Dennis Storhøi

Acting

Dennis Storhøi

Born 1960-07-15 · Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway

Jahn Dennis Storhøi (born July 15, 1960 in Fredrikstad, Norway) is a Norwegian actor. He is an acclaimed theatre actor in Norway, having won several awards. However, he is best known for his role asHerger the Joyous in John McTiernan's The 13th Warrior. To younger crowds he is better known for playing in several Norwegian TV shows and giving voices to cartoons. On 17 March 2010, he and several other Norwegian actors were cast in The Thing prequel. The film is supposedly going to be about the Norwegian expedition who found the alien creature.[2] Storhøi later dropped out of the project due to personal reasons and was replaced by Ulrich Thomsen.

Acting credits

The 13th Warrior poster
6.7

A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland joins a group of Vikings, initially offended by their behavior but growing to respect them. As they travel together, they learn of a legendary evil closing in and must unite to confront this formidable force.

The 13th Warrior

1999

Troll 2 poster
6.3

When a dangerous new troll unleashes devastation across their homeland, Nora, Andreas and Major Kris embark on their most perilous mission yet.

Troll 2

2025

Troll poster
6.6

When an explosion in the Norwegian mountains awakens an ancient troll, officials appoint a fearless paleontologist to stop it from wreaking deadly havoc.

Troll

2022

Varg Veum - Woman in the Fridge poster
5.7

An international oil drilling company hires private investigator Varg Veum to find their missing systems designer, Arne Samuelsen. Varg discovers the headless body of a woman jammed into the fridge in Arne's apartment - and is promptly knocked unconscious. When he wakes up the body is gone and the Police has arrived.

Varg Veum - Woman in the Fridge

2008

Rufus: The Sea Serpent Who Couldn't Swim poster
7.0

Rufus does not really fit in - in his community of sea serpents, he is the only one who can't swim. But when disaster strikes and their secret island needs protection, Rufus must face his deepest fear and save his family.

Rufus: The Sea Serpent Who Couldn't Swim

2025

Å begrave en hund poster
NR

How far are you willing to go to keep your childhood best friends? Probably not far enough.

Å begrave en hund

2013

Latchkey Kids poster
5.0

When twelve-year-old Erik is forced to choose which parent should have to move out during an ugly divorce, he struggles in the aftermath of his decision and how it ends up altering his relationships not only with his parents, but his two younger brothers as well.

Latchkey Kids

2023

NightMare poster
5.3

A woman is plagued by constant nightmares after moving into a large, suspiciously cheap apartment. The apartment’s terrible secret soon reveals itself through her dreams.

NightMare

2022

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NR

In July 1944, with the Allies landed at Normandy but unable to push past German forces, a young German soldier is enlisted for a spy mission by a mysterious American OSS officer named Harry which could turn the tide of the war.

The Guardian Angel

Possession poster
5.5

A priest has been tasked with deciding the location of a new church for the local mining company, which reveals itself to be on top of an old Sami burial ground. After removing the remains, the dead come alive and haunt the settlers.

Possession

2022

Two Lives poster
6.6

Europe 1990, the Berlin wall has just crumbled: Katrine, raised in East Germany, but now living in Norway for the last 20 years, is a “war child”; the result of a love relationship between a Norwegian woman and a German occupation soldier during World War II. She enjoys a happy family life with her mother, her husband, daughter and granddaughter. But when a lawyer asks her and her mother to witness in a trial against the Norwegian state on behalf of the war children, she resists. Gradually, a web of concealments and secrets is unveiled, until Katrine is finally stripped of everything, and her loved ones are forced to take a stand: What carries more weight, the life they have lived together, or the lie it is based on?

Two Lives

2012

A Christmas Cop poster
NR

It's Christmas Eve in big city Chicago, and vigilante cop Nils Scroogesen is in no mood to celebrate -- and you can take that to the bank.

