Nicolai Cleve Broch

Acting

Nicolai Cleve Broch

Born

1975-11-14 (50)

Place of birth

Oslo, Norway

Known for

Acting

Credits

31 titles

Nicolai Cleve Broch (born 14 November 1975) is a Norwegian actor of theatre and film. He rose to national fame playing one of the leading roles in the 2002 drama series Lekestue, which aired on NRK in 2002. He is also known for playing the protagonist in Buddy, a romantic comedy from 2003. Other major film credits include Uno, Uro and Den siste revejakta. More recently, Cleve Broch was nominated for an Amanda Award for his portrayal of World War II resistance fighter Gregers Gram in Max Manus. Often appearing alongside Aksel Hennie, the two have been referred to as "Norway's Ben Affleck and Matt Damon".

Known for

The Sandhamn Murders poster
7.2

Viveca Stens popular novels come to life in "The Sandhamn Murders", a perfect mix of Nordic crime & the beautiful surroundings of the outer Stockholm archipelago.

The Sandhamn Murders

2010

Acquitted poster
7.1

After having success in Asia, businessman Aksel Borgen is asked back to his hometown in Norway to save an important local firm despite it being 20 years since he was sentenced and later acquitted for murdering his high school sweetheart.

Acquitted

2015

Beforeigners poster
7.5

In the near future a new phenomenon starts happening all over the world with powerful flashes of light occurring in the ocean and people from the past mysteriously reappearing. Called "beforeigners," these people come from three separate time periods: the Stone Age, the Viking era and late 19th century. A couple of years later, Alfhildr – who comes from the Viking Age – has to partner up with a burned-out police officer, Lars Haaland, to investigate the murder of a beforeigner. The pair begins to unravel a larger conspiracy behind the origin of the mysterious mass arrivals.

Beforeigners

2019

Nepobaby poster
8.5

Emma is a working-class 25-year-old who discovers she's actually the daughter of a Norwegian shipping magnate. The news comes as a shock, and even more surprising is that she has been named in his will, inheriting a large portion of the family business, but the inheritance comes with an even greater revelation – four siblings she never knew existed.

Nepobaby

2025

Operation Arctic poster
5.8

After stowing away on a rescue helicopter, three children find themselves stuck on a remote island in the Arctic Ocean with little hope of rescue. They have to conquer fear, wild animals, raging weather, lack of food, and find a way to communicate with the mainland.

Operation Arctic

2014

Ragnarok poster
5.7

Archaeologist Sigurd Svendsen discovers that the Oseberg ship hides a secret from the Viking Age. Along with his two children put Sigurd out on a quest to find the truth. The mystery leads them into "No Man's Land" between Norway and Russia where no man traveling in modern times. Old runes take on new meaning when the secret they uncover is more frightening than anyone could have imagined.

Ragnarok

2013

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 5 titles

Operation Arctic poster
5.8

After stowing away on a rescue helicopter, three children find themselves stuck on a remote island in the Arctic Ocean with little hope of rescue. They have to conquer fear, wild animals, raging weather, lack of food, and find a way to communicate with the mainland.

Operation Arctic

2014

Ragnarok poster
5.7

Archaeologist Sigurd Svendsen discovers that the Oseberg ship hides a secret from the Viking Age. Along with his two children put Sigurd out on a quest to find the truth. The mystery leads them into "No Man's Land" between Norway and Russia where no man traveling in modern times. Old runes take on new meaning when the secret they uncover is more frightening than anyone could have imagined.

Ragnarok

2013

Essential Killing poster
5.9

A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside.

Essential Killing

2010

Disco poster
5.3

On the surface 19-year-old Mirjam's life appears perfect. She is a world champion freestyle disco dancer and the pride of her modern, evangelical church. Yet her body is calling out for help and at the dance world championships, where she is defending her title, she collapses on stage. Her family's solution is for her to focus more on her faith. In search of answers, she turns to a stricter, more conservative church.

Disco

2019

Harajuku poster
6.2

The evening before Christmas eve, Vilde is hanging out with her friends at the central station, when she learns that her mother has been in an accident. She is forced to contact her biological father, but wants to run away to Tokyo.

Harajuku

2018

2000s · 8 titles

Max Manus: Man of War poster
7.1

Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of World War II in Norway until peacetime in 1945.

Max Manus: Man of War

2008

Uno poster
6.5

Best friends David and Morten work as gym instructors at Jarle's gym. Jarle is a sadistic small-time criminal whom, together with his son Lars, purchase and distribute anabolic steroids.

