Rudi Køhnke

Acting

Rudi Køhnke

Born 1977-05-10 · Ballerup, Danmark

Rudi Køhnke was born on May 10th in 1977 by a Danish painter and sculptor. He was brought up in the name of art and he always knew that he wanted to be an actor. He went to various schools to explore his creative thinking. In the summer of 2005, he got his big break in the Danish feature films "Angels in Fast Motion" (Nordkraft) and "Easy Skanking" (Fidibus) and has since appeared in several movies, TV series and short films. He is a well-established actor in Denmark with a huge international potential. His latest work consists of several leads in feature films. Among them is "The Birdcatcher's Son" which premiered in 2019 in 95 theaters in Sweden. It's on its merry way to International film festivals and distribution throughout Europe and the rest of the world. Also, the stylish horror-thriller "Victim of Love", a Danish-American feature film by Jesper Isaksen is in post-production with expected premiere also in 2019. Short films has always been close to Rudi's heart and he's participated in numerous award winning shorts. Among them is "Ødeland" for which he won "Best Male Actor" at the prestigious "Ekko Shortlist Awards 2016" in Copenhagen, Denmark. He also won "Best Male Actor" for "Heavyweight" (Sværvægter) at "Filmkraft Film Festival 2015". On the stage at "Ekko Shortlist Awards" Rudi announced his comeback and he is indeed turning the boat around. With physical training, hard work and sheer dedication as well as backup from one of the most well established, well known and prestigious agencies in Denmark, Panorama Agency, Rudi is on the path to an international career!

Acting credits

Ødeland poster
8.4

In a post-apocalyptic world in human decay, a protective father and his teenage daughter are forced to bring a mute teenage boy to their hide-out, which puts their relationship under decisive pressure and expose them to outer dangers. ØDELAND is a short drama about walking the thin line between doubt and hope and the choice between truth and lie – a story about a father wanting to do everything in his power to sustain hope in his daughter in a seemingly hopeless world.

Ødeland

2015

Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past poster
5.2

A body is found in the water near Liljeholmen. The body belongs to a 39-year-old Danish citizen with a solid criminal record and who was a member of a notorious Danish drug gang. Should the Beck Group get a gang war on their necks? Martin Beck is back to the joy of the entire Beck group. Martin's daughter Inger is not as happy but has to accept her father's decision to start working again.

Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past

2021

Battlemind poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Battlemind

2022

Fidibus poster
5.5

Kalle, a nice middleclass kid, who because of a debt and old friendship ends up as a 'fidibus', a gofer, for the hash baron Paten. But only until Paten is anything but innocently jailed and asks Kalle to mind the store while he is gone. No one touches Paten's money, Paten's car or, least of all, Paten's girl, Saby, who is dumber than water.

Fidibus

2006

Nothing Ventured poster
NR

This is the story of a red suitcase and how its dramatic journey, over the course of a day, forever changes a young woman's life. A Danish crime short film in 4 chapters, shot on 4 different analog film formats: 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, and 65mm.

Nothing Ventured

2024

The One poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The One

2018

Fodbolddommeren poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Fodbolddommeren

2018

Pinde & Pistoler poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pinde & Pistoler

2016

Christian IV poster
5.5

The film depicts the last hours in the life of great Danish King Christian IV, told exclusively from a horse carriage. The focal point is Christian's tempestuous relationship to his second wife, Kirsten Munk, involving accusations of infidelity and attempted murder.

Christian IV

2018

The Birdcatcher's Son poster
6.3

"The Birdcatcher's Son" - According to Faroese law, the birdwatcher Esmar will lose his lease within one year, thus forced to leave both his house and his land unless he makes sure he and his wife Johanna have a son. Because Johanna has just given birth to date, they decide what they think is their last and best chance; to jointly find another man who can make Johanna with children.

The Birdcatcher's Son

2019

Angels in Fast Motion poster
5.8

The unflinching tale of Maria, Allan and Steso, who are struggling for survival. Maria is a pusher frau, wandering restlessly among addicts, abusers and bikers in a relentless search for love. Allan has just returned from an ill-fated trip across the Pacific and must reclaim his life and stay clean, but ghosts from his past return to haunt him. Steso, the intellectual, god-forsaken and prophetic cynic, does his utmost to unite the two polar opposites that give meaning to his life: his girl and drugs. All three try desperately to make some sense of the madness, but how do you find meaning in the chaos that is life? And how do you find love if you can't recognize it?

Angels in Fast Motion

2005

Victim of Love poster
10.0

Charly is looking for his American girlfriend, Amy, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances during a vacation stay at a hotel in Copenhagen. A few months later Charly decides to revisit the hotel to finally solve the mystery once and for all. However, Charly's investigation is quickly derailed by the mysterious and flirtatious receptionist, Felicija, and his own gradually failing judgement that leads him into a phantasmagorical nightmare.

Victim of Love

2019

You know nothing poster
NR

Fatima is married to Tom, and together they have a baby. On the surface, their marriage seems perfect - but behind the scenes there's a different story. Will Fatima speak out, break the silence, and break free from her abusive relationship?

You know nothing

2025

No artwork available
9.8

No synopsis available yet.

Vægge af beton

2019

Rotten Flowers poster
5.0

When Nora decides to send her sister, Rose, a suicide video, her sister quickly invites her on a healing trip to a remote forest. But what Rose doesn't know is that Nora has another, far more disturbing, agenda with the trip.

Rotten Flowers

2022

No artwork available
NR

Prosecutor Malene is kidnapped by Mads when she finds his brother guilty.

En rigtig kvinde

2014

The Fabric poster
5.7

In a strange, dark asylum, a brilliant physicist with no memory, sits incarcerated. One thing occupies his mind: escaping - to what or where, he has no clue. Haunted day and night, by creatures that roam the halls - or his imagination, he scribbles equations on every surface of his his cell. Not knowing whether he is insane, or on to something truly groundbreaking, every combination of symbols etched onto the walls might be the key to his escape, or just his madness laughing back at him. One day he has a breakthrough.

The Fabric

2018

Copenhague: A Love Story poster
2.0

Autumn, somewhere in Copenhagen: a pair of students, Emil and Victoria, can’t make their relationship work but can’t quite break up either. Philippe, who has just lost his job as a professor in a film school, followed by his apartment, can’t cope with the way his affair with a young literature student ended and now he’s crashing with some of his old students, including Emil. Naturally, he soon meets Victoria.

Copenhague: A Love Story

2016

Shadow Boxer poster
6.5

When a professional female boxer is injured in the ring and begins a difficult recovery, her daughter Luna makes it her mission to believe in her mother, even when she's unable to do it for herself.

Shadow Boxer

2017

An Example poster
NR

The nurse Emma arrives for her evening shift at a closed psychiatric facility. It's a day like any other. Colleagues are out sick, patients are dealing with acute problems and Emma and her colleagues must be creative to get the through the shift in the best possible way. In only twenty minutes their trust in the system will be put to a test.

An Example

2022

Sé, hvilken klovn poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sé, hvilken klovn

2017

De lystsyge poster
NR

LIV (23) lives at a correctional institution for women, where sexuality is considered dangerous. The facility is run by the head nurse JETTE (45), whose utmost task is to teach women proper edicette. Liv dreams of being free and keeps breaking the rules, resulting in her being sent to the HEADMASTER’s (43) office. Here Liv sees an opportunity to challenge the fundamental beliefs of the institution, but how far should she go in order to prove herself?

De lystsyge

2019