Jens Okking

Acting

Jens Okking

Born — Died

1939-12-18 — 2018-01-21

Place of birth

Copenhagen, Denmark

Known for

Acting

Credits

87 titles

Known for

The House at Christianshavn poster
7.9

The series follows the residents of an apartment building on Copenhagen's Christianshavn, as they go about their daily lives and challenges. There is Olsen, a mover with an old fashion view of the world, Clausen who runs the local pet shop, Egon the career focused assistant, their wives who work hard to keep their spouses lives together, the young couple Tue and Rikke who recently moved in, the hard working caretaker Meyer, who never puts in to much effort, and of course Emma, the innkeeper of Rottehullet, where all the important decisions are made while running up the bar tab. The series was produced by Nordisk Film for Danmarks Radio TV station between the years 1970-77. The series' first director was Ebbe Langberg, then Erik Balling and Tom Hedegaard respectively. The series was conceived by an author team of well-known Danish authors such Leif Panduro, Benny Andersen, and Lise Nørgaard.

The House at Christianshavn

1970

The Kingdom poster
7.7

The Kingdom is the most technologically advanced hospital in Denmark, a gleaming bastion of medical science. A rash of uncanny occurrences, however, begins to weaken the staff's faith in science – a phantom ambulance pulls in every night, but disappears; voices echo in the elevator shaft; and a pregnant doctor's fetus seems to be developing much faster than is natural.

The Kingdom

1994

Defense poster
10.0

Court drama about a Copenhagen law office and the cases and personal entanglements of its small group of attorneys.

Defense

2003

Bryggeren poster
4.2

A story about Carlsberg founder JC Jacobsen, his son Carl, and their struggle to create a brewing company, and simultaneously a look at fifty years of Danish history.

Bryggeren

1996

A Town in the Province poster
7.8

In 1970s Denmark, the criminal police in a provincial town solve different criminal cases, when the police was dominated by men and DNA was not yet a tool in investigation.

A Town in the Province

1977

The Gønge Chieftain poster
9.0

About when Sweden attacked Denmark in 1658.

The Gønge Chieftain

1992

Film credits

2000s · 12 titles

Flænset poster
5.6

A guy catches his wife cheating on him and takes brutal revenge.

Flænset

2000

Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II poster
6.8

The last wish of the dying "Monk" is for his foster child, Harald, to find his real son, Ludvig. But the latter is currently in a Swedish prison cell...

Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II

2002

Lost and Found poster
4.1

Elias is at a toy fair in Paris. His wife Ingrid and his entire family are waiting for him to come home. They have organized a surprise party for his 60th birthday. Unaware of their plans, Elias decides to stay in Paris and celebrate his birthday on his own. This decision triggers an avalanche of events that brings family conflicts out into the open, but is also a cause of reconciliation.

Lost and Found

2005

The Good Cop poster
6.4

A crew of young, small-time crooks screws up. Ripping off a shipping container of Chinese silk for a Rasta gang, they also come away with two and a half kilos of heroin belonging to the Latvian mafia. A friend of theirs, Jens (Kim Bodnia), a plainclothes cop, tries to mediate, but instead all barrels are turned on him. The Latvians and the Chinese want him. Jamaican dope growers, ice-cold Serbian heroin dealers and Polish human smugglers are gunning for him. And to top it all off, he also has to dodge his fellow officers, backed by the scuba corps and elite-forces soldiers, to save his young friends.

The Good Cop

2004

Restless Souls poster
5.1

A young couple and their daughter move into a rambling old house. Soon, an increasingly alarming string of events and supernatural disturbances connects the house, and them, with a series of unsolved murders committed three years earlier. They are the only living witnesses, but for how long?

Restless Souls

2005

Next Step poster
8.9

As the 30-year crisis looms, five older young people in Copenhagen find good reason to reconsider their lives. Dennis is about to move in with Kirsten, but he has his reservations, and she has her own unconscious agenda. Thomas and Søs have lived together for several years, but never before have they found reason to doubt the strength of their relationship, given her desire to have children. And Mads is a professional soccer player who has to deal with his own and everyone else's expectations. All of them come to realize that when you are forced to make a choice without knowing the consequences in advance, it can be more than difficult to figure out the next step.

