Biography
Anders Danielsen Lie (born 1 January 1979) is a Norwegian actor, musician and medical doctor. Danielsen Lie made his film debut when he was 11 years old in the title role of Herman (1990) by Erik Gustavson. He is best known for his leading roles in multi-award winning Reprise (2006) and Oslo, 31 August (2011) by Danish-Norwegian director Joachim Trier. Oslo, 31 August was selected for Un Certain Regard at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
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Complete Filmography

Sentimental Value
2025
as Jakob
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in w...

The Summer Book
2025
as Father
The story of the relationship between Sophia, an eight-year-old girl who is growing up fast, and her grandmother, who is nearing the end of her life. ...

Quisling: The Final Days
2024
as Peder Olsen
After five years, the German occupation of Norway ends on 8 May 1945. The rebuilding of the nation can begin, but first the final chapter must be writ...

First Case
2024
as Alexis Servan
Nora, 26, is a graduate and still lives with her parents. While Nora has no field experience, she finds herself in charge of a 19-year-old boy, accuse...

Handling the Undead
2024
as David
On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. ...

Mothers' Instinct
2024
as Simon
Housewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbours who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their liv...

Sick of Myself
2022
as Doctor
Increasingly overshadowed by her boyfriend's recent rise to fame as a contemporary artist creating sculptures from stolen furniture, Signe hatches a v...

Making The Worst Person in the World
2022
as Self
In this new program, director Joachim Trier, actors Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, and Herbert Nordrum, screenwriter Eskil Vogt, and sound desi...

The Worst Person in the World
2021
as Aksel
The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career p...

Bergman Island
2021
as Joseph / Anders
An English-German filmmaking couple retreat to Fårö for the summer to each write screenplays for their upcoming films in an act of pilgrimage to the p...

Betrayed
2020
as Knut Rød
During World War II, millions of Jews from all over Europe are deported and killed in German concentration camps. When the German troops invade Norway...

22 July
2018
as Anders Behring Breivik
On 22 July 2011, neo-Nazi terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utøya Island outside of Osl...

Cléo & Paul
2018
as David
Lost in Paris, Cléo is looking for Paul and Paul is looking for Cléo. A poetic adventure lived in 3-year-old kids' shoes.

The Night Eats the World
2018
as Sam
After waking up to find himself all alone in an apartment where a massive party was being held the night before, Sam is immediately forced to face a t...

Rodin
2017
as Rainer Maria Rilke
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), man of the people, autodidact and revolutionary sculptor - the most brilliant of his era. At 42, Rodin meets Camille Claude...

Personal Shopper
2016
as Erwin
Maureen, mid-20s, is a personal shopper for a media celebrity. The job pays for her stay in Paris, a city she refuses to leave until she makes contact...

Approaching the Unknown
2016
as Greenstreet
Captain William Stanaforth is on a one-way solo mission to take the first steps in colonising Mars. Like all pioneers throughout history, Stanaforth w...

This Summer Feeling
2015
as Lawrence
In high summer, Sasha suddenly dies. Her death brings two virtual strangers, her boyfriend Lawrence and sister Zoé, closer together, sharing their gri...

Fidelio, Alice's Odyssey
2014
as Felix
Thirty-year-old Alice's occupation is rather unusual for a woman: she works as an engineer on a freighter. She loves her job and does it competently b...
Deep Control
2014
as Drug Boss
A heartbroken, young man discovers a new type of drug that boosts a persons free will. The only negative side effect is that its effect has an end, so...

Oslo, August 31st
2011
as Anders
One day in the life of Anders, a young recovering drug addict, who takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up w...

Empty Barrels
2010
as Nico
Three small-time criminals finally get the chance to climb the ladder - but manages to mess it all up in royal manners....

Hidden
2009
as Peter
Painful memories arise when Kai Koss inherits his dead mother's house and goes back to his childhood home after 19 years.

Reprise
2006
as Philipp
Two competitive friends, fueled by literary aspirations and youthful exuberance, endure the pangs of love, depression and burgeoning careers.

Herman
1990
as Herman
"Herman", based on Lars Saabye Christensen's novel of the same name, tells the story of the young boy Herman who suddenly loses his hair and becomes b...
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
N/A
as Bill Evans
June 1961, NYC: legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans has found his musical voice and created the perfect trio, including bass player Scott LaFaro, said t...