--- name: "Aksel Hennie" canonical: "https://film.one/person/aksel-hennie" fi1m_id: "aksel-hennie" imdb_id: "nm0377336" tmdb_id: 76547 wikidata_id: "Q421471" roles: ["Actor"] born: "29 October 1975" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 77 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-10-01T21:57:35.250945+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Aksel Hennie ## Identity Aksel Hennie - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/aksel-hennie - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** aksel-hennie - **IMDb ID:** nm0377336 - **TMDB ID:** 76547 - **Wikidata ID:** Q421471 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksel_Hennie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q421471, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0377336/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76547 Actor. Born 29 October 1975 in Oslo, Norway. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 29 October 1975, Oslo, Norway - **Active:** 2011–present - **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 81 (2), 2020s 70 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 74 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 2 of 3 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Action 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Science Fiction 1 - **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $664m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksel_Hennie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q421471, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0377336/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76547 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Martian*](https://film.one/film/the-martian.md) (82), [*Sisu*](https://film.one/film/sisu.md) (70) - **Pluto TV:** [*Headhunters*](https://film.one/film/headhunters.md) (80) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Aksel Hennie > Hennie plays men who have done the sums and know how the story ends, and he never asks us to like them. He is best in Norwegian thrillers; the international action films have mostly given him less than he can do. In *Sisu* (2022) a platoon of retreating SS men stop an old prospector's horse on a scorched road, and their officer takes an interest in the saddlebags. Aksel Hennie plays Bruno. He is a man who knows the war is lost and has decided the gold is his pension, and Hennie lets that thought sit on his face for the whole film, so that the villain has a motive the genre usually cannot be bothered with. It is the most useful thing in the picture after Jorma Tommila's silence. We caught ourselves, well into the second half, wanting to know what Bruno would do with the money, which is not a question the film has any use for, and it was the only thing on the platoon's side of the road still holding us once the set pieces began repeating. That is the Hennie part: the intelligent man on the wrong side of the ledger. He came up as a lead in *Jonny Vang* (2003), then wrote, directed and starred in *Uno* (2004), drawing on his own experience. *Max Manus: Man of War* (2008) gave him a resistance fighter and made him the face of Norwegian cinema for a while, and *Headhunters* (2011), as Roger Brown in the Jo Nesbø adaptation directed by Morten Tyldum, took him abroad. He has said it himself: "Headhunters has been a very important film for my career." From 2014 the work split between Norwegian projects and international action and science fiction, and he has kept directing and writing on the side. What he does well is hold a tense scene with humour and violence in it at the same time, which is why *Headhunters* travelled. He prepares physically for these parts, bodybuilding included, and the effort shows as coiled stillness rather than display. What the international films have done with that is another matter. In *The Martian* (2015) he is Alex Vogel, one of Ridley Scott's crew, and our review did not single him out, which is roughly the point: it is an ensemble part whose job is to be plausible, and he is. Some of the other pictures from those years, *Last Knights* (2015) among them, were poor, and there is not much an actor can do about that from inside a supporting role. Jalmari Helander found the right use for him abroad, which is the man across the road from the hero, with a plan and a reason. More directors should do the same. Failing that, he has a camera of his own, and another *Uno* would interest us more than another platoon. ## Biography Aksel Hennie is a Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter. He was born on 29 October 1975 in Oslo and grew up in the Lambertseter suburb. He trained at the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre, graduating in 2001 after several applications, and has appeared in stage productions including at Teatret Vårt in Molde and Oslo Nye Teater. Hennie made his feature film debut in *Jonny Vang* (2003). He starred in, wrote and directed *Uno* (2004), for which he received an Amanda Award for best direction. Other Norwegian credits include *Max Manus: Man of War* (2008) and *Headhunters* (2011). International roles include *Hercules* (2014), *The Martian* (2015) and *Sisu* (2022), in which he played Bruno. