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12.03.2017/0 Comments/in Male Artists Film, Music, Short films, Television /by Yan Knudtskov Nielsen

Rudi Køhnke

Rudi is a well-established Danish actor.
His latest work consists of several leads in feature films. Among them is ‘The Birdcatcher’s Son’ which premiered in 2019 in 95 theaters in Sweden. It’s on its merry way to International film festivals and distribution throughout Europe and the rest of the world. Also, the stylish horror-thriller ‘Victim of Love’, a Danish-American feature film and the feature film ‘Christian IV’.

Short films has always been close to Rudi’s heart and he’s participated in numerous award winning shorts. Among them is ‘Ødeland’ for which he won “Best Male Actor” at the prestigious “Ekko Shortlist Awards 2016” in Copenhagen, Denmark. He also won “Best Male Actor” for ‘Heavyweight’ (Sværvægter) at “Filmkraft Film Festival 2015”.

12.03.2017/in Endorsement, Male Artists /by Yan Knudtskov Nielsen

Søren Pilmark

Søren Pilmark (born 16 October 1955) is a Danish actor and director who has gained both national and international success throughout his long and professional carreer. After graduating from Aarhus Theatre School back in 1977, Søren contracted with multiple theatres and gained high recognition for his participation in ‘Hamlet’, ‘Richard 3.’ and as The Engineer in ‘Miss Saigon’. His most known work internationally is the TV series ‘The Killing II’, and the films ‘Kon-Tiki’ and ‘Blinkende Lygter’ / Flickering Lights, directed by Anders Thomas Jensen, and the mini-series ‘Riget’ / ‘The Kingdom’, directed by Lars von Trier. In 2007, Søren was nominated for an Oscar in the category “Best Short Film” for the film ‘Helmer & søn’. Furthermore, Søren also starred as ‘Bahnsen’ in commercials for DSB, together with ‘Harry’, a purple puppet with red hair. He has also written and starred in comedy productions: first in the “Pallesen-Pilmark Show” in 1984, and then in the “Ørkenens sønner” series. He has also dubbed Rocky in ‘Chicken Run’ and O’Malley in ‘The Aristocats’ in Danish. With Natasja Crone, he did an amazing job hosting the Eurovision Song Contest in 2001, by doing so in a seemingly endless string of rhyming couplets. In 1997, 2001, 2005, 2008, and 2012, the group Ørkenens Sønner performed as a comedian quartet, made up of Søren Pilmark, Niels Olsen, Henrik Koefoed and Asger Reher. Most recently, he starred in the winner of the best TV movie at the 2021 international Emmy Award ‘Atlantic Crossing’ and in the popular Netflix series ‘Valhalla’ as SWEYN FORKBEARD.

12.03.2017/0 Comments/in Male Artists Awards, Film, Short films, Television, Theater /by Yan Knudtskov Nielsen

Mads Sjøgård Pettersen

His first movie North earned him The Norwegian Academy Award, The Amanda Award, for Best Actor in Supporting Role. His 2nd movie Cold Prey 2 was Norway´s biggest audience success in 2008 and his 3rd movie Upperdog gave him his first leading role on the silver screen. Upperdog won The Norwegian Academy Award for Best Movie of the Year. Between 2008 and 2018 he has starred in over 30 projects within tv and film, the most known is “Eddie The Eagle” alongside Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken and Taron Egerton.