Next Step

2007

Jolly Roger - Jagten på den forsvundne fremtid! poster
5.8

The future is stolen by Captain Bill the Black. It is up to the infamous pirate Jolly Roger and his great-great-great grandchild Lula to save it, helped by the two arch-angels Theobalt and Emil.

Jolly Roger - Jagten på den forsvundne fremtid!

2001

The Sun King poster
6.8

While changing the pipes in the tanningbeds at Golden Sun, Tommy meets the owner. A middleaged former Miss Fyn called Susse. Slowly an unusual love affair begins. Tommy's two friends Ole & Flemming give him tips on how to give Golden Sun some masculine appeal. Susse just happens to have a sleazy lawyer that does not appreciate the new look.

The Sun King

2005

The Three Musketeers poster
5.7

A classic story known all over the world that has captured and thrilled generations of children and adults now in puppet animation format. With all of the sense of childish enthusiasm intact, this romantic story disguised as humour and farce will once again delight.

The Three Musketeers

2006

One-Hand Clapping poster
7.5

Svensson is a wealthy, aging blusterer who has just had a rather unusual funeral for his late wife and is now on his way to Spain with his cracker of a young mistress. But his trip is delayed when a lawyer turns up with a paternity suit. With a young undertaker as the new chauffeur at the wheel of his Jag, he sets off to confront the woman who claims to be the mother of his unknown daughter, turning his life and that of his companion upside down in the process.

One-Hand Clapping

2001

No artwork available
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Solen er så rød

2000

The Collector poster
5.3

A romantic comedy set in the world of gambling, debt collecting and professional boxing. Laura is an unlucky gambler with a huge debt, she crosses paths with Claus, a former boxer who now makes a living as a debt collector. Laura is cheating, scamming, and lying and eventually life catches up with her. Claus is trying to regain his self respect and start anew. Together, they make an awkward but very charming couple on the verge of love. It is a story about trust, friendship, new beginnings, getting a second chance and doing the right thing.

The Collector

2004

1990s · 10 titles

The Kingdom poster
7.8

At The Kingdom, Denmark's most technologically advanced hospital, a number of strange and otherworldly events begin occurring, much to the dismay of its doctors and patients. A ghostly ambulance appears and disappears, the voice of a little girl calls to a patient in an elevator shaft, and a doctor's fetus begins growing at an alarming rate.

The Kingdom

1994

The Kingdom II poster
7.6

The mutant fetus is born. Dr. Helmer comes under heavy scrutiny for a botched operation that left a patient braindead, and begins to dabble in the dark arts in order to ward off those seeking an end to his career. Hypochondriac Mrs. Drusse finally does have something bad happen to her medically when an ambulance hits her.

The Kingdom II

1998

Stolen Spring poster
6.9

At their 25th high-school anniversary some bourgeois citizens remember their time in school as a happy one. In reality it was quite the contrary. The school was a madhouse in which the teachers, especially Blomme, tormented the students. As a result one of them became a murderer.

Stolen Spring

1993

The Beast Within poster
5.6

A contemporary offbeat portrayal of a mixed lot of provincial people before during and after a baptism, a funeral and a wedding ceremony. At the centre of theses events is a woman with unfulfilled ambitions, a questioning rebel of a boy and an unconventional minister. Although seen through the eyes of a boy, this is a film for adults, about adults.

The Beast Within

1995

Barbara poster
6.0

Young vicar Mr. Paul arrives at the Faroe Islands to take up a benefice, and meets the young Barbara, twice married to vicars, and with both husbands laid cold in the grave. Despite the warnings of the surrounding community and his own religious scruples, he falls victim to Barbara's at once innocent and sinful charm. The appearance of the charming and gallant Andreas Heide in Thorshavn puts their love to the severest of tests.

Barbara

1997

Cecilia poster
10.0

In nineteenth century Jutland, Mikkel Krænsen, a peddler of knitted goods, wants the best for his daughter Cecilia, who is in love with the neighbour's son Esben. Only too late, the father realises that love is not as manageable as business.