A Christmas Cop

Rally - From Paris to the Pyramids poster
6.4

This action-packed adventure for family audiences follows Reodor Felgen, a brilliant but eccentric inventor, and his two unlikely friends — Solan, a daring magpie, and Ludvig, a timid hedgehog — as they attempt to redeem themselves by competing in the legendary Paris-to-the-Pyramids rally. Equipped with their extraordinary racecar, Il Tempo Gigante, the trio embarks on a high-stakes journey through bustling Paris, the perilous Italian Alps, and the scorching Egyptian desert. With their home, friendship, and lives on the line, they must prove that ingenuity and determination can conquer any challenge. A thrilling follow-up to The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix

Rally - From Paris to the Pyramids

2025

Anchors Up poster
6.3

After a brave rescue mission in stormy weather, a young rescue boat is headhunted to a larger harbor where he realizes that bigger is not always better.

Anchors Up

2017

Congo poster
6.0

In the spring of 2009 two Norwegian adventurers, Joshua French and Tjostolv Moland, are accused of killing their hired chauffeur just before crossing into the eastern Congo. The following manhunt starts a political and diplomatic headache.

Congo

2018

Captain Sabertooth poster
6.2

Captain Sabertooth's menacing ship, the Dark Lady, is the only one Tiny, the world's youngest priate has ever known. He dreams that one of these days Captain Sabertooth will come to see that Tiny is a real pirate and a brave one too! But Captain Sabertooth has only one thing on his mind, to discover the long lost, legendary treasure trove of Gory Gabriel. Tiny is mesmerized by the beautiful Veronica, a local girl from Luna Bay. Their destinies entwine and together they must fight fate, legend - and Captain Sabertooth.

Captain Sabertooth

2003

Tina & Bettina 2 - The Comeback poster
5.3

10 long years have passed since the first film about the super duo, and things are not so great anymore. Tina married an 89-year-old, who just refuses to die so that she can finally get the inheritance. Bettina, on the other hand, tries to keep her spirits up in a rotten marriage where all she does is look after the ungrateful man's children. And almost even worse - no one does video blogging anymore, and after a heated argument, the girls have lost contact with each other. Life sucks. But when Tina goes crazy at the VIXEN awards, and the recording from there goes viral, Tina & Bettina are suddenly on everyone's lips again.

Tina & Bettina 2 - The Comeback

2023

Munch poster
6.6

Edvard Munch was one of the most important artists in the period between the 19th and 20th centuries. His motif Skrik (The Scream), repeated in several techniques, became part of the 20th-century world subconsciousness – an image of fear and loneliness most people probably know, even if they have no idea who created it.

Munch

2023

The Child Wanderers poster
6.8

In the 1890s, 10-year-old Yohan is sent away from home to survive on his own as a child laborer. He experiences hardships and overcomes his fears by relying on bravery and hope to make the best of his circumstances.

The Child Wanderers

2010

People in the Sun poster
6.3

Two couples decide to spend their Midsummer holiday together and make it an evening to remember — a traditional summer comedy, except for the fact that it's the end of the world.

People in the Sun

2011

Catching the Flame poster
6.0

This docudrama takes us on a journey through Nikolai Astrup's life and the inspiration behind some of his most famous paintings until his early death in 1928.

Catching the Flame

2019

Dark Corners poster
3.8

Jack Strachan, a shady ex-sports star in hiding out in Norway, is stalked by a mysterious woman he cannot identify who closely resembles his murdered wife, Veronique. Convinced of her evil intent and determined to unmask her, he forces himself to re-live the harrowing events that culminate in Veronique's brutal murder at the hands of violent associate, Karim, and confront the demons that first drove him underground.

Dark Corners

2021

The Santa and the Fox poster
5.3

It's Christmas time. The fox is starving and tries to kill the chickens in the henhouse. Animated short based on a book by Astrid Lindgren.

The Santa and the Fox

2019

Project Z poster
7.2

A group of film students take three unemployed actors to an abandoned motel in the Norwegian mountains to make a zombie film. Fiction suddenly becomes reality when an unknown creature begins to terrorize the film set.

Project Z

2021