12.03.2017/0 Comments/in Male Artists Awards, Film, Short films, Television, Theater /by Yan Knudtskov Nielsen

Lars Simonsen

Lars Simonsen debuted with a fantastic performance as the sensitive teenager Erik in Bille August’s film ‘Tro, Håb og Kærlighed’. The role brought him his first Robert award for the best actor in a leading role. After this he played roles such as the shy son in the comedy ‘Når engle Elsker’ and the subdued son in Bille August’s Oscar winning feature film ‘Pelle Eroberen’.
Lars has played in several performances at theatres such as the Betty Nansen Theatre and the Gladsaxe Theatre and since 2001 he has been employed as part of the permanent cast of actors at Odense Theatre where he has especially been noted for his performances in productions such as ‘De Nøgne Træer’, ‘Erasmus Montanus’, ‘Helligtrekongers Aften’, ‘Pinocchios Aske’, ‘Den Gerrige’, ‘Mikaél’, ‘BLOD’ and ‘Odysseen’.
In 1998 Lars won the Robert award for Best Actor in a Leading Role again, this time for his role in Nils Malmro’s historical Faroese drama ‘Barbara’ in which he played a lovestruck vicar. Since then Lars has acted in both film and TV productions, including ‘Manden som ikke ville Dø’, Klinkevals’, ‘Skjulte Spor’, ‘Rejseholdet’, ‘Forsvar’ and ‘Forbrydelsen’.
Lars graduated from Århus Theatres Acting School in 1990.

12.03.2017/0 Comments/in Endorsement, Male Artists Awards, Film, Film in USA, Television, Television in USA, Theater /by Yan Knudtskov Nielsen

Kristofer Hivju

Kristofer Hivju is an award-winning and exceptionally talented actor who is most recognizable as the all-time fan favorite Tormund Giantsbane on HBO´s ‘Game of Thrones’. Kristofer´s character was seen for the first time in season 3 and has since then been a beloved series regular up until the shows now sixth season. Kristofer is currently showing his love and affection for large and noisy car engines as a supporting role in the new ‘Fast and the Furious 8’, which is released in 2017. As a young actor he mostly performed on stage on Trondelag Theatre. Here he mainly played leading roles in various plays such as ‘Kristin Lavrandsdatter’, ‘Pepsi Love’ and ‘King Lear’. Kristofer signed with Panorama Agency in 2011 and immediately landed his first international role in Matthijs Van Heijningen Jr.´s 2011 remake of John Carpenters ‘The Thing’, where he played the supporting role Jonas. Next he was seen in M. Night Shyamalan´s ‘After Earth’. Locally Kristofer also landed significant roles both on the small and the large screen. He is seen in the feature film ‘In Order of Disappearance’, where he plays opposite Stellan Skarsgaard. He is starring in two episodes of the highly successful TV series ‘Beck’, where he is introduced as the new partner Steiner. These two episodes are the most successful of all 41 episodes of ‘Beck’. He is also seen in a significant supporting role in the feature ‘Force Majeure’ for which he won the Guldbaggen Award in 2015. The film itself won six Guldbaggen Awards the same year and was also nominated for a Golden Globe. Furthermore, Kristofer plays the lead in ‘The Last King’, a story of a Norwegian illegitimate son of a king. The feature film was the most seen film in 2016 in Norway and has now made an international breakthrough. It is released in US cinemas in 2016. Kristofer is a second generation Norwegian actor, born on 7 December in Oslo and son of Erik Hivju, who mainly was seen on stage with the Oslo National Theatre, but he is also known for his appearance in the multi award-winning feature film ‘Max Manus: Man of war’. Kristofer’s grandmother Inger Worren was also a known Norwegian actress who was mostly seen on stage, but also appeared in the TV miniseries ‘Den som henger i en tråd’. With this family history it is certainly safe to say that acting, performance and creativity runs in the family bloodline. Kristofer continued in the footsteps of his father and grandmother. He graduated from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Aarhus, Denmark in 2004. Kristofer and his father appeared together in the short film ‘Flax’, where Kristofer also shared screenwriting credit with director Bård Ivar Engelsås. ‘Flax’ won the 20 Century Fox H. E. Award for Best Short Film in 2009, where Ridley Scott was on the jury. Furthermore, Kristofer was nominated for the same award in the category Best Actor., , Kristofer is a dedicated and hardworking talent who has always been determined to succeed in the creative world he grew up in. This he certainly has..