Cecilia

1991

The Flower Prisoner poster
5.7

Svend Aage is an aging prisoner. His son, Max, is doing well in the world "outside" - or so Svend Aage's wife tells him - and is quite unaware that his father is in jail. One day, a new inmate arrives at the gates to serve the most severe sentence ever handed out for violence and drug-related crime. It's Max.

The Flower Prisoner

1996

The Bad Seeds poster
6.2

Policeman Lasse rehabilitates young prisoners by taking them on survival course in the Swedish wasteland. And before he has to retire due to illness, he arranges one last trip.

The Bad Seeds

1996

No artwork available
8.0

The insecure apprentice waiter, Axel, is reprimanded by the old master, Fendrup, for his unpolished serving technique: 'It is necessary to dare to give a part of yourself in order to be able to provide the sublime. Do you dare, Axel?' This evening's 100th birthday party develops into Axel's dizzying encounter with love - of food, wine and the woman he serves for.

Debut

1995

Superdame poster
6.0

Line married early to a crazy but lovely painter, who unfortunately one day became so crazy that he had to be hospitalized. For her, there was only one thing to do: refuse to let it get her down, quickly find a job—as a cashier at the local supermarket—set up a new home for her four children, and make it all work. But what about her dreams and love—and making ends meet...

Superdame

1991

1980s · 10 titles

Rubber Tarzan poster
6.4

Ivan is a very lonely 8 year boy who is bullied almost every day in school. Even his father taunts him because Ivan litteraly is a weakling (That should explain the title Rubber Tarzan). As a result of this Ivan spends a lot of his time on daydreaming until he meets a kind of kindred spirit - the friendly and lonely crane driver Ole.

Rubber Tarzan

1981

The Witch Hunt poster
5.9

The year is 1630. A young woman in Laupstad comes to a small mountain village. She witnesses a woman being hunted and captured.

The Witch Hunt

1981

Zappa poster
7.0

Denmark, 1961. Bjørn, a middle-class boy in his early teens, wants to be accepted by Steen, a bullying peer of his with wealthy but freezingly cold parents. Bjørn's other good friend is Mulle, a cheerful and more childish working-class boy. All three seem friends at first, but gradually Steen starts pushing Mulle away while pulling the impressionable Bjørn with him towards more and more violence.

Zappa

1983

The Fight For The Red Cow poster
3.7

The evil lawyer wants to take over the estate, and the evil farmer Esben helps him. But if the good farmer Svend Åge gets the red cow Rosa to bellow while Niels Peder yodels, then the horse that the stable boy Morten is riding on the trotting track will run faster and win the race. Then the lawyer will no longer be able to take over the estate, but it could all go down the drain if he steals Rosa.

The Fight For The Red Cow

1987

Truck-driver poster
6.0

This trucker road movie tells the story of four men driving 30-ton meat-carriers in shuttle service between Denmark and Italy. Against their will, the truckers get involved in criminal activities that flourish as a result of European custom service bureaucracy. Their bonding as friends and their strongly rooted family life help them through.

Truck-driver

1981

Shower of Gold poster
6.1

Four Danish kids find a cookie jar filled with cash while playing in the woods. They decide to keep the money, at least until a reward is offered. But the crooks want "their" money back and will do whatever necessary to accomplish this.

Shower of Gold

1988

Chris Madsen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Chris Madsen

1987

The Miracle in Valby poster
5.5

14 year old Sven is a technical genius, who has rebuilt an old caravan into a radio communication center. Via radio he is in contact with his father, who works at a big ship at the other side of the globe. One day the radio communication is suddenly interrupted by something which sounds like a Latin mass. In school Sven attends a lesson about radio-astronomy. The teacher explains that astronomers can receive radio waves that are thousand years old. Sven understands that the Latin mass he heard was transmitted to him from another age. He gets curious and starts making experiments by connecting his radio kit to bigger aerials. When he sits in the caravan together with his friends Bo and Petra, they not only hear the Latin mass on his radio, but the whole caravan is turned into a time-machine that brings them to the Middle Ages. They get in trouble with some warriors, who capture Petra, while Sven and Bo escape with the help of their time-machine...

