Bjarne Henriksen (born 18 January 1959) is a Danish film and television actor.

Career

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'', '' Festen'', '' Kinamand'', and '' Af banen''. He has appeared in two films by Jonas Elmer: '' Let's Get Lost'' and '' Monas verden''. 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 Sofie Gråbøl, Søren Malling, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, and Lars Mikkelsen were nominated in the Crime Thriller Awards 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 at Den Danske Filmdatabase

Bjarne Henriksen at Panorama Agency
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