Jan Gunnar Røise

Jan Gunnar Røise

1975-09-24 Eidsvoll, Norway 48 Credits

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Stargate - en julefortelling

Stargate - en julefortelling

2025

Acting

Christmas is approaching, and when their father loses his job as a Christmas tree seller, Ronja and Melissa take over the responsibility. While their ...

Mr. K

Mr. K

2025

as Anton

5.8
Acting

Mr. K, a traveling magician, finds himself in a Kafkaesque nightmare when he can’t find the exit of the hotel, he has slept in. His attempts to get ou...

The Polar Bear Prince

The Polar Bear Prince

2024

as Hovmester

4.2
Acting

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 po...

Sex

Sex

2024

as Feier

6.6
Acting

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

Girlfriend Experience

Girlfriend Experience

2024

as Trond

Acting

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 ...

Norwegian Offspring

Norwegian Offspring

2023

as Stein

9.0
Acting

A mother passes away, and her estranged son – obsessed with theories about the repression of male sexuality in modern society – starts longing for off...

Teddy's Christmas

Teddy's Christmas

2022

as Roger

7.0
Acting

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 som...

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

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

2022

as Bjørn

7.2
Acting

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 h...

Titina

Titina

2022

as Umberto Nobile (voice)

6.9
Acting

Italian airship engineer Umberto Nobile enjoys a quiet life with his beloved dog Titina. One day, Norwegian explorer superstar Roald Amundsen contacts...

Full Dekning

Full Dekning

2022

as Vegard

6.6
Acting

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

Nothing to Laugh About

Nothing to Laugh About

2021

as Doctor 2

6.9
Acting

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 i...

Stevens Johnson

Stevens Johnson

2021

as Hugo

Acting

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

The Tunnel

The Tunnel

2019

as Gunnar

6.4
Acting

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, an...

Forgotten Christmas

Forgotten Christmas

2019

as Ole

6.6
Acting

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

Beware of Children

Beware of Children

2019

as Anders

7.1
Acting

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 ...

The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle

The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle

2019

as Royal Messenger

6.5
Acting

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 Kr...

Out Stealing Horses

Out Stealing Horses

2019

as Priest

6.5
Acting

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 h...

What Will People Say

What Will People Say

2017

as Man in Shop

7.3
Acting

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 nor...

The Lion Woman

The Lion Woman

2016

as Parson

6.9
Acting

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...

Gompen og andre beretninger om overvåking i Norge 1948-1989

2014

Acting

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. Throug...

A Swan Lake

A Swan Lake

2014

as The Artist

9.0
Acting

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...

Polaroid

2014

as Gunnar

Acting

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.

In Order of Disappearance

In Order of Disappearance

2014

as Jappe

6.9
Acting

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. S...

I Belong

I Belong

2012

as Instruktøren

6.2
Acting

A nurse gets into a dispute at work because she switches to speaking English when she gets nervous. A translator compromises her integrity when persua...

The Thing

The Thing

2011

as Olav

6.2
Acting

When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that une...

Twigson in Trouble

Twigson in Trouble

2011

as Father

5.0
Acting

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

A Somewhat Gentle Man

A Somewhat Gentle Man

2010

as Geir

6.6
Acting

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 t...

En helt vanlig dag på jobben

En helt vanlig dag på jobben

2010

as Håvard Melnæs

6.7
Acting

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 e...

Twigson Ties the Knot

Twigson Ties the Knot

2010

as Father

5.1
Acting

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

Magic Silver

Magic Silver

2009

as Halvor

4.9
Acting

Princess Bluerose is a small gnome living deep in the Norwegian mountains. A small community of gnomes is responsible for making the transition betwee...

Twigson

Twigson

2009

as Father

4.9
Acting

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 Kne...

Deconstruction Workers

2008

6.4
Acting

Two construction workers have a serious conversation about life.

The Last Joint Venture

The Last Joint Venture

2008

as Espen

6.2
Acting

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 a...

Cold Lunch

Cold Lunch

2008

as Erlend

4.0
Acting

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

5 grøss fra Vestlandet

5 grøss fra Vestlandet

2007

Acting

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 fi...

Svein and the Rat

Svein and the Rat

2006

as Trumma

3.4
Acting

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. T...

Comrade Pedersen

Comrade Pedersen

2006

as Werner Ludal

5.5
Acting

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

The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl

The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl

2005

as The Director

5.8
Acting

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 contac...

37½

37½

2005

as Axel

4.8
Acting

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

Jeppe on the Hill

2004

as Lars Lakei 2.doktor2. Advokat

Acting

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

Hawaii, Oslo

Hawaii, Oslo

2004

as Leon

6.8
Acting

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 yea...

Kitchen Stories

Kitchen Stories

2003

as Vaktmesterassistent

7.0
Acting

Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of their kitchen. Folke Nilsson (Tomas Norström) is ...

The Beast of Beauty

The Beast of Beauty

2003

as Sjenert Prins

6.0
Acting

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 Norwa...

Anolit

Anolit

2002

as Roger

Acting

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

Kaptein Sabeltann og jakten på den magiske diamant

Kaptein Sabeltann og jakten på den magiske diamant

2002

as Soldat 2

Acting

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...

Most People Live in China

Most People Live in China

2002

as Farmer (segment "Heimat")

6.0
Acting

A movie inspired by eight Norwegian political parties, written by six writers and directed by nine directors: a man gets a nasty surprise skinny dippi...

The 7 Deadly Sins

The 7 Deadly Sins

2000

6.0
Acting

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

Kaptein Sabeltann og den forheksede øya

Kaptein Sabeltann og den forheksede øya

2000

as Lucifer

Acting

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, G...