The Miracle in Valby

1989

Rocking Silver poster
6.3

Old rockers, like soldiers, never die, they only pass away. Well, Erik Clausen turns nostalgia into a vivid tribute to the moods and manners of the 1950s Danish Rock'n Roll by picking up a group of dispersed fellow bandsmen from wherever life and fate have left them stranded to have them revive their group and relive the good old days. A spirit of social solidarity permeates throughout.

Rocking Silver

1983

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

I lige linje

1984

1970s · 24 titles

The Heritage poster
5.7

Anders Refn's film adaptation of Gustav Wied's novel stars Jens Okking and Helle Hertz in the leading roles as Baron Helmuth and his wife Alvilda. The baron is deeply enamored with his wife, but she is repelled by his blunt and coarse nature and is drawn to her cousin, who fulfills her desire for passionate romance.

The Heritage

1978

The Olsen Gang Runs Amok poster
6.9

When Egon Olsen gets out of Vridlose State Prision once again, his friends Benny and Kjeld do not want to know about his new ingenious plan: they are actually WORKING in a shop! Thus, he has to think of something else to get his hands on the money of some international gangster.

The Olsen Gang Runs Amok

1973

Nineteen Red Roses poster
7.7

After his girlfriend is killed in an automobile accident, a man decides the best revenge on those responsible is to murder their loved ones.

Nineteen Red Roses

1974

In My Life poster
4.4

A young man finds love and settles down, but when his young wife spirals into depression they both have decisions to make.

In My Life

1978

Me and Charly poster
6.2

Steffen is a good kid, a teenager who has recently finished school and is looking for work. He lives with his widowed mother, a newspaper reporter. Very little throws him off his stride, whether it is his girlfriend's jealousy of his friendship with Charly, a reform-school boy, or his mother's drunken, playful amorousness one night, because he reminds her of his father.

Me and Charly

1978

The Olsen Gang's Big Score poster
6.8

After his usual stay behind bars, Egon has another cunning plan involving millions. They rob over 4 million from a money transport. The gang keeps a low profile and hide the money. But it's stolen by "Kongen" and "Knægten", who immediately start living it up - in the penthouse suite at the Sheraton. The suitcase with the money changes hands several times, before Kongen's daughter takes of with all the money.

The Olsen Gang's Big Score

1972

The Moelleby affair poster
8.7

Mølleby is a small, cozy market town. The year is 1924, and the sight of a Rolls Royce from Copenhagen is a sensation. But all is not as idyllic as it seems. The town's new mayor is trying to build a new brickworks to ensure the town's growth and future, but the previous mayor is doing everything he can to thwart these ambitious plans...

The Moelleby affair

1976

The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank poster
5.8

The second film in the series about the enterprising Gyldenkål family. Now the family has climbed to the top of the social ladder, but unexpected demands from the tax authorities mean that a forced auction is imminent. So they embark on their biggest scam yet: defrauding Fidusbanken.

The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank

1976

Tjærehandleren poster
5.2

Audun’s son is killed in an accident while the mother is in bed with her lover. Ten years later is Audun on the road living as a salesman and on the lone women that he meet and steal money from.

Tjærehandleren

1971

Watch Your Back, Professor! poster
5.0

When a boring collage professor is mistaken for his cousin, he gets into all kinds of trouble, with hilarious results.

Watch Your Back, Professor!

1977

The Only Way poster
6.2

In April 1940, the armies of Nazi Germany invaded Denmark. The Danish government promised peaceful cooperation on the condition that Denmark's Jews remained free. The Nazis agreed. In October 1943, the agreement was broken... This is the true and magnificent saga of Denmark's valorous actions to save Danish Jews from Nazi extermination at peril of death!

The Only Way

1970

The Goldcabbage Family poster
5.7

The family Gyldenkål is actually called Iversen, but have changed their name, after numerous problems with the IRS, loan sharks and employers. Using clever scams, the family builds up a reputation as a wealthy and respectable part of society.