12.03.2017/0 Comments/in Male Artists Commercial, Directing, Film, Television /by Yan Knudtskov Nielsen

Jonathan Harboe

Jonathan Harboe is a young and brilliantly talented actor. Harboe started his career working as a model. He got his TV debut on Danish national TV in the series ‘Sjit Happens’ as the womanizer MADS. Jonathan is aspiring to be a great versatile actor and wants to explore new, different and interesting roles where he can show off his talent. Most recently Jonathan became an award-winning actor for his performance in the short film ‘For Enden Af Regnbuen’. Harboe is currently shooting the highly anticipated Danish TV-series ‘Grow’.

12.03.2017/0 Comments/in Male Artists /by Yan Knudtskov Nielsen

Morten Kirkskov

Morten Kirkskov is a Danish actor, theatre director, and writer. Morten is educated at The National Theatre School in Odense in 1990. He’s had a role in Hamlet at The Danish Theatre, and multiple roles af Østre Gasværk, Aalborg Theatre, and Mongo Park. Since 1998 Morten has been a teacher at Statens Theatre School.
Morten got nationally known for his role in “En Kort en Lang” in 2001. In recent years he’s been in a lot of national Danish shows, as “Arvingerne” on Danish Radio TV.
In 2010 Morten became a writer with his novel “Kapgang” which also got adapted into a film in 2014. From 2011 and 2015 he worked as the theatre director at Aalborg Theatre and is currently the Artistic Director at The Danish Royal Theatre.

12.03.2017/0 Comments/in Male Artists Film, Musical, One Man Show, Television, Theater /by Yan Knudtskov Nielsen

Máté Haumann

Máté is a brilliant Hungarian actor. He graduated from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London in 2002. He is known both nationally in Hungary and internationally. He is among others known for working alongside actress, Keira Knightley in the feature film ‘Colette’ in 2018. He is starring in TV-series ‘The Last Kingdom’ season 4 in 2020 and is currently working on TV-series ‘The Witcher’.

12.03.2017/0 Comments/in Male Artists Commercial, Short films, Theater /by Yan Knudtskov Nielsen

Micki Stoltt

Micki Stoltt is a series regular in the international Netflix series “The Last Kingdom” – one of Netflix’ biggest original series. He portrays the great warrior Rognvaldr.

Micki is a unique actor, known for his bold choices on screen.

His personal breakthrough came in 2016 when he played the rockstar Dave Pearl; a lead character in the series “Surrogate” – an original series for Luc Besson’s French/American platform BLACKPILLS.

He has worked in Danish and Swedish productions as well, such as the Danish TV-series “Below The Surface II”, “Hand In Hand II” and the Swedish films “Are We Lost Forever” and “Dag För Dag”.

Furthermore, Micki is a certified Chubbuck Coach, having coached actors for numerous things, one of them being the Netflix series “Emily in Paris”. He is also a teacher at the Panorama Academy.

He is a graduate from the Australian Stunt Academy and an educated Stunt & Stagefight Instructor.

12.03.2017/0 Comments/in Male Artists Awards, Film, Film and television, Television, Theater /by Yan Knudtskov Nielsen

Mikael Birkkjær

Mikael Birkkjær is one of the most charismatic and popular men of the Danish TV-and theater stage. He has that spark that makes women love him and men admire him. This, combined with a huge deal of talent, has given Mikael a number of complicated and demanding and great roles. Mikael had his TV breakthrough as Adam, the son of a doctor, in the hugely popular TV-series “Summer”. Mikael received critical acclaim for the part and soon landed a lead role as police officer Ulrik Strange in the hugely acclaimed TV-series “The Killing II”. One quick look at his resume will tell you that Mikael has a great love for the theatre, especially The Royal Theatre of Denmark where he has been a permanent actor for more than 17 years. Mikael can also be seen in all three seasons of “Borgen” where he plays the husband of the Prime Minister Birgitte Nyborg.