Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Nikolaj Lie Kaas

1973-05-22 Glostrup, Denmark 61 Credits

Biography

Nikolaj Lie Kaas (born 22 May 1973) is a prominent Danish actor whose career rose in the 1990s and who is still actively working today. He is the son of actor Preben Kaas and actor and writer Anne Mari Lie and father of two.

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

2025

as Chief Officer Larsen

Acting

Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoi...

The Last Viking

The Last Viking

2025

as Anker

Acting

Anker is released from prison after a fourteen year sentence for robbery. Anker’s brother, Manfred, is the only one who knows where the money from the...

Way Home

Way Home

2024

as Christian

7.3
Acting

How far are you willing to go to save the people you love? This is the question Christian is forced to answer when he is smuggled into Syria in a desp...

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus

2022

as Self / Filip Naver

Acting

Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creative challenges Lars von Trier presents his cast and crew to bring his vision to life from script t...

Fathers and Mothers

Fathers and Mothers

2022

as Tommy

6.1
Acting

Follows Piv and Ulrik, who are trying to become part of the parent group in their daughter's new school class, going to great lengths to be admitted.

Riders of Justice

Riders of Justice

2020

as Otto

7.3
Acting

Markus returns home to care for his daughter when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. However, when a survivor of the wreck surfaces and claims ...

Collision

Collision

2019

as Leo

6.1
Acting

'Collision' centres on a married couple, Leo and Olivia. As they are facing a crisis in their marriage, their nine-year-old daughter, Liv, becomes a m...

The Purity of Vengeance

The Purity of Vengeance

2018

as Carl Mørck

7.2
Acting

Copenhagen, 2018. A frightening discovery is made in an old apartment. The subsequent investigation of Department Q leads them to an infamous institut...

Zulu Comedy Galla 2017

Zulu Comedy Galla 2017

2017

as Vært

6.0
Acting
You Disappear

You Disappear

2017

as Frederik Halling

5.8
Acting

Frederik is the headmaster of a private school and one day he is being accused of stealing 12 million Danish crowns from the school. But everything is...

A Conspiracy of Faith

A Conspiracy of Faith

2016

as Carl Mørck

7.0
Acting

Denmark, 2016. A blurred note is found in a bottle that has traveled across the ocean for a long time. After deciphering the cryptic note, Department ...

The Last King

The Last King

2016

as Orm

5.7
Acting

Norway, 1204. A civil war between the birkebeiners —the king's men— and the baglers —supporters of the Norwegian aristocracy and the Church— ravages t...

Child 44

Child 44

2015

as Ivan Sukov

6.3
Acting

Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the...

Men & Chicken

Men & Chicken

2015

as Gregor

6.6
Acting

Men & Chicken is a black comedy about two outcast brothers who, by getting to know their unknown family, discover a horrible truth about themselves an...

The Absent One

The Absent One

2014

as Carl Mørck

7.0
Acting

Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a loca...

A Second Chance

A Second Chance

2014

as Tristan

6.6
Acting

Detectives and best friends Andreas and Simon lead vastly different lives; Andreas has settled down with his beautiful wife and son; while Simon, rece...

The Keeper of Lost Causes

The Keeper of Lost Causes

2013

as Carl Mørck

7.1
Acting

Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the di...

Mad Ship

Mad Ship

2013

as Tomas

5.6
Acting

A poor young Scandinavian immigrant couple winds up in Canada in search of prosperity, but the hardship of the Great Depression takes a toll in a way ...

The Shooter

The Shooter

2013

as Thomas Borby

5.1
Acting

The five days when Copenhagen was held in a panic grip by an intelligent activist and former elite shooter, who takes to arms when a woman journalist ...

Almost Perfect

Almost Perfect

2012

as Gordon Dennis

5.6
Acting

Anne has given up trying to find a man who will fit into her sensible and controlled life. Therefore she has chosen to become pregnant with an anonymo...

Beast

Beast

2011

as Valdemar

5.1
Acting

Bruno loves his wife Maxine, but his love and body are slowly undergoing a transformation. Something is beginning to stir inside him and there is noth...

Zulu Comedy Galla 2011

Zulu Comedy Galla 2011

2011

as Nikolaj Lie Kaas

7.2
Acting

Zulu Comedy Galla is a Danish Comedy Award show shown on TV2 Zulu once a year. At the show the Comedian of the year and "Läkerols Talentpris" are awar...

A Funny Man

A Funny Man

2011

as Dirch Passer

7.1
Acting

Opening in the seductive style of the sixties, »A Funny Man« uncovers the perennial loneliness that comedian Dirch Passer (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) has found...

The Fir Tree

The Fir Tree

2011

as Grantræet (voice)

6.5
Acting

The story of a Christmas tree is told through the 'voice' of the tree itself. The tree has big ambitions, doing everything it can to grow so tall that...

Freddy Frogface

Freddy Frogface

2011

as Orla Frøsnapper / Tryllekunster / Klovn

6.8
Acting

Based on a classic Danish children's book by Ole Lund Kirkegaard. Being small doesn't make life easy for little ten-year-old Victor and his friends, w...

The Whistleblower

The Whistleblower

2010

as Jan Van Der Velde

6.7
Acting

Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring while serving as a U.N. peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Risking her own life to ...

Varg Veum - The Writing on the Wall

Varg Veum - The Writing on the Wall

2010

as Kniven

6.4
Acting

Varg Veum is no longer working as a private investigator. He's got a permanent job as a teacher, and has calmed down his life, enjoying the domestic b...

Therapy

Therapy

2010

as Anders

5.2
Acting

Anders and Puk move into their dream house which is still in a state of refurbishment. To be able to afford the expense, they decide to rent the basem...

