Jan Gunnar Røise

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1975-09-24

Eidsvoll, Norway

Biography

Jan Gunnar Røise (born 24 september 1975) is a Norwegian actor. He is from Feiring in Eidsvoll and has an acting degree from Statens teaterhøgskole (now a part of the Oslo National Academy of the Arts).

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {62}

Doctor 2

2021-09-10 6.9

Nothing to Laugh About

Kasper Berntsen is a successful stand-up comedian, who has everything he could wish for. One day everything changes. He learns that he has a serious illness, and his girlfriend puts an end to it. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Vaktmesterassistent

2003-09-19 6.955

Kitchen Stories

Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of their kitchen. Folke Nilsson (Tomas Norström) is assigned to study the habits of Isak Bjørvik (Joac ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Geir

2010-03-19 6.6

A Somewhat Gentle Man

After serving a 12-year sentence for killing the man that slept with his wife, a man ponders whether he should try and reconcile with his family, or take revenge on those who turned him in. ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Drama

Werner Ludal

2006-02-24 5.5

Comrade Pedersen

A drama focused on Norwegian society in the 1970s, an era politically influenced by Marxism and Leninism. ...
Genre :Drama

Håvard Melnæs

2010-03-12 6.7

En helt vanlig dag på jobben

A young man dreams of becoming a journalist, in order to write stories which may change the world. This does not turn out as planned, and instead he ends up as a reporter for the celebrity magazine Se ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Romance

2014-09-05 0

Gompen og andre beretninger om overvåking i Norge 1948-1989

Gomp: Tales of surveillance in Norway 1948-1989 is a film from a staged hearing focusing on the surveillance of dissidents during the Cold War. Through its unique set of characters, the film depicts a ...
Genre :History

Father

2009-10-16 4.9

Twigson

Tough, naughty, quick-witted and brave Lillebror has just moved, and has not made any new friends yet, when his imaginary friend – the wooden twig Knerten – appears in the middle of a pile of firewood ...
Genre :Adventure, Comedy, Family

Farmer (segment "Heimat")

2002-06-07 6

Most People Live in China

A movie inspired by eight Norwegian political parties, written by six writers and directed by nine directors: a man gets a nasty surprise skinny dipping, a cow eats a cell phone, a lesbian couple lose ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Leon

2004-09-24 6.755

Hawaii, Oslo

Hawaii, Oslo is the story of a handful of people who cross each other's path without necessarily knowing each other, during the hottest day of the year, in Oslo. We follow Frode and Milla. They are ha ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Olav

2011-10-12 6.231

The Thing

When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickl ...
Genre :Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery

Halvor

2009-11-13 4.9

Magic Silver

Princess Bluerose is a small gnome living deep in the Norwegian mountains. A small community of gnomes is responsible for making the transition between daylight and night. This is the magic hour, crea ...
Genre :Fantasy

Trumma

2006-03-03 3.4

Svein and the Rat

Svein's best friend is a fancy rat named Halvorsen who goes missing during a pet contest, leading to chaos with newspapers reporting a rat invasion. To avoid losing both Halvorsen and the competition, ...
Genre :Family

Vegard

2022-02-25 6.6

Full Dekning

Seven long-time friends meet for dinner. They decide to share their text messages, emails and phone calls. Secrets are unveiled. Harmony trembles. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Father

2010-01-04 5.1

Twigson Ties the Knot

When Lillebror's mother is mysteriously hurt in a biking accident, Lillebror and Knerten turn the town upside down trying to find the culprit. ...
Genre :Family, Comedy

Instruktøren

2012-09-14 6.2

I Belong

A nurse gets into a dispute at work because she switches to speaking English when she gets nervous. A translator compromises her integrity when persuaded to translate a book she doesn't believe in. An ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

2000-08-11 6

The 7 Deadly Sins

Feature film length collection of seven short films about the biblical seven sins by preliminary younger Norwegian directors. ...
Genre :Drama

Jappe

2014-02-21 6.9

In Order of Disappearance

Upstanding community leader Nils has just won an award for "Citizen of the Year" when he learns the news that his son has died of a heroin overdose. Suspecting foul play, Nils begins to investigate, a ...
Genre :Thriller, Action, Comedy, Crime

Stein

2023-05-17 8.5

Norwegian Offspring

A mother passes away, and her estranged son – obsessed with theories about the repression of male sexuality in modern society – starts longing for offspring of his own. ...
Genre :Drama

Soldat 2

2002-09-26 0

Kaptein Sabeltann og jakten på den magiske diamant

A little boy is fleeing through the jungle. His name is Marco, and he is Pinky's little brother. Pinky and Sunniva have set off to try to find him. At the same time, Captain Sabeltann himself has sail ...
Genre :Family

