Bjarne Henriksen (born 18 January 1959) is a

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film and television actor.

Biography

Henriksen was born in Såderup,

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in 1959. He has appeared in theatre productions at the Jomfru Ane Teatret,

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and at the Svalegangen theater,

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, and has played supporting roles in numerous Danish films from the late 1990s through to the present, including '' De største helte'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

Af banen ''We Are the Champions'' ( da, Af banen) is a 2005 Danish independent comedy film directed by Martin Hagbjer. Synopsis Torben, an unemployed soccer player, becomes the trainer for a local school soccer team that includes his thirteen-year-old ...

''. He has appeared in two films by Jonas Elmer: '' Let's Get Lost'' and ''

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. More recently, he has been known for playing the lead role of Theis Birk Larsen, father of the murdered Nanna Birk Larsen in season one of the DR television drama series '' The Killing'', first broadcast in 2007. In 2011, Henriksen, along with

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Søren Malling Søren Dyrberg Malling (; born 3 February 1964) is a Danish actor. Career Raised in Kjellerup, Malling trained at Skuespillerskolen at Odense Teater in 1992. He is best known for his role as Inspector Jan Meyer in the Danish TV crime thriller ...

, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, and

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were nominated in the

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for their work in ''The Killing''. In 2015, Henriksen played the role of the Danish ferry captain Søren Carlsen in the Icelandic crime drama series '' Trapped''.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Bjarne Henriksen in Den Danske Filmdatabase

Bjarne Henriksen at Panorama Agency
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