Uno

2004

The Last Joint Venture poster
6.2

The decade of the hippies is at an end and the 80's are approaching fast. Carl and Robert are two doped out guys who lives in harmony with the world around them and let life pass by in an eternal hash high. They have been peddling hashish for a decade, hitting an all time high with this last batch: 45 Kilos of pure, high grade Nepalese Hashish. Following the delivery, the police are on their tail.

The Last Joint Venture

2008

Utkant poster
NR

Two brothers isolated on a remote island during a viral outbreak discover a drifting boat heading their way.

Utkant

2007

Buddy poster
6.4

Kristoffer lives in Oslo with his friends Geir and Stig Inge. He works as a billboard installer, and in his spare time he makes a video diary with Geir and Stig, containing stunts of a Jackass-nature. When Kristoffer's girlfriend, Elisabeth, leaves him, his life seems to fall to pieces. Until his videos are featured on Norway's most popular talk show and Kristoffer becomes famous.

Buddy

2003

Cold Lunch poster
3.8

Bird droppings on a work shirt lead to extreme unintended consequences.

Cold Lunch

2008

Uro poster
5.9

Turning his back on a delinquent past and joining the police force, HP is determined to start doing the right thing. Soon he finds himself trapped in a web of lies, stretching out from both sides of the law. HP soon realizes that his present mission is closely connected to his own past, and that everything he worked so hard to escape from, is coming back to haunt him.

Uro

2006

Fort forover poster
6.5

The year after upper secondary high school the best friends Even works in a kinder garden, while Andreas is running from party after party.

Fort forover

2000

1990s · 2 titles

Series credits

The Sandhamn Murders poster
7.2

Viveca Stens popular novels come to life in "The Sandhamn Murders", a perfect mix of Nordic crime & the beautiful surroundings of the outer Stockholm archipelago.

The Sandhamn Murders

2010

Acquitted poster
7.1

After having success in Asia, businessman Aksel Borgen is asked back to his hometown in Norway to save an important local firm despite it being 20 years since he was sentenced and later acquitted for murdering his high school sweetheart.

Acquitted

2015

Beforeigners poster
7.5

In the near future a new phenomenon starts happening all over the world with powerful flashes of light occurring in the ocean and people from the past mysteriously reappearing. Called "beforeigners," these people come from three separate time periods: the Stone Age, the Viking era and late 19th century. A couple of years later, Alfhildr – who comes from the Viking Age – has to partner up with a burned-out police officer, Lars Haaland, to investigate the murder of a beforeigner. The pair begins to unravel a larger conspiracy behind the origin of the mysterious mass arrivals.

Beforeigners

2019

Nepobaby poster
8.5

Emma is a working-class 25-year-old who discovers she's actually the daughter of a Norwegian shipping magnate. The news comes as a shock, and even more surprising is that she has been named in his will, inheriting a large portion of the family business, but the inheritance comes with an even greater revelation – four siblings she never knew existed.

Nepobaby

2025

Jaget poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Jaget

2023

The Half Brother poster
6.4

Revolving around the life of un-produced screenwriter Barnum Nilsen, The Half Brother is a dramatic family saga that offers an historical parable of 20th century Europe. On V Day, May 1945, as a continent emerges from war, Barnum’s mother Vera is raped in her attic in Oslo by an unknown man, leading to the birth of Barnum’s half brother, Fred. When Barnum is born five years later, to the man that Vera has since met and married, the Nilsen family, like Europe, is already splitting in two. Growing up together during the Cold War – Barnum with his father, Fred searching for his – the half brothers become estranged and Fred eventually disappears. At the film festival in Berlin in 1990, as the Wall is still coming down, Barnum learns that Fred has returned. Finally, as the true identity of Fred’s father comes to light, the two half brothers may once again be reunited.

The Half Brother

2013

Between Us poster
8.7

Life consists mostly of everyday life and it is easy to forget to care for love. The series is a warm dramedy about two couples, their four perspectives, their trust and lack of trust in their relationships, and how even minuscule details end up having major consequences in their lives.

Between Us

2019

Innebandykrigerne poster
7.0

A comedy series about a floorball team with big dreams and lacking in self-awareness.

Innebandykrigerne

2023

Ammo poster
6.7

The Norwegian arms industry is in the midst of the introduction of artificial intelligence. Bjørn is given responsibility for a large arms deal. Who will be the scapegoat if innocents are killed with these weapons?

Ammo

2022

Who Do You Think You Are? poster
7.7

A Norwegian genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.

Who Do You Think You Are?

2011

Lekestue poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Lekestue

2002

Schmokk poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Schmokk

2011