The Goldcabbage Family

1975

En landsbydegns dagbog poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

En landsbydegns dagbog

1975

The Escape poster
6.0

Per, is a petty thief who narrowly avoids arrest and is quickly abandoned by his criminal mentors. He vows revenge by using their girlfriends, but nothing goes to plan.

The Escape

1973

Bertram og Lisa poster
7.7

Bertram is very happy with his life, but is encouraged to seek new challenges. Bertram is tasked with getting Merland to sign a contract with the municipality, but it is not easy, as Merland has changed his mind. Meanwhile, Jannie is considering moving out of her parents' house and in with Pelle. Henrik and Louise's relationship is on the rocks. Louise thinks Henrik is having an affair with Lisa. Henrik and Lisa's attraction to each other is obvious, but Bertram doesn't notice anything. Lisa and Bertram's lives take a sudden turn when Henrik dies in an accident. Erling tries to make Bertram the municipal director after Henrik's death, but of course, this doesn't come without a cost.

Bertram og Lisa

1975

The Marksman poster
6.6

A man decides to perpetrate a series of killings and publicise them as political acts in an attempt to protest against nuclear armaments.

The Marksman

1977

The Lady from the Sea poster
8.0

Norwegian TV-Drama based on Henrik Ibsen's play. All the choices you take, have consequences for both oneself and others.

The Lady from the Sea

1979

Copper poster
7.8

After a stay in a sanatorium due to violent behavior during an arrest, Detective Karl Jørgensen is transferred to the fraud department. Here, Karl discovers a case involving his ex-wife and her new husband. When Karl begins to investigate the case, he is stopped by the police chief. Karl teams up with journalist John Bullnes. They gradually get closer to the truth, but are stopped when a suspect commits suicide. Karl is suspended and Bullnes is sent to Berlin on an assignment. Karl then takes the case into his own hands and arrests the city's mayor and a major contractor.

Copper

1976

Nyt legetøj poster
7.3

Claus celebrates his promotion with a night out on the town. Ebbesen wants to close a workshop and Allan gets fired. Ulla, who is bored in her marriage, rekindles her old relationship with Allan and tries to find evidence against Ebbesen's shady dealings. Ulla and Allan flee together and make plans against Ebbesen, but the police are ready for them when they arrive.

Nyt legetøj

1977

Præsten i Vejlby poster
7.7

In the early 17th century, the tyrannical parish priest in Vejlby, Søren Jensen Quist, tries to force his daughter Maren into a lucrative marriage with the wealthy farmer Mikkel Ibsen. However, Maren prefers the bailiff. When Mikkel feels that both the bailiff and the priest are encroaching on his power, he arranges for the priest to be convicted and executed for the murder of Mikkel's brother, Nils Ibsen.

Præsten i Vejlby

1972

No artwork available
7.0

Some young squatters have occupied a building that the insurance company wants to demolish, but Adam Berg hesitates to call the police on them. A difficult policyholder wants more money for a claim than the company has paid out. A former schoolmate pesters Adam to allow him to take out insurance he is not actually entitled to. A young man, Tom, appears in Adam's world. Is Adam homosexual? And Adam meets the lawyer, Paul, who is dressed in women's clothing and, as a crossdresser, is known as Sonja.

I Adams verden

1973

That Brief Summer poster
6.4

Kirsten gets divorced in her early 40s and moves with her son to her parents' home in Hjørring. Here she falls in love with a German officer, without considering the social ostracism and contempt she exposes herself to. Meanwhile, the tide of war is slowly turning, and German victory is no longer as certain as it once was.

That Brief Summer

1976

Tilløkke Herbert! poster
9.0

Alcoholic Herbert's last birthday, experienced through his increasingly deadly drunken stupor.

Tilløkke Herbert!

1974

En ordentlig omgang poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

En ordentlig omgang

1977

Series credits

The House at Christianshavn poster
7.9

The series follows the residents of an apartment building on Copenhagen's Christianshavn, as they go about their daily lives and challenges. There is Olsen, a mover with an old fashion view of the world, Clausen who runs the local pet shop, Egon the career focused assistant, their wives who work hard to keep their spouses lives together, the young couple Tue and Rikke who recently moved in, the hard working caretaker Meyer, who never puts in to much effort, and of course Emma, the innkeeper of Rottehullet, where all the important decisions are made while running up the bar tab. The series was produced by Nordisk Film for Danmarks Radio TV station between the years 1970-77. The series' first director was Ebbe Langberg, then Erik Balling and Tom Hedegaard respectively. The series was conceived by an author team of well-known Danish authors such Leif Panduro, Benny Andersen, and Lise Nørgaard.

