Hans Henrik Clemensen

Acting

Hans Henrik Clemensen

Born

1948-10-04 (78)

Place of birth

København, Danmark

Known for

Acting

Credits

66 titles

Known for

The Chestnut Man poster
7.5

At a grisly murder scene sits a figurine made of chestnuts. From this creepy clue, two detectives hunt a killer linked to a politician's missing child.

The Chestnut Man

2021

The Killing poster
8.0

The Killing is a Danish police procedural set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode covering twenty-four hours of the investigation. The series is noted for its plot twists, season-long storylines, dark tone and for giving equal emphasis to the story of the murdered victim's family alongside the police investigation. It has also been singled out for the photography of its Danish setting, and for the acting ability of its cast.

The Killing

2007

The Sommerdahl Murders poster
5.9

A love triangle between Dan Sommerdahl, his wife Marianne Sommerdahl and their best friend Flemming Torp occurs as they try to solves killings in Helsingør.

The Sommerdahl Murders

2020

Borgen poster
8.1

40-year old political leader Birgitte Nyborg secures her party a landslide victory through her idealism and huge effort, then faces the biggest challenge of her life: how most effectively to use the newly won seats, and how far she is willing to go in order to gain as much influence as possible.

Borgen

2010

Unit One poster
7.2

Rejseholdet is a Danish television crime series starring Charlotte Fich, Mads Mikkelsen and Lars Brygmann. Produced by Danmarks Radio, the program aired 32 episodes spanning four seasons from 2000 to 2004. Each episode revolved around an elite mobile police task force called "Unit One" that travels around Denmark helping local police solve crimes. Cases portrayed in the show were loosely based upon actual incidents of sensational crimes such as murders, kidnappings, cross-border sex traffic and child pornography. Rejseholdet won the 2002 International Emmy Award for best drama series.

Unit One

2000

Follow the Money poster
6.8

'Follow the Money' is a crime drama that explores what happens to people who are corrupted by greed and ambition. The series shows viewers the complex world of economic crime that takes place in banks, the stock exchange, and in boardrooms.

Follow the Money

2016

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

The Price of Peace poster
6.7

After the war, the authorities seek punishment against Karl Skov, and his family is more divided than ever.

The Price of Peace

2026

The Good Traitor poster
5.5

The Danish ambassador to Washington declares himself to be the sole representative of a free Denmark during the Nazi occupation of the country.

The Good Traitor

2020

Special Unit - The First Murder poster
7.1

Denmark in 1927. The ambitious police officer Otto Himmelstrup leads the newly formed Special Unit, which is tasked with assisting local police in solving particularly difficult crimes. When a body is found in a burnt-out summer house in Esbjerg, Otto and his team begin to unravel an unusual murder mystery, revealing power struggles and corruption among the city’s elite. The closer the unit gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes. Soon, Otto finds himself not only battling powerful enemies but also confronting his own dark side in his quest to solve the case.

Special Unit - The First Murder

2025

Before It Ends poster
7.0

When a folk high school is turned into an internment camp for German refugees, the headmaster couple Jakob and Lis and their children are thrust into an impossible situation. Should the family help the refugees — or stand firm in the Danish resistance against the Germans?

Before It Ends

2023

There's No Place Like Home poster
5.1

The film "Den, der lever stille" is an adaptation of the bestselling book by Leonora Christina Skov. The story is based on the author's own life and touches on a number of taboos and highly topical themes such as sexuality, guilt and loneliness. The novel has been at the top of the Danish bestseller lists for a full 62 weeks, has sold 120,000 copies and, not least, secured the author the book prize De Gyldne Laurbær. The film adaptation is directed by Puk Grasten, who has previously been behind the drama 37.

There's No Place Like Home

2023

2010s · 9 titles

The Absent One poster
7.0

Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a local inhabitant confessed and was convicted of murder, Carl and his partner Assad soon realize that there is something in the case resolution that is terribly wrong.

The Absent One

2014

The Idealist poster
7.3

A whistle blower attempts to reveal the secret behind a nuclear disaster that occurred during the height of the Cold War.

The Idealist

2015

A Funny Man poster
7.3

Opening in the seductive style of the sixties, »A Funny Man« uncovers the perennial loneliness that comedian Dirch Passer (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) has found himself in after a fast-tracked rise to fame. He struggles between his own desire to gain critical respect and servicing the audience¿s needs. Costing his kindred friendship to on-stage partner Kjeld Petersen (Lars Ranthe) Dirch takes on Steinbeck's classic »Of Mice and Men«, only for the audience to break out in laughter at his first line. Dirch's Lennie becomes a running joke, and so has, Dirch believes, his own life.

A Funny Man

2011

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

ID:A poster
5.9

A woman wakes up in a river. Wounded and without memory, she races to elude mysterious followers and recover from amnesia.

ID:A

2011

Letters to Amina poster
4.9

Janus has just left a psychiatric hospital after a suicide attempt. His only reason to live has been letters from his high school friend Amina. When the letters suddenly stop, Janus is sure that something terrible has happened to her. To make sure she is alright, he sets out to find her.

Letters to Amina

2017

Anti poster
7.3

Simon and Frede lives in a provincial village south of Copenhagen. The year is 1991, and if you don't like watching football, there are few alternatives. Simon is good at drawing, and is reminded over and over again that this is a useless talent. An American grafitti video opens the eyes of Simon, for the American sub-culture, and a trip to Copenhagen increases his fascination for this form of art. Simon make Frede accompany him to the capital, where they join the grafitti group CHAOZ

Anti

2016

Bewilderbeast poster
NR

Mads leaves his aristocratic home after his girlfriend announces her pregnancy, in the attempt to rediscover himself. Soon he joins an idealistic terror sect planning to annihilating world only to rebuild it once again. Sexually charged Mads comes to a bloody realization of what he is made of.

Bewilderbeast

2012

Tarok poster
5.0

A family saga spanning three decades based on the mythology of the most famous race horse Denmark has ever seen. A horse which did the impossible and put Denmark on the world map through its many great victories. The film is first and foremost about the family who owned Tarok and believed in its greatness - and who, against all odds, gave Denmark hope and courage to dream.

Tarok

2013

2000s · 11 titles

Flame & Citron poster
6.8

Gunman Flame and his partner Citron assassinate Nazi collaborators for the Danish resistance. Assigned targets by their Allies-connected leader, Aksel Winther, they relish the opportunity to begin targeting the Nazis themselves. When they begin to doubt the validity of their assignments, their morally complicated task becomes even more labyrinthine.

Flame & Citron

2008

Open Hearts poster
7.1

Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, throwing their lives into a spin. The driver of the other car, Marie, and her family don’t get off lightly, either. Her husband Niels works in the hospital where he meets Cecilie and falls madly in love with her.

Open Hearts

2002

Everlasting Moments poster
7.2

In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.

Everlasting Moments

2008

Hush Little Baby poster
5.5

Four girls in rehab is on tour from their treatment centers and it becomes their life stories. The girls run off in a stolen Volvo and soon learns to know the freedom of good and evil. Both the fantastic feeling to be master of its own destiny, but also the heavy feeling of responsibility when you have to figure out what to do with his life. Before long, the girls learn that they can not continue

Hush Little Baby

2009

Superbror poster
6.5

"Superbrother" tells the story of Anton, a 10 year old boy desperate for, he says, an older and true brother as Buller, his brother, is autistic. Always distracted looking at the sky, Anton receives an unexpected visit from some stranger who comes from space and Buller becomes a superhero. Unfortunately, these powers do not last forever. Will they be able to learn to use them?

Superbror

2009

Worlds Apart poster
6.3

17-year-old Sara leads a sheltered existence with her family, members of Jehovah’s Witnesses, when she meets the outsider Teis and falls in love. Sara, herself a believer, now faces an important turning point in her life as she is forced to choose between religion and love.

Worlds Apart

2008

Accused poster
6.7

On the surface Henrik and Nina Christofferson are an ordinary family living happily. But they have a problem. Their daughter, Stine, a difficult 14 year old, has a habit of telling lies in class. When Stine accuses her father of sexual abuse, and is believed by seemingly eager social workers, their family is thrust into crisis. Could Henrik have done it? And when Stine prepares to return home, the ugly side of family life is exposed.

Accused

2005

A Viking Saga: Son of Thor poster
5.4

Drama set in the viking age, Helgi witnesses the destruction of his village and narrowly escapes to his uncle Rurik who raises him like his son. Many years later he meets the people responsible for his parents death and someone he never expected to see again.

A Viking Saga: Son of Thor

2008

Aftermath poster
5.3

A young married couple has to deal with their emotional breakdowns after the death of their only daughter.

Aftermath

2004

Love and Rage poster
6.3

Daniel is a very talented piano student and loves Sofie, but he is terrified by the thought of losing her and accuses her of seeing another man. Everybody says he is wrong, but the suspicion grows as does an uncontrollable side of Daniel.

Love and Rage

2009

What's Wrong with This Picture? poster
4.6

A snapshot of the state of the Danish nation: in one of the stories, a woman enters a pole-sitting contest in a desperate bid to reinvent herself. Another is about Erik, whose wife has been lobbying a Better Homes and Gardens type magazine to do a spread on their perfect home. When the editors finally relent, she makes Erik sip his red wine in the laundry room lest he stain their cream-colored couches. Svend, the last remaining Marxist in Copenhagen, is the impassioned organizer of a political mass meeting where no one shows up. Finally, Jens, a pizza and porno connoisseur, connives his way to some booty by convincing Gry the model that he lives with his mentally challenged brother. Over the course of a week, their paths cross and nothing, and nobody, is ever quite the same again.