Bjørn

2022-10-21 7.2

Thomas vs. Thomas (A Sensational Theory Regarding an Insignificant Life in the Multiverse)

A quantum physicist is about to have the breakthrough of the century, but as he closes in on his goal, versions of him from parallel realities force him to untangle the mystery of his own existence; h ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Roger

2022-11-05 7

Teddy's Christmas

While visiting a Christmas market in her Norwegian town, eight year old Mariann spots a talking teddy bear at a carnival game booth. However, when someone else wins it, she embarks on a quest to find ...
Genre :Family, Adventure, Fantasy

Chimney Sweeper

2024-03-01 6.583

Sex

Two men in heterosexual marriages whose unexpected experiences challenge their perceptions of sexuality, gender and identity. ...
Genre :Drama

Father

2011-09-23 5

Twigson in Trouble

Little Brother has moved with his family, and a stick son has seen the day of light, but there is no new friends. ...
Genre :Family, Comedy

Umberto Nobile (voice)

2022-10-21 6.762

Titina

Italian airship engineer Umberto Nobile enjoys a quiet life with his beloved dog Titina. One day, Norwegian explorer superstar Roald Amundsen contacts him and orders an airship to conquer The North Po ...
Genre :Adventure, Animation, Family, History

The Director

2005-06-10 5.8

The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl

A director feels he is about to lose himself to the market forces and thinks that the only way he can protest is by making a political film. He contacts Thomas Hylland Eriksen, who will become his mou ...
Genre :Drama

Anton

2025-01-16 6.3

Mr. K

Mr. K, a traveling magician, finds himself in a Kafkaesque nightmare when he can’t find the exit of his hotel. His attempts to get out only pull him deeper, entangling him further with the hotel and i ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery, Fantasy

Lucifer

2000-06-05 0

Kaptein Sabeltann og den forheksede øya

When Kaptein Sabeltann and his men land on the mysterious island Gral, they are warned by the sorceress Miriam av Gral, that the lord of the island, Greven av Gral (the Count of Gral), is cruel and ma ...
Genre :Drama

Roger

2002-12-10 0

Anolit

A circling roadmovie told from the back seat of a styled BMW. ...
Genre :Drama

2008-09-29 6.4

Deconstruction Workers

Two construction workers have a serious conversation about life. ...
Genre :Animation

Gunnar

2014-06-22 0

Polaroid

A brief meeting between a man and a woman on a night train. A meeting that remains a mystery to the man for the rest of his life. ...
Genre :

Axel

2005-01-28 4.8

37½

A woman, Selma, almost 40 years old, figures that she has not achieved what she wanted in life and wonders "what now?" ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Sjenert Prins

2003-09-12 6

The Beast of Beauty

Lotte and her father moves in with Kristin, a former beauty queen, and her daughter, Vendela. Kristin is grooming Vendela to win the Little Miss Norway contest, and as a result both girls get more and ...
Genre :Horror, Family

Trond

2024-01-01 0

Girlfriend Experience

Kath is selling sex in Oslo, alongside her best friend, Andrea. When Andrea decides to walk away, Kath tries to ignore it and maintain their business on her own. But the presence of Andrea is followin ...
Genre :

Lars Lakei 2.doktor2. Advokat

2004-12-26 0

Jeppe on the Hill

A television broadcast of the National Theatre's performance Jeppe på Bjerget with Bjarte Hjelmeland's critically acclaimed and award-winning interpretation of Jeppe. ...
Genre :

Parson

2016-08-26 6.9

The Lion Woman

Eva Arctander is born with hypertrichosis, meaning that she is covered from head to toe with fine blonde hair. Her father is so ashamed of her that he hides her away from the world in their apartment. ...
Genre :Drama

Espen

2008-08-29 6.2

The Last Joint Venture

The decade of the hippies is at an end and the 80's are approaching fast. Carl and Robert are two doped out guys who lives in harmony with the world around them and let life pass by in an eternal hash ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery

Erlend

2008-02-01 4

Cold Lunch

Bird droppings on a work shirt lead to extreme unintended consequences. ...
Genre :Drama

The Artist

2014-09-01 9

A Swan Lake

The Artist proposes to the distrustful and skeptical Producer the staging of a new ballet starring… swans? What is the story? That of Prince Siegfried and his love for the beautiful Odette, victim of ...
Genre :Drama, Music

Anders

2019-09-13 7.1

Beware of Children

During a break in school 13 year-old Lykke, the daughter of a prominent Labour Party member, seriously injures her classmate Jamie, the son of a high profile right-wing politician. ...
Genre :Drama

Ole

2019-11-08 6.6

Forgotten Christmas

Carpenter Andersen and Santa Claus are back and this time they have to help little Elise save christmas before it's too late. ...
Genre :Family, Comedy

