Jørgen Langhelle (18 August 1965 – 3 August 2021) was a Norwegian

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

of stage, screen and television.

Biography

Langhelle starred in the two successful Norwegian mini-series

Deadline Torp Deadline Torp, also known as Torp-Dramaet, is a TV miniseries co-written by crime author Jo Nesbø based on the true events of the 1994 Torp hostage crisis. It was produced for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. It tells the true story of ...

(2005) and ''Torpedo'' (2007), as well as in movies such as ''

Kristin Lavransdatter ''Kristin Lavransdatter'' is a trilogy of historical novels written by Nobel Prize, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset. The individual novels are ''Kransen'' (''The Wreath''), first published in 1920, ''Husfrue'' (''The Wife''), published in 1921, and ...

'' (1995), ''

Elling ''Elling'' is a Norwegian Black comedy film directed by Petter Næss. Shot mostly in and around the Norwegian capital Oslo, the film, which was released in 2001, is primarily based on Ingvar Ambjørnsen's novel ''Brødre i blodet'' ("Blood bro ...

'' (2001), ''

I Am Dina ''I Am Dina'' is a 2002 Norwegian-Swedish- Danish film directed by Ole Bornedal. It is based on the 1989 book ''Dinas bok'' (''Dina's Book'') by Herbjørg Wassmo. It was one of the most high-profile films in Norwegian movie history. Plot I ...

'' (2002), '' Tyven, tyven'' (2002), ''Ulvesommer'' (2003) and ''En folkefiende'' (a modernized version of

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's play '' An Enemy of the People'') (2005). In March 2010, Langhelle was cast in '' The Thing'', the 2011 prequel to

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's 1982 horror classic of the same title.

Partial filmography

* ''

'' (1995) - Simon Darre * '' The Other Side of Sunday'' (1996) - Young Priest * ''Hustruer III'' (1996) - Hugo * '' Hamsun'' (1996) - Dommer Eide * ''Salige er de som tørster'' (1997) - Olaf Frydenberg * ''

Only Clouds Move the Stars ''Only Clouds Move the Stars'' ( no, Bare skyer beveger stjernene) is a 1998 Norwegian drama film written and directed by Torun Lian. Based on her novel of the same name, the film was Lian's directorial debut. The film was a critical and commerci ...

'' (1998) - Father * '' Cellofan – med døden til følge'' (1998) - Jon 'Tiger' Eilertsen * ''

'' (2001) - Frank Åsli * '' Tyven, tyven'' (2002) - Harald Gran * ''

'' (2002) - Anders * ''Pelle politibil'' (2002) - Langeleif * ''Ulvesommer'' (2003) - Jon Reitan * ''

Tur & retur ''Tur & retur'' ("Round-trip") is a 2003 Swedish comedy film, directed and written by Ella Lemhagen. Plot It is Friday afternoon and children all over the country with divorced parents are packing their bags to spend the weekend with their other ...

'' (2003) - Torkel * '' Uno'' (2004) - Police officer * ''Min misunnelige frisør'' (2004) - Finn * ''Deadline Torp'' (2004, TV Movie) - Åge Lamberg * ''En folkefiende'' (2005) - Tomas Stockman * ''Harrys döttrar'' (2005) - Erik * '' Arn: The Knight Templar'' (2007) - Erik Jedvardsson * ''Kautokeino-opprøret'' (2008) - Halmboe * ''

The Man Who Loved Yngve ''The Man Who Loved Yngve'' ( no, Mannen som elsket Yngve) is a Norwegian film released on 15 February 2008. It is based on a book of the same name by Stavanger author Tore Renberg. It received critical acclaim as one of the best Norwegian movie ...

'' (2008) - Terje Orheim - Jarles far * ''

Ulvenatten ''Ulvenatten'' (Night of the Wolf) is a Norwegian action and drama film from 2008 directed by Kjell Sundvall. It is based on Tom Egeland's 2005 novel of the same name. The film premiered in Norway on February 29, 2008. The film was seen by 61,672 ...

'' (2008) - Bjørnar Lehmann * '' The Whore'' (2009) - Politiet * ''

Betrayal Betrayal is the breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals, between organizations or between individuals and organizations. ...

'' (2009) - Moland * '' Yohan: The Child Wanderer'' (2010) - Nome * '' The Thing'' (2011) - Lars * ''Varg Veum - De døde har det godt'' (2012) - William Moberg * ''Inside the Whore'' (2012) - Medietilsynet * ''

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'' (2013) - Leif * ''

The Veil of Twilight ''The Veil of Twilight'' (originally called ''Skumringslandet'') is a Norwegian film written and directed by Paul Magnus Lundø about the investigation of a mysterious serial-killer in a mountain village, set in Norway in the mid 14th century. Ca ...

'' (2014) - Sysselmannen * ''Dirk Ohm - Illusjonisten som forsvant'' (2015) - Marias far * ''Armoton maa'' (2017) - Gunnar * ''Kings Bay'' (2017) - Knut * ''Oskars Amerika'' (2017) - Levi * ''

Valley of Shadows ''Valley of Shadows'' is a 2017 Norwegian mystery drama directed by Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen and cinematography by Marius Matzow Gulbrandsen. The music from Zbigniew Preisner has been nominated to the World soundtrack Public Choice Awards. Pl ...

'' (2017) - Policeman * ''Juleblod'' (2017) - Nissen * ''Kometen'' (2017) - Bill * ''The Birdcatcher'' (2019) - Henry Gleditsch * ''Fågelfångarens Son'' (2019) - Såmal

References

External links

* 1965 births 2021 deaths Norwegian male film actors People from Sandnes {{Norway-actor-stub