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Faroese/Danish actor

ActorsBorn 1961 · age 65
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Olaf Heine Johannessen, is a highly acclaimed Faroese actor known for his versatile acting skills and remarkable performances.

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Filmography 11

The Shadow in My Eye2021 · ★ 7.8
The Shamer's Daughter2015 · ★ 5.8
Sons2024 · ★ 6.7
Sons of Denmark2019
The Exception2019
Second Victims2025
Everything Will Be Fine2010
Collision2019
Paranoia2024
Thorn2018
A Treatise of the Human Animal no.38: HEARTACHE2019

28 credits on file

Television 16

The Bridge2011
The Killing2007
Seaside Hotel2013
Borgen2010
Darkness: Those Who Kill2019
Follow the Money2016
The New Nurses2018
Face to Face2019
Better Times2004
Those Who Kill2011
18642014
Warrior2018
Trom2022
Pagten2009
Uniformen2026
Morten Korch - Ved stillebækken1999

Awards 6

2020Knight of the 1st Class of the Order of the Dannebrog
2020Reumert prize for Best Actor in a Leading Role
2018Reumert Award of Honour
2015Reumert prize for Best Actor in a Leading Role
2014Teaterpokalen
2013Robert Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Television Role

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About this person

Olaf Heine Johannessen, is a highly acclaimed Faroese actor known for his versatile acting skills and remarkable performances. Born on 8 July 1961 in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, Olaf grew up in a family of actors with both his father, Eyðun Johannessen, and mother, Tove Johannessen born Jacobsen, being prominent figures in the Faroese theater scene. He studied at the Danish National School of Theatre in Odense and began his acting career in Aarhus Theatre. He later became a member of the ensemble at the Royal Danish Theatre. He has played a variety of roles, including the lead roles in "Hamlet", "Faust", “Mephisto” and “Puntila” among others.

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Actors
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Actor
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Born 1961 · age 65
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9 languages

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