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *Sisu* (2022), Fi1m 70, as Bruno — [page](https://film.one/film/sisu.md) - *The Martian* (2015), Fi1m 82, as Alex Vogel — [page](https://film.one/film/the-martian.md) - *Headhunters* (2011), Fi1m 80, as Roger Brown — [page](https://film.one/film/headhunters.md) ## Complete filmography (48) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *We Come in Peace* (2025), series, as Henrik Halmgren - *Spermageddon* (2024), as Simen Sprut (voice) - *Frifot* (2024), series, as Aksel Hennie - *Stayer* (2024), series, as Even Elstad · Director - *Tina & Bettina 2 - The Comeback* (2023), as Thorvald - *Three Robbers and a Lion* (2022), as Jesper (voice) - *Sisu* (2022), as Bruno — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/sisu.md) - *Cockroaches* (2022), as Paul - *The Middle Man* (2021), as Arthur Clintstone - *The Trip* (2021), as Lars - *The Doorman* (2020), as Borz - *White Wall* (2020), series, as Lars - *Congo* (2018), as Joshua French · Executive Producer - *The Cloverfield Paradox* (2018), as Volkov - *Twigson the Explorer* (2017), as Twigson (voice) - *Nobel* (2016), series, as Erling Riiser - *The Martian* (2015), as Alex Vogel — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-martian.md) - *ARES: live* (2015), series, as Alex Vogel - *Last Knights* (2015), as Geza Mott - *Hercules* (2014), as Tydeus - *Pioneer* (2013), as Petter - *90 Minutes* (2012), as Trond · Executive Producer - *Headhunters* (2011), as Roger Brown — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/headhunters.md) - *Age of Heroes* (2011), as Lt. Steinar Mortensen - *A Somewhat Gentle Man* (2010), as Samen - *Kurt Turns Evil* (2009), as Bud / Barnehagebarn (voice) - *Max Manus: Man of War* (2008), as Max Manus - *Through a Glass, Darkly* (2008), as Ariel - *Cold Lunch* (2008), as Christer - *Der Kommissar und das Meer* (2007), series, as Stefan Falk - *Torpedo* (2007), series, as Sebastian - *Hawaii, Oslo* (2004), as Trygve - *Uno* (2004), as David · Director, Writer - *Cry in the Woods* (2004), as Stefan - *Tell Me Not to Worry* (2004), as Smith (voice) - *Buddy* (2003), as Geir - *Wolf Summer* (2003), as Pål - *Jonny Vang* (2003), as Jonny Vang - *Anolit* (2002), as Stefan - *Guggen: The Big Cheese* (2002), as (voice) - *24* (2001), series, as Karl Rask — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md) - *Fort forover* (2000), as Even - *Bloody Angels* (1998), as Arnt-Olaf - *Friday Night Fever* (1996), as Voice - *Howl*, Actor - *Spenn*, Actor - *The Boy in the Iron Box*, Actor - *Ekko av Ibsen: hvis jeg faller*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Actor Aksel Hennie during production of the thriller film Pioneer.](https://film.one/media/person/18067/gallery-aa715bb51847.jpg) Actor Aksel Hennie during production of the thriller film Pioneer. — Gus Kaage, FIlm i Väst, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Aksel_Hennie_2012.jpg/1280px-Aksel_Hennie_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Aksel Hennie](https://film.one/media/person/18067/gallery-dd9a73652c0d.jpg) Aksel Hennie — Gus Kaage, FIlm i Väst, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Aksel_Hennie_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Aksel_Hennie_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 6 won, 1 nominated - Amanda Award for Best Actor 2014: Amanda Award for Best Actor (won), for *Pioneer* - Amanda Award for Best Actor 2009: Amanda Award for Best Actor (won), for *Max Manus: Man of War* - Amanda Award for Best Direction 2005: Amanda Award for Best Direction (won), for *Uno* - European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year 2005: European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year (nominated), for *Uno* - Kanon Award for Best Leading Role 2004: Kanon Award for Best Leading Role (won), for *Uno* - Kanon Award for Best Screenplay 2004: Kanon Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *Uno* - Amanda Award for Best Actor 2003: Amanda Award for Best Actor (won), for *Jonny Vang* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/aksel-hennie