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name: "Michael Moritzen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-moritzen"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 November 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:18:07.211734+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."
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# Michael Moritzen

Actor. Born 2 November 1954 in København.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 November 1954, København
- **Active:** 1998–2007
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 54 (1), 2000s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3060259, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0605788/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6131

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Killing*](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2007.md) (84)

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## Biography

Michael Moritzen is a Danish actor, theatre director and writer. Born on 2 November 1954 in Copenhagen, he is the son of actor Henning Moritzen. He trained as a director at Statens Teaterskole in 1978 and as an actor at the drama school of Aarhus Theatre in 1981.

He was attached to Aarhus Theatre for the 1981–82 season before working freelance. Moritzen has appeared in films including *Dansen med Regitze* (1989), *De nøgne træer* (1991), *The Idiots* (1998) and *Daisy Diamond* (2007), and in television series such as *The Killing* (2007) as Morten Weber, *The Bridge* (2013) and *Borgen* (2022). He has also held leadership roles in Danish theatre, including head of the acting programme at Statens Teaterskole (1999–2000) and artistic director of Folketeatret (2001).

*Sources: imdb.com, danskefilm.dk, lex.dk, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Killing* (2007), Fi1m 84, as Morten Weber — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2007.md)
- *The Idiots* (1998), Fi1m 54, as Man from Municipality — [page](https://film.one/film/the-idiots.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *Hex* (2024), as Morfar
- *Love You for Now* (2022), as Jens
- *Hjørring Revyen 2022* (2022), Director
- *Carmen Curlers* (2022), series, as Herman, Hermann
- *Borgen - Power & Glory* (2022), series, as Kaare Mathiesen
- *The Sommerdahl Murders* (2020), series, as Carsten Jensen
- *DNA* (2019), series, as Kurt Buhman
- *Follow the Money* (2016), series, as Fondsbørsens direktør
- *The Idealist* (2015), as Direktør for Udenrigsministeriet
- *The Legacy* (2014), series, as Svend
- *Almost Perfect* (2012), as Læge
- *The Bridge* (2011), series, as Niels — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-bridge.md)
- *Superbror* (2009), Acting
- *Daisy Diamond* (2007), as Mikael
- *Rich Kids* (2007), Acting
- *The Killing* (2007), series, as Morten Weber — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2007.md)
- *Manslaughter* (2005), as Povl
- *Oh Happy Day* (2004), Acting
- *Better Times* (2004), series, as Ulrik
- *Nikolaj and Julie* (2002), series, as Læge
- *Okay* (2002), as Clairvoyant
- *Albert* (1998), Acting
- *The Idiots* (1998), as Man from Municipality — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-idiots.md)
- *On Our Own* (1998), as Skoleinspektør
- *Royal Blues* (1997), as Per, Torben
- *Bryggeren* (1996), series, as Peter Jerndorff
- *The Kingdom* (1994), as Ørelæge
- *The Kingdom* (1994), series, as Ørelæge
- *The Naked Trees* (1991), as Christian Borck
- *Spring Tide* (1990), Acting
- *Memories of a Marriage* (1989), as Unge Børge
- *Kaj Munk* (1986), series, as Anthon
- *What a Pity About Daddy* (1968), Acting

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