--- name: "Jan Gunnar Røise" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jan-gunnar-rise" fi1m_id: "jan-gunnar-rise" imdb_id: "nm0754031" tmdb_id: 107543 wikidata_id: "Q1780732" roles: ["Actor"] born: "24 September 1975" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-04T04:35:02.815788+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." --- # Jan Gunnar Røise ## Identity Jan Gunnar Røise - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jan-gunnar-rise - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** jan-gunnar-rise - **IMDb ID:** nm0754031 - **TMDB ID:** 107543 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1780732 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Gunnar_R%C3%B8ise, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1780732, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0754031/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/107543 Actor. Born 24 September 1975 in Eidsvoll, Norway. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 24 September 1975, Eidsvoll, Norway - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Gunnar_R%C3%B8ise, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1780732, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0754031/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/107543 ## Coming up - *Santa's Workshop* (2026-11-12) ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Tunnel*](https://film.one/film/the-tunnel.md) (54) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Jan Gunnar Røise is a Norwegian actor born on 24 September 1975 in Eidsvoll. He trained at Statens teaterhøgskole (now part of the Oslo National Academy of the Arts), graduating in 2000, and joined the National Theatre the same year, where he has appeared in numerous productions. His film roles include Gunnar in *The Tunnel* (2019), Olav in *The Thing* (2011), Jappe in *In Order of Disappearance* (2014) and the chimney sweeper in *Sex* (2024). He has also appeared in *Lilyhammer*, *What Will People Say*, *The Lion Woman*, *Kitchen Stories* and *A Somewhat Gentle Man*. Røise won the Amandaprisen for best actor for his performances in *Barn* (2019) and *Sex* (2024). *Sources: snl.no, no.wikipedia.org, nationaltheatret.no, watch.plex.tv, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Tunnel* (2019), Fi1m 54, as Gunnar — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tunnel.md) ## Complete filmography (67) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Santa's Workshop* (2026), Actor - *Cute* (2026), as Richard - *My First Love* (2026), as Father - *Brightly Shining* (2025), as Eriksen - *Poor Me* (2025), Actor - *The Scarab Flies at Dusk* (2025), series, as Martin - *Bausjen* (2025), series, as Geir - *Mr. K* (2025), as Anton - *Shoot* (2025), as Geir - *The Polar Bear Prince* (2024), as Hovmester (voice) - *Sex* (2024), as Chimney Sweeper - *Girlfriend Experience* (2024), as Trond - *Power Play* (2023), series, as Reiulf Steen - *Norwegian Offspring* (2023), as Stein - *A Storm for Christmas* (2022), series, as David - *Teddy's Christmas* (2022), as Roger - *Titina* (2022), as Umberto Nobile (voice) - *Thomas vs. Thomas (A Sensational Theory Regarding an Insignificant Life in the Multiverse)* (2022), as Bjørn - *Fenris* (2022), series, as Asbjørn Kolomoen - *Full Dekning* (2022), as Vegard - *Nothing to Laugh About* (2021), as Doctor 2 - *Stevens Johnson* (2021), as Hugo - *Pernille* (2021), series, as Finn - *For Life* (2020), series, as Frank Bø - *The Tunnel* (2019), as Gunnar — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-tunnel.md) - *Forgotten Christmas* (2019), as Ole - *Beware of Children* (2019), as Anders - *The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle* (2019), as Royal Messenger - *Out Stealing Horses* (2019), as Priest - *What Will People Say* (2017), as Man in Shop - *ZombieLars* (2017), series, as Bengt - Annas Far - *The Lion Woman* (2016), as Parson - *Gompen og andre beretninger om overvåking i Norge 1948-1989* (2014), Actor - *A Swan Lake* (2014), as The Artist - *Polaroid* (2014), as Gunnar - *In Order of Disappearance* (2014), as Jappe - *I Belong* (2012), as Instruktøren - *Lilyhammer* (2012), series, as Max Nordahl - *The Thing* (2011), as Olav - *Twigson in Trouble* (2011), as Father - *I kveld med Ylvis* (2011), series, Actor - *A Somewhat Gentle Man* (2010), as Geir - *En helt vanlig dag på jobben* (2010), as Håvard Melnæs - *Twigson Ties the Knot* (2010), as Father - *Magic Silver* (2009), as Halvor - *Twigson* (2009), as Father - *Torsdag kveld fra Nydalen* (2009), series, as Jan Gunnar Røise - *Deconstruction Workers* (2008), Actor - *The Last Joint Venture* (2008), as Espen - *Cold Lunch* (2008), as Erlend - *5 grøss fra Vestlandet* (2007), Actor - *Svein and the Rat* (2006), as Trumma - *Comrade Pedersen* (2006), as Werner Ludal - *The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl* (2005), as The Director - *37½* (2005), as Axel - *Jeppe on the Hill* (2004), as Lars Lakei 2.doktor2. Advokat - *Hawaii, Oslo* (2004), as Leon - *The Beast of Beauty* (2003), as Sjenert Prins - *Uti vår hage* (2003), series, Actor - *Kitchen Stories* (2003), as Vaktmesterassistent - *Anolit* (2002), as Roger - *Kaptein Sabeltann og jakten på den magiske diamant* (2002), as Soldat 2 - *Most People Live in China* (2002), as Farmer (segment "Heimat") - *Siste hus* (2002), Actor - *The 7 Deadly Sins* (2000), Actor - *Kaptein Sabeltann og den forheksede øya* (2000), as Lucifer - *To Confess A Lie*, as Kim ## Gallery - ![Jan Gunnar Røise](https://film.one/media/person/5531758/gallery-bb6556bb1dcc.jpg) Jan Gunnar Røise — Image via TMDB - ![Jan Gunnar Røise](https://film.one/media/person/5531758/gallery-00fcefe3c9d1.jpg) Jan Gunnar Røise — Image via TMDB - ![Jan Gunnar Røise](https://film.one/media/person/5531758/gallery-ad9e2f275d00.jpg) Jan Gunnar Røise — Image via TMDB - ![Jan Gunnar Røise](https://film.one/media/person/5531758/gallery-4b4766e242fd.jpg) Jan Gunnar Røise — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 4 won - Amanda Award for Best Actor 2020: Amanda Award for Best Actor (won), for *Barn* - Kanon Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 2019: Kanon Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (won), for *Barn* - Blå fugl 2015: Blå fugl (won) - Hedda Award for Outstandig Artistic Achievement 2012: Hedda Award for Outstandig Artistic Achievement (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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