The House at Christianshavn

1970

The Kingdom poster
7.7

The Kingdom is the most technologically advanced hospital in Denmark, a gleaming bastion of medical science. A rash of uncanny occurrences, however, begins to weaken the staff's faith in science – a phantom ambulance pulls in every night, but disappears; voices echo in the elevator shaft; and a pregnant doctor's fetus seems to be developing much faster than is natural.

The Kingdom

1994

Defense poster
10.0

Court drama about a Copenhagen law office and the cases and personal entanglements of its small group of attorneys.

Defense

2003

Bryggeren poster
4.2

A story about Carlsberg founder JC Jacobsen, his son Carl, and their struggle to create a brewing company, and simultaneously a look at fifty years of Danish history.

Bryggeren

1996

A Town in the Province poster
7.8

In 1970s Denmark, the criminal police in a provincial town solve different criminal cases, when the police was dominated by men and DNA was not yet a tool in investigation.

A Town in the Province

1977

The Gønge Chieftain poster
9.0

About when Sweden attacked Denmark in 1658.

The Gønge Chieftain

1992

Zulu Bingo poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Zulu Bingo

2003

Pyrus: The Greatest Christmas poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Pyrus: The Greatest Christmas

1994

Pyrus: The Greatest Christmas poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Pyrus: The Greatest Christmas

1994

Schyyy... det er lørdag poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Schyyy... det er lørdag

1984

Kaj Munk poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Kaj Munk

1986

Anthonsen poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Anthonsen

1984

Once a Cop... poster
8.3

Policeman Karl Jørgensen was once a prominent detective, but due to a violent temper he's now checking out passports at the airport, smuggling stout to work in his thermos every day. However, Kaj, the boyfriend of his daughter, is suddenly killed by a heroin overdose injected by hooded gangsters. It turns out he was spying on their organisation for his brother, Frank, who was framed by them while smuggling narcotics. When Frank hears about Kaj's death, he escapes from prison to get back at the killers. Meanwhile, the same gangsters threaten Karl Jørgensen's daughter, and soon Karl is involved in a major drug smuggling case. Frank and his buddy rob a bank and shoot a police officer. A country-wide manhunt ensues while Karl is having trouble with controlling his daughter's vigilante activities, with finding out who killed Kaj, with the police detectives on the case and with his own alcoholic and lacking existence.

Once a Cop...

1987

No artwork available
10.0

A Danish policeman convalescing in Norway is reluctantly drawn into dramatic events at a high mountain hotel.

Dødelig kjemi

1992

Ludvigsbakke poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ludvigsbakke

1978

Familien Krahne poster
NR

Following a old Circus artist now having a circus school and his family, a great entertaining series typical for Danish TV in the beginning to mid eighties.

Familien Krahne

1982

Opgang poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Opgang

1979

John, Alice, Peter, Susanne og lille Verner poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

John, Alice, Peter, Susanne og lille Verner

1976

Clandestine Summer poster
7.5

Summer vacation. But Lars remain in town for his parents must work. One day as he bikes around, he hears a scream from a garden.

Clandestine Summer

1969

Fæhår og Harzen poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Fæhår og Harzen

1995

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hvad en møller kan komme ud for

1970

No artwork available
7.0

Jenny Winge tries to make a career as a painter by going to Rome.

Jenny

1983

Mysteriet om det levende lig poster
9.0

Three families camp on the Danish island of Endelave. The children find the body of a Greek worker on the beach. They decide to find out what happened. The holiday is turned upside down, and the children are involved in a number of exciting and eerie events.

Mysteriet om det levende lig

1992

Skattekortet poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Skattekortet

1988

Ridder Ræddik poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ridder Ræddik

1980

Behind the camera