Cast & creator
Sven Nordin
Best known for Wallander, Skavlan, Wisting
This Norwegian actor is an employee of Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo's New Theatre) since 1981. On stage he has starred in everything from Shakespeare to modern drama like Tennessee William's The Glass Menagerie, and musicals like Guys and Dolls. Got his big breakthrough as a Norwegian resistance fighter in the suspenseful WWII mini-series "Röd snö" in 1985. In 1993-97 he starred as Nils in "Mot i brøstet", if not the best, certainly one of the most popular Norwegian sitcom's off all time, even resulting in him getting a snack named after his character! On the big screen he also got the chance to act opposite Robert Mitchum and Cliff Robertson in the Norwegian movie "Pakten" in 1995. In 2001 he played an arctic explorer opposite Kenneth Branagh's Ernest Shackleton in the large-scale TV-production "Shackleton". 2001 also saw his biggest success on screen yet, when he starred as the slightly retarted Kjell-Bjarne in "Elling". The movie was seen by over 800,000 Norwegian cinema-goers (in a country with just 4.2 million people) and also became the most successful Norwegian film ever shown in Sweden and Denmark. In 2002 Nordin joined his co-star Per Christian Ellefsen, director Petter Næss and producer Dag Alveberg on a trip to Hollywood, celebrating the movie's Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. - IMDb Mini Biography
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film credits
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television credits
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1985–2023 · acting roles
6.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (58)
Showing 58 of 58 credits
Wallander
Manfred
2005
Skavlan
Self - Guest
2009
Wisting
William Wisting
2019
Snowfall
Tore
2016
Mot i brøstet
Nils Svendsen
1993
Lilyhammer
Julius Backe
2012
Shackleton
Jacobsen
2002
The Last Place on Earth
Gran
1985
Blue Eyes
Gunnar Elvestad
2014
Granddad
Jonny
2020
Valkyrien
Ravn
2017
Asphalt Burning
Doffen
2020
Hos Martin
Martin Amundsen
2004
Gold Run
Odd Henry
2022
Helt Harald
Self
2021
Rød snø
Hans Solberg
1985
Familjen Andersson
Oddvar
2023
I Am Dina
Prison Gov.
2002
Burning
Doffen
2014
Torsdagsklubben
2002
Burning 2
Doffen
2016
Call Girl
Glenn
2012
Torpedo
Hovland
2007
Sons of Norway
Magnus
2011
A Serious Game
Markus Roslin
2016
Two Lives
Bjarte
2012
An Enemy to Die For
Captain
2012
Tusenårsfesten
Nils Svendsen
1999
Aksjemordet
Halvor Sander
1990
An immortal man
Knus Ibsen
2006
Vestavind
Ivar Torgersen
1994
Love Me Tomorrow
Kjell Bjarne
2005
The Accident
Espen
2009
The Feldmann Case
Vitne Jensen
1987
Elling
Kjell Bjarne
2001
Most People Live in China
Marius (segment "Dressmann")
2002
An Enemy of the People
Peter Stockman
2005
Mot i brøstet – 30th Anniversary
Self
2023Joe's Assignment
Rapport fra "Nr. 24"
Forteller
1994
Quisling - i Nansens skygge
Self (narrator #2)
2002
The Sea
Morten
2002
Wallander: The Heritage
Manfred
2010
Gentlemen
Förläggare Franzén
2014
Detective Downs
Olav Stjernen
2013
Peer Gynt from the Streets
Dialogtrener
2008
Smykketyven
Legen
1990Elling: Ekko av en venn
Kjell-Bjarne
The Prompter
Fred
1999
Let's Play House
Ivar
2003Ole Bull - Himmelstormeren
Storyteller
2006
På stigende kurs
Bankraner
1987På ville veier
Shameless
Førstebetjent Ahlsen
2010
Eva's Eye
Jostein Magnus
1999
Rett i lomma
Norman Bassfjord
1998
Deadline Torp
Per Kristian Hoveng
2005
Albertine
Student Helgesen
1988