Priest

2019-03-08 6.5

Out Stealing Horses

November 1999. 67-year-old Trond lives in new-found solitude and looks forward to spending New Year's Eve 2000 alone. As winter arrives he discovers he has a neighbor, a man Trond knew back in 1948, t ...
Genre :Drama

Royal Messenger

2019-08-23 6.5

The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle

When the King and Queen are poisoned, brothers Per and Pål get arrested, suspected of being behind it. Younger brother Espen "Ash Lad" and Princess Kristin set out on a quest to find the mythical Sori ...
Genre :Fantasy, Adventure

Gunnar

2019-12-25 6.342

The Tunnel

When a truck crashes inside a tunnel, people on their way home for Christmas are brutally trapped in a deadly fire. With a blizzard raging outside, and the first responders struggling to get to the ac ...
Genre :Thriller, Drama

Man in Shop

2017-10-06 7.3

What Will People Say

Sixteen year-old Nisha lives a double life. At home with her family she is the perfect Pakistani daughter, but when out with her friends, she is a normal Norwegian teenager. When her father catches he ...
Genre :Drama

2007-10-19 0

5 grøss fra Vestlandet

5 directors were invited to direct their own short film - a horror story. The idea was to let the directors tell their own worst nightmare. 5 short films were produced and edited together as one movie ...
Genre :Horror, Thriller

2025-10-17 0

Brightly Shining

Christmas is approaching, and when their father loses his job as a Christmas tree seller, Ronja and Melissa take over the responsibility. While their father drowns his sorrows in the Stargate pub, the ...
Genre :Family

Hugo

2021-07-11 0

Stevens Johnson

A confrontation between a mysterious man and a charming Italian chef develops into an extortion where pride stands high for both parties. ...
Genre :

Hovmester

2024-12-25 7.6

The Polar Bear Prince

The fearless, curious and adventurous girl, Liv dreams of leaving her home in the woods. When the polar bear Valemon offers her family a way out of poverty if she comes with him, she accepts. A compas ...
Genre :Animation, Family, Adventure, Comedy

2025-09-20 0

Poor Me

Nora (15) is caught shoplifting, sparking a major argument with her parents about family values. When all blame falls on her, she pressures her younger sister, Amalie (11), to confess to her part in t ...
Genre :Drama

2002-01-01 0

Siste hus

A young couple drives around pretending to raise money for the Cancer Research Fund. But they are con artists, deceiving gullible old people in the countryside. Then the day comes when they're approac ...
Genre :

Fast deltaker

2015-02-28 7

Alt er lov

Genre :Reality

Finn

2021-05-02 7.985

Pernille

Pørni is about the dilemmas that you end up in when you, to the best of your abilities, try to do the right thing for your loved ones, and yourself. In that order. Pørni has two daughters with a jerk ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Bengt - Annas Far

2017-06-10 7

ZombieLars

In the fictitious town of Bekkebakken, conformity is a virtue and all things otherwordly are frowned upon. Twelve year old Lars, half zombie, and his just as special friends with certain supernatural ...
Genre :Family, Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

2003-09-11 8.7

Uti vår hage

Uti vår hage was a Norwegian sketch comedy television program which had two different runs on TV in 2003 and 2008 on the Norwegian state channel NRK. The show starred the three well-known comedians: A ...
Genre :Comedy

2011-09-19 7

I kveld med Ylvis

Genre :Comedy

Asbjørn Kolomoen

2022-09-25 8.4

Fenris

When Emma hears that her father has stopped doing his job as a wolf researcher, she takes her son Leo to Østbygda to find out what's going on. At the same time, a young boy disappears without a trace ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

David

2022-12-16 7

A Storm for Christmas

A group of people arrive at Oslo airport. Some to welcome their loved ones, some to fly home to their families, and some who want to fly away and escape Christmas. But in one way or another, their Chr ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Max Nordahl

2012-01-25 7.326

Lilyhammer

After Frank The Fixer Tagliano testifies against his Mafia boss in New York, he enters the Witness Protection Program and makes an unusual demand: he wants to be set up with a new life in the Norwegia ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Crime

Kommentarer

2020-04-13 0

Toll

Every day someone tries to smuggle drugs, money, weapons, alcohol and other illegal goods into Norway. In this documentary series, you get an exclusive insight into the job the customs officers do on ...
Genre :Reality, Documentary

Jan Gunnar Røise

2009-03-19 6

Torsdag kveld fra Nydalen

Genre :Comedy

Reiulf Steen

2023-10-29 7.167

Power Play

The incredible story of Gro Harlem Brundtland, who in the late 70s works as a young doctor, fighting for self-determined abortion, when she almost by accident, stumbles into politics. As the governme ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Frank Bø

2020-09-06 6.1

For Life

A tough police investigator and her team are currently solving murder cases. 15 years later she's at a completely different and more dangerous place. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime