Magnus Millang

Acting

Magnus Millang

Born 1981-07-20 · København, Danmark

Magnus Millang (born July 20, 1981, in Copenhagen) is a Danish actor, director and screenwriter. Millang has starred and created an array of award-winning comedy and satire. In 2014, he debuted in his first major feature film role in Thomas Vinterberg's film THE COMMUNE. His collaboration with Vinterberg continued, and Millang starred in the feature film THE COMMAND. In 2020, Millang starred in Thomas Vinterberg's ANOTHER ROUND that was awarded an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Besides acting, Millang debuted as a feature film director in 2018 with HEAVY LOAD, which he co-wrote with his brother, Emil Millang. In Denmark, he is known for his work as a screenwriter and director on domestic shows such as DANISH DYNAMITE and SUNDAY.

Acting credits

Another Round poster
7.6

Four stagnant high school teachers decide to test out a theory that maintaining a constant level of intoxication will improve their overall lives.

Another Round

2020

The Keeper of Lost Causes poster
7.0

Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the disappearance of politician Merete Lynggaard, vanished when she and her brother were traveling aboard a ferry five years ago.

The Keeper of Lost Causes

2013

Kursk poster
6.6

Barents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accident, the K-141 Kursk submarine sinks with 118 crew members on board. While the few sailors who are still alive barely manage to survive, their families push for accurate information and a British officer struggles to obtain from the Russian government a permit to attempt a rescue before it is late. But general incompetence are against all their efforts.

Kursk

2018

A Copenhagen Love Story poster
6.4

After author Mia finds love with single father Emil, their happiness is put to the test as they undergo fertility treatments to have kids of their own.

A Copenhagen Love Story

2025

The Commune poster
6.3

A funny and moving story of family and free love set in a freewheeling 1970s commune. When Anna and Erik inherit a huge house, they gather a motley crew of cohabitants to reinvigorate their lives, forcing them to reconcile their new values with old habits.

The Commune

2016

Heavy Load poster
6.5

The two estranged brothers Emil and Magnus travel to Spain to bring home the body of their drunken and now dead father. What Emil doesn’t know is that Magnus has only agreed to go because of their father’s valuable Rolex watch which can save his bleeding finances. But when it turns out the transportation of the body will cost more than 10,000 Euro, Magnus convinces his reluctant little brother to run away with the body hidden in a roof box on top of a way too small rental car. Soon the two brothers find themselves on a wild escape from the police, and their father’s last trip forces them to face their own problems.

Heavy Load

2019

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NR

In the 1990s, a diver named Rasmus discovers the wreck of the ship “Jönköping” in the Gulf of Bothnia, loaded with the world’s most expensive champagne, and becomes a millionaire for a brief moment.

Dream Come True

Buster's World poster
5.2

Buster, 11, loves everything about his life. He’s an optimist who knows that the going can get tough, but if you apply a little magic and a lot of love, things will work out. He's always willing to lend a helping hand to his little sister who has a limp, to his parents and to his old friend Mr. Larsen who is, like Buster, a "master magician". This summer, Buster hopes to be a big hit at the town’s talent show. But he has a lot on his plate: He has a crush on Joanna, Mr. Larsen’s health is deteriorating and his family also needs him. Here is where Faith, Hope and Charity save the day. That’s the way things work in Buster’s world.

Buster's World

2021

Dan Dream poster
5.5

A small group of eccentric pioneers join forces, in order to do the impossible and create world history in the early 1980s of Denmark

Dan Dream

2017

Behind the camera