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

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of stage, screen and television.

Biography

Langhelle starred in the two successful Norwegian mini-series Deadline Torp (2005) and ''Torpedo'' (2007), as well as in movies such as '' Kristin Lavransdatter'' (1995), '' Elling'' (2001), ''

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

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's play ''

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'') (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

* '' Kristin Lavransdatter'' (1995) - Simon Darre * ''

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'' (1996) - Young Priest * ''Hustruer III'' (1996) - Hugo * '' Hamsun'' (1996) - Dommer Eide * ''Salige er de som tørster'' (1997) - Olaf Frydenberg * '' Only Clouds Move the Stars'' (1998) - Father * '' Cellofan – med døden til følge'' (1998) - Jon 'Tiger' Eilertsen * '' Elling'' (2001) - Frank Åsli * '' Tyven, tyven'' (2002) - Harald Gran * ''

'' (2002) - Anders * ''Pelle politibil'' (2002) - Langeleif * ''Ulvesommer'' (2003) - Jon Reitan * '' Tur & retur'' (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'' (2008) - Terje Orheim - Jarles far * '' Ulvenatten'' (2008) - Bjørnar Lehmann * '' The Whore'' (2009) - Politiet * ''

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'' (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 * '' Pioneer'' (2013) - Leif * '' The Veil of Twilight'' (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'' (2017) - Policeman * ''Juleblod'' (2017) - Nissen * ''Kometen'' (2017) - Bill * ''The Birdcatcher'' (2019) - Henry Gleditsch * ''Fågelfångarens Son'' (2019) - Såmal

References

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