingrid Bolsø Berdal in Hercules (2014)
Aksel Hennie and Dwayne Johnson in Hercules (2014)

Known for

Max Manus: Man of War (2008)
Max Manus: Man of War
7.3
  • Max Manus
  • 2008
Headhunters (2011)
Headhunters
7.5
  • Roger
  • 2011
Matt Damon in The Martian (2015)
The Martian
8.0
  • Alex Vogel
  • 2015
Dwayne Johnson in Hercules (2014)
Hercules
6.0
  • Tydeus
  • 2014

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  • Kent State
    • Pre-production
  • When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town (2022)
    When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town
  • Sisu (2022)
    Sisu
  • Cockroaches
  • The Middle Man (2021)
    The Middle Man
  • Aksel Hennie and Noomi Rapace in The Trip (2021)
    The Trip
  • Aksel Hennie, Vera Vitali, Ardalan Esmaili, and Mattias Nordkvist in White Wall (2020)
    White Wall
  • Jean Reno and Ruby Rose in The Doorman (2020)
    The Doorman
  • The Congo Murders (2018)
    The Congo Murders
  • The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
    The Cloverfield Paradox
  • Ekspedisjon Knerten (2017)
    Ekspedisjon Knerten
    • (voice)
  • Aksel Hennie in Nobel (2016)
    Nobel
  • Level Up Norge (2016)
    Level Up Norge
    • (uncredited)
  • Matt Damon in The Martian (2015)
    The Martian
  • Sebastian Stan in Ares III: The Right Stuff (2015)
    Ares III: The Right Stuff
  • Morgan Freeman and Clive Owen in Last Knights (2015)
    Last Knights

Producer

  • The Congo Murders (2018)
    The Congo Murders
  • 90 Minutes (2012)
    90 Minutes

Director

  • Uno (2004)
    Uno

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Max Manus - Chase
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Max Manus - Chase
Max Manus - Meeting Colonel Wilson
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Max Manus - Meeting Colonel Wilson
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Age of Heroes: International Trailer
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Age of Heroes: International Trailer
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    • Aksel Hennie
    • October 29, 1975
    • Oslo, Norway
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