---
name: "Hans Olav Brenner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hans-olav-brenner"
fi1m_id: "hans-olav-brenner"
imdb_id: "nm1282571"
tmdb_id: 574243
wikidata_id: "Q11974084"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 July 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-30T20:22:38.613811+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."
---

# Hans Olav Brenner

## Identity

Hans Olav Brenner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hans-olav-brenner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hans-olav-brenner
- **IMDb ID:** nm1282571
- **TMDB ID:** 574243
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11974084
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11974084, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1282571/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/574243

Actor. Born 20 July 1978 in Landåsbygda, Norway.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 July 1978, Landåsbygda, Norway
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11974084, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1282571/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/574243

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Worst Person in the World*](https://film.one/film/the-worst-person-in-the-world.md) (84)

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## Biography

Hans Olav Brenner is a Norwegian actor, cultural journalist and television presenter. He was born on 20 July 1978 in Landåsbygda, Søndre Land.

Brenner is known for his film roles as Thomas in *Oslo, August 31st* (2011) and Ole Magnus in *The Worst Person in the World* (2021). He has also appeared in the series *Okkupert* (2015).

He began his career in radio at Radio Nova and later worked as a presenter on NRK programmes including *Store studio*, the book programme and *Diktafon*.

*Sources: imdb.com, wikidata.org, no.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Worst Person in the World* (2021), Fi1m 84, as Ole Magnus — [page](https://film.one/film/the-worst-person-in-the-world.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Stygt?* (2025), series, as Hans Olav Brenner
- *Kevlar Soul* (2025), as Ines Dad
- *City of Tigers* (2023), as Bookstore Manager
- *The Worst Person in the World* (2021), as Ole Magnus — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-worst-person-in-the-world.md)
- *Beware of Children* (2019), as Sigurd
- *Nesten voksen* (2018), series, as Truls
- *ZombieLars* (2017), series, as Peder
- *Mandagsklubben* (2017), series, Actor
- *Aber Bergen* (2016), series, as Peder Solum
- *Tsatsiki, Dad and the Olive War* (2015), Actor
- *I kveld med Ylvis* (2011), series, Actor
- *Oslo, August 31st* (2011), as Thomas
- *Djevelen holder lyset* (2002), series, as Robert

## Gallery

- ![Hans Olav Brenner](https://film.one/media/person/4124181/gallery-598dd2fb0bb0.jpg) Hans Olav Brenner — Tord Litleskare / Nordiske Mediedager tordlitleskarephoto.com, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Hans_Olav_Brenner_2014-05-08_001.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Medvirkende: Hans Olav Brenner (NRK) og Stina Lundberg Dabrowski (Stockholms Dramatiska Høgskola) Foto: Tord Litleskare / Nordiske Mediedager tordlitleskarephot (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/4124181/gallery-0d9223384cd4.jpg) Medvirkende: Hans Olav Brenner (NRK) og Stina Lundberg Dabrowski (Stockholms Dramatiska Høgskola) Foto: Tord Litleskare / Nordiske Mediedager tordlitleskarephot (2014) — Nordiske Mediedager, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/TV-intervjuet-_Jeg_sp%C3%B8r%2C_alts%C3%A5_er_jeg%3F_%2814114090466%29.jpg/1280px-TV-intervjuet-_Jeg_sp%C3%B8r%2C_alts%C3%A5_er_jeg%3F_%2814114090466%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Slik skrev hun Michelle Obamas taler med Sarah Hurwitz moderator Hans Olav Brenner (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/4124181/gallery-96494cd93157.jpg) Slik skrev hun Michelle Obamas taler med Sarah Hurwitz moderator Hans Olav Brenner (2017) — Thor Brødreskift  /  Nordiske Mediedager, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Nordiske_Mediedager_2017_%2833746304334%29.jpg/1280px-Nordiske_Mediedager_2017_%2833746304334%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Medvirkende: Hans Olav Brenner (NRK) og Stina Lundberg Dabrowski (Stockholms Dramatiska Høgskola) Foto: Tord Litleskare / Nordiske Mediedager tordlitleskarephot (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/4124181/gallery-08a3182bd64a.jpg) Medvirkende: Hans Olav Brenner (NRK) og Stina Lundberg Dabrowski (Stockholms Dramatiska Høgskola) Foto: Tord Litleskare / Nordiske Mediedager tordlitleskarephot (2014) — Nordiske Mediedager, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/TV-intervjuet-_Jeg_sp%C3%B8r%2C_alts%C3%A5_er_jeg%3F_%2813950585047%29.jpg/1280px-TV-intervjuet-_Jeg_sp%C3%B8r%2C_alts%C3%A5_er_jeg%3F_%2813950585047%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Slik skrev hun Michelle Obamas taler med Sarah Hurwitz moderator Hans Olav Brenner (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/4124181/gallery-6ebfda274ed8.jpg) Slik skrev hun Michelle Obamas taler med Sarah Hurwitz moderator Hans Olav Brenner (2017) — Thor Brødreskift  /  Nordiske Mediedager, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Nordiske_Mediedager_2017_%2834547980546%29.jpg/1280px-Nordiske_Mediedager_2017_%2834547980546%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Kanon Award for Best Supporting Role 2012: Kanon Award for Best Supporting Role (won), for *Oslo, August 31st*
- Gullruten award for best TV host 2008: Gullruten award for best TV host (won), for *Bokprogrammet*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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