Emil Johnsen

Hair Color: Strawberry BlondEye Color: Blue-greenHeight: 180Weight: 65

Education:Swedish Academy of Theatre, Ivana Chubbuck Master Class, LA, Lee Strassberg, New York, Ecole Philippe Gaulier, London

Languages:Mother Tongue: Norwegian, Swedish, English ( British )Fluent in: Swedish, English ( Standard American )Familiar with: French, German

Biography

Emil Johnsen is a Scandinavian actor, known for his starring performances in the Award winning Feature Films ”All The Beauty” ”Guidance” and ”Corridor”.

He is also known for his TV work in several Norwegian and Swedish TV series, such as the Netflix-hit ”Occupied”. He has starred in more than 30 films and TV series, both in Norway and Sweden. He has also starred in the Hollywood indie thriller ”The Ice Cream Truck”, for which he earned great reviews for his portrayel of the mass murderer in The Hollywood Reporter.

With an English mother, a Norwegian father, and five elder siblings, Emil grew up in Botswana, Africa. Coming back to Norway as a teenager, he started to pursue his acting career, and later moved to New York City to study at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. New York became Emil´s second home for many years to follow, but he continued his acting studies at the prestigious Swedish State Academy of Theatre. After finishing his studies he worked for several years in Stockholm in film and theatre, and he made his debut at the Royal Dramatic Theatre as the young Prince Johan in Strindberg´s “Gustav Vasa”. But it was the lead part of “Morgan”, in the Swedish Television Drama of the classic “A Stuffed Dog”, which earned him greater recognition, and led to lead parts in movies such as “Guidance” and “Corridor”. For his parts in these two movies, he was nominated Rising Star at the Stockholm Int. Film Festival and he won the Jean Carmet Award in France. Due to his background, he is fluent in Swedish, Norwegian and English (both with a British and an American accent).

Courses and Talks

Christopher in ” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” at the Norwegian Theatre, Shooting a Norwegian feature film “All the Beauty” this summer

Curriculum Vitae

Awards

2020
Nom. Hedda Award

2017
Hedda Award

2014
Hedda Award

2012
Norwegian Critic´s Theatre Award

2011
Winner: Jean Carmet Award

2010
Nominee: Rising Star

Film

2021
HIM	Him/Lead	Guro Bruusgård	Alternativet Produksjon
Narvik	Broch/Supp	Erik Skjoldbjærg	Nordisk Film

2020
Hunting Season	Nigel	Megan Freels Johnston	Look At Me Films

2019
POST-WAR	Emil/Lead	Hamid Waheed	Nordland Film

2016
Rosemari	Mikkel	Sara Johnsen	4 1/2 Film
All The Beauty	David 33/ Lead	Aasne Vaa Greibokk	Motlys Film

2013
Ego	Erik / Lead	Lisa James-Larsson	Filmlance International

2012
All that Matters is Past	Mads / Supp	Sara Johnsen	4 1/2 Film
Corridor	Frank / Star	Johan Lundborg	Migma Film

2011
Varg Veum	Hauge / Supp	Stefan Appelgren	Cinemiso

2010
Cornelis	Eva / Supp	Amir Chamdin	SF
Norwegian Ninja	Linsa / Supp	Thomas Malling	Torden Film

2009
Upperdog	Jonas / Supp	Sara Johnsen	Friland Film
Guidance	Carl / Lead	Johan Jonason	Garage Film Int.

2007
Thali-Ihantala 1944	Supporting	Ake Lindman	Walt Disney Finland

2006
Big Miracles and Small	Supporting	Jon Lindström	Filmlance International

2005
Kim Novak	Snedtrut / Supp	Martin Asphaug	SF

Film in USA

2017
The Ice Cream Truck	The Ice Cream Man	Megan Freels Johnston	Look At Me Films

Short films

2019
Tropical Night	Lead		Nordland Film

2012
As	Lead	Kalle Altin	DI
Forestillinger	Jonas/Lead	Guro Brusgård	Ape&Bjørn Production

2011
The Behemoth	Supporting	Peter Rafaelson	Rafealson Film

2010
Altona	King Karl XII/Supp	Hugo Lijla	DI
Top Dog	Albin /Lead	Anton Källrot	Dach Film

2006
Softcom Worldwide	Emil/Lead	Samanda Ekman	SVT
Before You Hit the Ground	Aston / Lead	Marin Holmgren	DI

Television

2018
Kristina Ohlsson: Stockholm requiem	Bernhard		Spark Film & TV / C More
Sthlm Requiem	Bernhard	Karin Fahlén	Spark Film & TV

2017
Rebecka Martinsson	Diddi Dufva	Fredrik Edfelt	Yellowbird

2016
Det tredje øyet	Kenneth		Rubicon TV AS

2015
Occupied	Eivind Birkeland	Pål Sletaune	Yellowvird

2007
Størst av Alt	Nico / Recurring	Erik Skjoldbjærg	NRK

2006
The Archive	Kurt / Series Regular Lead	Robrt Näss	TV3
A Stuffed Dog	Morgan / Series Regular Lead	Kristina Humle	SVT

2005
Norwegian Dream	Edward Munch / Principal	Ninja	NRK

2004
Orka Orka	Recurring Guest Star	Marcus Olsson	SVT

Theater

2019
Who Killed My Father	Edouard		The Norwegian Theater
Medea	Jason		The National Theatre
Raskolnikov	Rasumikin	Horn	The Norwegian Theatre

2018
History of Violence	Edouard		The Norwegian Theatre

2017
Chaos is Neighbour to God	Ricky	Kjersti Horn	The National Theatre
The Cherry Orchard	Trofimov	Hanne Tømta	The National Theatre
Eddy Bellegueule	Eddy Bellegueule	Kjersti Horn	The Norwegian Theatre

2016
Richard III	Buckingham/Lady Anne	Kjersti Horn	The National Theatre
Our Class	Jakub Katz	Oskaras Kursonovas	The National Theatre
Journey To The Christmas Star	The Evil Count	Kjersti Horn	The National Theatre

2015
Night is Mother to the Day	David/Lead	Kjersti Horn	National Theatre

2014
The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-Time	Christopher/Lead	Trine Wiggen	The Norwegian Theatre
Brothers Lionheart	Karl/Lead	S. Hugnes	The Norwegian Theatre

2013
Downfallen Angel	The Man/Lead	Kjersti Horn	The National Theatre Oslo

2012
Winterslong	Oscar/Lead	Line Rossvold	The Norwegian Theatre
Lake of the Dead	Bernhard/Lead	Catrine Telle	Oslo New Theatre
Over the Abyss	Berit/Lead	Uwe Cramer	The Norwegian Theatre
Parenst Meeting	Andreas/Lead	Goksøyr&Martens	The National Theatre Oslo