What's Wrong with This Picture?

2004

1990s · 3 titles

1980s · 4 titles

Burning Hearts poster
7.7

A comedy about the everydaylife of the 30-year-old something nurse Henriette and her life. Her boyfriend is boring and she has an affair with a violent doctor. She shares an apartment with a gay man and she is close with her brother who is a somewhat insecure and love-seeking guy. However, after some unfortunate clashes with the world, Henriette realizes she is able to stand on her own.

Burning Hearts

1986

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

Ladies on the Rocks poster
6.0

Laura and Micha travel the Danish countryside performing their off-beat cabaret show. Their personal lives suffer as a result of their dedication to their craft, yet the chaos that ensues becomes the grist for their revue.

Ladies on the Rocks

1983

Memories of a Marriage poster
6.7

Karl Åge and Regitze host a summer garden party for close friends, their son, and his family. Karl Åge is quiet, detached; Regitze is spirited, lively. He thinks back: love at first sight during the war, living together unmarried, her mother's hunger strike when they won't baptize their son. Regitze is passionate and forthright; she speaks her mind. He remembers her inviting a derelict for Christmas dinner, and the man shows up with five bashful friends. He recalls her taking on their son's teacher when the man slaps the lad. He remembers her love of dancing and his fear that his social clumsiness might end their relationship. Now, in twilight, he has other things to face.

Memories of a Marriage

1989

Series credits

The Chestnut Man poster
7.5

At a grisly murder scene sits a figurine made of chestnuts. From this creepy clue, two detectives hunt a killer linked to a politician's missing child.

The Chestnut Man

2021

The Killing poster
8.0

The Killing is a Danish police procedural set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode covering twenty-four hours of the investigation. The series is noted for its plot twists, season-long storylines, dark tone and for giving equal emphasis to the story of the murdered victim's family alongside the police investigation. It has also been singled out for the photography of its Danish setting, and for the acting ability of its cast.

The Killing

2007

The Sommerdahl Murders poster
5.9

A love triangle between Dan Sommerdahl, his wife Marianne Sommerdahl and their best friend Flemming Torp occurs as they try to solves killings in Helsingør.

The Sommerdahl Murders

2020

Borgen poster
8.1

40-year old political leader Birgitte Nyborg secures her party a landslide victory through her idealism and huge effort, then faces the biggest challenge of her life: how most effectively to use the newly won seats, and how far she is willing to go in order to gain as much influence as possible.

Borgen

2010

Unit One poster
7.2

Rejseholdet is a Danish television crime series starring Charlotte Fich, Mads Mikkelsen and Lars Brygmann. Produced by Danmarks Radio, the program aired 32 episodes spanning four seasons from 2000 to 2004. Each episode revolved around an elite mobile police task force called "Unit One" that travels around Denmark helping local police solve crimes. Cases portrayed in the show were loosely based upon actual incidents of sensational crimes such as murders, kidnappings, cross-border sex traffic and child pornography. Rejseholdet won the 2002 International Emmy Award for best drama series.

Unit One

2000

Follow the Money poster
6.8

'Follow the Money' is a crime drama that explores what happens to people who are corrupted by greed and ambition. The series shows viewers the complex world of economic crime that takes place in banks, the stock exchange, and in boardrooms.

Follow the Money

2016

The Protectors poster
6.8

The Danish national police branch PET is in charge of personal protection, mainly of politicians and royal family. That also involves preventive work concerning terrorism, stalking etcetera. Meanwhile several team members must keep op top of personal concerns, such as ethnic background-related concerns and relational troubles at home.

The Protectors

2009

Taxa poster
7.4

TAXA is a Danish television drama made by Danmarks Radio with 56 episodes, written by Stig Thorsboe and produced by Rumble Hammerich. The series revolves around a small taxi central, CrownTaxi, in Copenhagen. The series was a success from the start, 14 September 1997 on DR1. The series was broadcast during the period 1997-1999 for a total of five series. CrownTaxi has its ups and downs and in the course of the series, following the various drivers, radio opertor Lizzie and boss Verner Boye-Larsen. They have all their problems both with clients and family life and constantly threaten the show's villain Hermann from the competing taxi firm, City Car, which wants to take over the CrownTaxi. TAXA was also screened in Sweden on SVT1.