At World's End

At World's End

2009

as Adrian

5.4
Acting

An english tv-team discovers a special white flower in the indonesian rainforest, but they never get to investegate it further, before the danish recl...

Zulu Comedy Galla 2009

Zulu Comedy Galla 2009

2009

as Host

Acting
Angels & Demons

Angels & Demons

2009

as Assassin

6.7
Acting

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organizati...

The Candidate

The Candidate

2008

as Jonas Bechmann

5.4
Acting

Jonas Bechmann, a defense attorney, is a man of the system. Until the day he himself is accused of murder. Taking matters into his own hands, he throw...

Just Another Love Story

Just Another Love Story

2007

as Sebastian

6.9
Acting

Jonas is a Copenhagen homicide scene photographer, happily married, with two kids. One day, his car stalls, another car slams into him, runs head on i...

Pu-239

Pu-239

2006

as Tusk

6.6
Acting

A worker at a Russian nuclear facility gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In order to provide for his family, he steals some plutonium and se...

Clash of Egos

Clash of Egos

2006

as Claus Volter

5.8
Acting

Tony has recently been released from a sentence for violent behaviour. He promises to improve his ways and is finally granted a few hours alone with h...

Tilbageblik på Idioterne

2005

as Self - actor

Acting
Murk

Murk

2005

as Jacob

6.2
Acting

The psychological thriller "Murk" tells the story of Jacob, who is investigating into the circumstances surrounding his sister's death on her wedding ...

Adam's Apples

Adam's Apples

2005

as Holger

7.4
Acting

A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.

The Sun King

The Sun King

2005

as Tommy

5.9
Acting

While changing the pipes in the tanningbeds at Golden Sun, Tommy meets the owner. A middleaged former Miss Fyn called Susse. Slowly an unusual love af...

Brothers

Brothers

2004

as Jannik

6.7
Acting

A Danish officer, Michael, is sent away to the International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan for three months. His first mission th...

Dogville: The Pilot

Dogville: The Pilot

2003

as Tom

5.5
Acting

Dogville: The Pilot was shot during 2001 in the pre-production phase to test whether the concept of chalk lines and sparse scenery would work. The 15-...

Trier, Kidman og Cannes

2003

as Self

Acting
Dogville

Dogville

2003

Thanks

7.8

When beautiful young Grace arrives in the isolated township of Dogville, the small community agrees to hide her from a gang of ruthless gangsters, and...

Stealing Rembrandt

Stealing Rembrandt

2003

as Kiosk Karsten

5.9
Acting

Two bumbling scrap metal thieves - father and son - steal the wrong painting during a museum heist. The painting turns out to be the only original Rem...

Reconstruction

Reconstruction

2003

as Alex

6.7
Acting

Late one evening Alex suddenly abandons his girlfriend, Simone, to pursue the beautiful Aimee. In his encounter with Aimee time and place dissolve for...

The Green Butchers

The Green Butchers

2003

as Bjarne / Eigil

7.1
Acting

A black comedy featuring two butchers, Svend "Sweat" and Bjarne, who start their own shop to get away from their arrogant boss. Cannibalism is soon in...

Open Hearts

Open Hearts

2002

as Joachim

7.1
Acting

Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, throwing their lives into a spin. The driver of the ot...

Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II

Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II

2002

as Martin

6.8
Acting

The last wish of the dying "Monk" is for his foster child, Harald, to find his real son, Ludvig. But the latter is currently in a Swedish prison cell....

Jolly Roger

Jolly Roger

2001

as Ærkeenglen Theobalt

5.5
Acting

The future is stolen by Captain Bill the Black. It is up to the infamous pirate Jolly Roger and his great-great-great grandchild Lula to save it, help...

Wag the Dogma

2001

Acting

Quixotic Martino Sclavi dives deep into the Danish film scene to uncover the truth behind the Dogme 95 Manifesto, along the way the film systematicall...

Truly Human

Truly Human

2001

as P

6.5
Acting

P. is a little girl's imaginary friend who lives inside the wall of her room. But one day he magically materialises and so must learn to live in the w...

Hr. Boe & Co.’s Anxiety

Hr. Boe & Co.’s Anxiety

2001

3.0
Acting
Flickering Lights

Flickering Lights

2000

as Stefan

7.2
Acting

Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to...

Max

Max

2000

as Spacy

5.0
Acting

Released after three years in prison, Max finds out her father, a wealthy businessman, has hired a stranger to play his son. Meanwhile, the ex-husband...

In China They Eat Dogs

In China They Eat Dogs

1999

as Martin

7.4
Acting

Arvid is an ordinary bank clerk who lives a rather unassuming life with his dear girlfriend. But his life is turned completely upside down when he bra...

Possessed

Possessed

1999

as Morten

5.0
Acting

A stranger arrives in Copenhagen from a plane from Romania. Shortly after the power is lost in the whole city.

The Humiliated

The Humiliated

1998

as Self / Jeppe

6.5
Acting

A very intimate look on Lars von Trier and his cast and crew, during the production of "The Idiots".

The Idiots

The Idiots

1998

as Jeppe

6.5
Acting

A mix of home-video and documentary styles about a group of young people who have decided to get to know their “inner-idiots” and thus not only facing...

Davids bog

Davids bog

1996

as Jacob

7.0
Acting

Henrik helps his uncle clear out a rich man's villa after the owner went bankrupt and committed siucide. During the clearance he finds a book that giv...

Carl, My Childhood Symphony

Carl, My Childhood Symphony

1994

as Carl 3

7.0
Acting

Combining the exultant sweep of epic period drama with the subtle intimacy of biography in a social perspective, this is a tale of materially impoveri...

The Boys from St. Petri

The Boys from St. Petri

1991

as Otto Hvidmann

6.4
Acting

A group of school-mates form a resistance group in nazi-occupied Denmark.