Bjarne Henriksen (born 18 January 1959) is a Danish film and television actor.
Career Henriksen was born in Såderup, Funen, in 1959. He has appeared in theatre productions at the Jomfru Ane Teatret, Aalborg, and at the Svalegangen Theater, Aarhus, 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 + Year Title Role1996De største helteAllan1997Let's Get LostMogens1998FestenKim2001Monas verdenTommy2002KinamandKeld2005Af banenLennart2007The Art of CryingBudde2008Fear Me NotKenneth2010Hold Me TightMikkel's dad2012The HuntOleThis LifeAlbert Carlo Iversen2014Get SantaLars2018KurskRussian captain
Television + Year Title Role Notes1997–98TaxaSebastian4 episodes1999Dybt vandBendixMiniseries2000–02HotelletLasse Vestergaard31 episodes2003–04RejseholdetJack2 episodes2007The KillingTheis Birk Larsen20 episodes2010–13BorgenHans Christian Thorsen15 episodes2013Moving OnKris1 episode2013–18BadehotelletOtto Frigh31 episodes2015TrappedSøren Carlsen, ferry captain10 episodes2021The Chestnut ManJohn Brink1 episode2024King & Conqueror Earl Siward
References
External links
Bjarne Henriksen at Den Danske Filmdatabase Bjarne Henriksen at Panorama Agency