Taxa

1997

The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey poster
6.8

The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey is a Danish police procedural television series produced by Danmarks Radio, created and written by Peter Thorsboe and Mai Brostrøm. The series debuted on 10 October 2004 in Denmark. It won an International Emmy Award from the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for best non-American television drama series in 2005. There were three seasons; the second season premiered in Denmark on 9 October 2005 and the third on 8 October 2006. The last episode originally aired in Denmark on 26 November 2006. The series was filmed on location in various parts of northern Europe, from Berlin and Copenhagen to Oslo and other locations including Iceland. The series has enjoyed particular success in Australia, where it airs on SBS and is available on DVD with English subtitles.

The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey

2004

Dicte poster
7.0

Newly divorced journalist returns to her hometown to restart her life and work through her past.

Dicte

2013

Anna Pihl poster
7.6

A policewoman is doing her best at the job, but struggles to be there for her son.

Anna Pihl

2006

Carmen Curlers poster
6.8

In 1963, a business adventure begins in a basement in a small Danish town. Within a few years, the company has 3500 employees, many of them women who are experiencing for the first time the joys and challenges of earning their own money.

Carmen Curlers

2022

Park Road poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Park Road

2009

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

Ride Upon the Storm poster
6.6

The story centers on a family of priests: Johannes, Elisabeth and their sons August and Christian. Johannes is God-like to his sons - he gives, loves, and punishes. His favoritism for August and his disappointment with Christian forces both into making desperate choices in order to either gain his love or break free from him.

Ride Upon the Storm

2017

Nora Sand poster
6.5

Nora Sand a journalist working as a foreign correspondent for a Danish newspaper, at the peak of her career she's accused of having had an affair with one of her sources in a big case. Nora gets suspended, travels home to Denmark.

Nora Sand

2023

Landsbyen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Landsbyen

1991

The Investigation poster
7.1

Copenhagen Police's Homicide unit, headed by Jens Møller, tries to solve the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.

The Investigation

2020

Strisser på Samsø poster
7.0

Strisser på Samsø is a Danish television series in 12 episodes, written and directed by Eddie Thomas Petersen. Produced by Per Holst Filmproduktion, it was first broadcast on TV2 in 1997-1998. The story tells how Christian Torp, a police officer who has lost his wife in an unsuccessful robbery, brings his daughter Sille to the Danish island of Samsø looking for peace and quiet. They have difficulty in integrating into a society full of problems where everyone knows everything about everybody, but they find a friend in Ulla, a secretary. Among others, it stars Lars Bom, Amalie Dollerup and Jesper Milsted. The series was entitled "Island Cop" when broadcast in subtitled form on Ireland's TG4 channel.

Strisser på Samsø

1997

Mercur poster
8.6

Denmark’s Radio Mercur became the first commercial offshore radio station to broadcast in Europe when it began transmitting from the ship Cheeta in international waters near Copenhagen in 1958. Inspired by true events, its journey from bold beginnings to eventual decline is now being reimagined through following the story of a group of passionate music enthusiasts. Their mission was to challenge the state-run radio monopoly by delivering fresh pop and rock ’n’ roll sounds to a youthful audience eager for new music.

Mercur

2017

Snake Killer poster
9.0

When his informant is killed, Brian "Smiley" Petersen and fellow narcotics officers from the infamous Uropatruljen battle a crime syndicate, using extreme methods that often cross legal boundaries.

Snake Killer

2026

Agent poster
6.4

As an agent for some of the top names in music and film, Johan’s job is to solve his clients’ private and professional problems. Chronically overstretched, but never short of ideas, he teeters breathlessly between ingenious plans and absolute chaos.

Agent

2023

Uniformen poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Uniformen

2026

Secrets poster
6.0

Siblings Eva and Mads battle personal demons – Eva's crumbling business and secret affair, Mads's descent into addiction – as they strive to break free from destructive patterns, testing the limits of familial bonds.

Secrets

2024

The Spider poster
6.2

A reporter is drawn into the dark side of post-war Copenhagen as he attempts to uncover a crime syndicate on an unprecedented level.

The Spider

2000

The Dreamer: Becoming Karen Blixen poster
6.1

The story of one woman’s struggle to find her place in life while freeing herself from the expectations of family and society. The series takes place in the 1930s and follows Karen Blixen’s return to her childhood home Denmark after many years in East Africa.

The Dreamer: Becoming Karen Blixen

2022

Hjerteflimmer poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hjerteflimmer

1998

Klemt poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Klemt

2021

Guldregn poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Guldregn

2001

The Executioner poster
7.0

UN human rights lawyer Morten Topsøe is sent to Cambodia to catch war criminals. He falls in love with a woman who, at the age of 15, was an executioner during the Khmer Rouge reign of terror. Ultimately, Topsøe finds himself torn between the fight for justice and the protection of his loved one.

The Executioner

2013

Pas på mor poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pas på mor

1998