Jakob Oftebro

Acting

Jakob Oftebro

Born

1986-01-12 (40)

Place of birth

Oslo, Norway

Known for

Acting

Credits

58 titles

Jakob Oftebro, born January 12, 1986 in Oslo, is a Norwegian actor.

Known for

The Bridge poster
8.1

When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.

The Bridge

2011

The Snowman poster
5.2

Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.

The Snowman

2017

Nytt på nytt poster
7.0

Nytt på nytt is a Norwegian version of the British comedy programme Have I Got News for You, by the production company Hat Trick Productions. The programme is aired weekly on Friday nights. The show is a competition between two panels, where one panelist is permanent, and the other is a guest. The goal is to solve several tasks. The element of competition is largely ignored in favour of the witty remarks and the banter between panelists. The scores are generally overlooked, and have only a brief mention at the end of the show. The host is Jon Almaas, with permanent panelists Knut Nærum and Ingrid Gjessing Linhave. Linhave replaced Linn Skåber from the autumn of 2013. Since the start in the spring of 1999, it has grown to become the most popular weekly show on Norwegian television, with more than a million viewers every week.

Nytt på nytt

1999

Blood Sacrifice poster
6.6

Following the brutal murder of two police officers, a tenacious detective reluctantly joins forces with his estranged ex-cop father to catch the killer.

Blood Sacrifice

2026

Lilyhammer poster
7.3

After Frank The Fixer Tagliano testifies against his Mafia boss in New York, he enters the Witness Protection Program and makes an unusual demand: he wants to be set up with a new life in the Norwegian small town of Lillehammer or as he calls it, Lilyhammer.

Lilyhammer

2012

Face to Face poster
6.1

Bjørn investigates the killing of his daughter. People around him believe she might have committed suicide, but he doesn't accept that. Both the stakes and the suspense rise relentlessly as Bjørn inches closer to the truth.

Face to Face

2019

Film credits

2020s · 9 titles

Black Crab poster
6.2

To end an apocalyptic war and save her daughter, a reluctant soldier embarks on a desperate mission to cross a frozen sea carrying a top-secret cargo.

Black Crab

2022

The Shamer's Daughter 2: The Serpent Gift poster
6.5

The Shamer's Daughter, Dina, with the magical power of compelling people to admit their most secret shame, must save her family with her newly found father. But he is a Blackmaster, with the power to make people see and believe things that aren't true, so Dina must deal with having inherited this horrible power, while forging a relationship with a father she fears and mistrusts.

The Shamer's Daughter 2: The Serpent Gift

2020

Stockholm Bloodbath poster
6.3

In 1520, the notorious and power-hungry Danish King Christian II is determined to seize the Swedish crown from Sten Sture, no matter what it takes. Meanwhile, sisters Freja and Anne make a solemn promise to seek revenge on the men who brutally murdered their family. Everything comes to a head in the heart of Stockholm, where the sisters are drawn into a ruthless political struggle between Sweden and Denmark that culminates in a mass execution, presided over by the mad King "Christian the Tyrant," known as the Stockholm Bloodbath.

Stockholm Bloodbath

2024

A Mouse Hunt for Christmas poster
6.6

A small mouse family plans a quiet Christmas outside the city, but their celebration is disrupted when humans unexpectedly appear. As the mice try to hide their preparations, the humans react to the noises behind the walls with determination.

A Mouse Hunt for Christmas

2025

Margrete: Queen of the North poster
6.5

1402. Queen Margrete I has gathered the Nordic kingdoms in a union, ruled through her adopted son, Erik. But a conspiracy is in the making and Margrete finds herself in an impossible dilemma that could shatter her life's work: The Kalmar Union.

Margrete: Queen of the North

2021

Betrayed poster
6.9

During World War II, millions of Jews from all over Europe are deported and killed in German concentration camps. When the German troops invade Norway, the Norwegian Jews feel safe and protected. But anti-Semitism knows no borders and as the war escalates in Europe, the situation changes drastically. Suddenly, their radios are taken away; their passports are stamped with a big J and one day, all the men men over the age of 15 are arrested and taken to prisons camps. Many of the women left behind are too frightened to escape and are desperately waiting for their husbands and sons to come back home. On November 26, 1942, hundreds of Jews are picked up by the police in the middle of the night and are transported to the dock in Oslo. Unknowing and frightened men, women, children, sick and old are forced on board the awaiting German cargo ship "SS DONAU". The ship leaves with 532 Norwegian Jews onboard; 302 men, 188 women and 42 children. The end station is Auschwitz.

Betrayed

2020

Captain Sabertooth and the Countess of Grel poster
6.3

Set sail for an exciting pirate adventure when Captain Sabertooth and Raven fight against Sibylla and her terrifying dragon in a battle that can only be won by courage, friendship and rat soup!

Captain Sabertooth and the Countess of Grel

2025

The Day We Died poster
5.6

Film about the events surrounding the terrorist attacks in Copenhagen on February 14th and 15th 2015.

The Day We Died

2020

The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford poster
6.9

In the Scottish village of Arberloch, Kenneth, a grieving tour guide, is devoted to preserving the legacy of the town's sole historical figure—eighteenth-century inventor Sir Douglas Weatherford. But when a fantasy series chooses Arberloch as its filming location, and the town turns its back on Weatherford in favour of fan culture, Kenneth descends into madness.

The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford

2026

2010s · 24 titles

The Snowman poster
5.2

Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.

The Snowman

2017

Journey to the Christmas Star poster
6.0

13 year old kind-hearted Sonja arrives at a tiny village together with a company of bandits. But there is a curse on the village. A long time ago, the King’s only daughter Goldhair disappeared while searching for the Christmas Star. The Queen died of a broken heart, leaving the shattered King all on his own. From that day on, the King cursed the Christmas Star, thereby causing darkness and grief to descend upon the land. However, an old sage has revealed that Goldhair is still alive, and will return only if the King finds the way back to the Christmas Star. Ever since, the King has been searching for the Christmas Star every Christmas, but all in vain.

Journey to the Christmas Star

2012

Tom of Finland poster
6.6

Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions. His work – made famous by his signature ‘Tom of Finland’ – became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.

Tom of Finland

2017

In Order of Disappearance poster
6.9

Upstanding community leader Nils has just won an award for "Citizen of the Year" when he learns the news that his son has died of a heroin overdose. Suspecting foul play, Nils begins to investigate, and soon finds himself at the center of an escalating underworld gang war between Serbian drug dealers and a sociopathic criminal mastermind known only as “The Count.”

In Order of Disappearance

2014

A Conspiracy of Faith poster
6.9

Denmark, 2016. A blurred note is found in a bottle that has traveled across the ocean for a long time. After deciphering the cryptic note, Department Q follow a sinister trail that leads them to investigate a case that occurred in 2008. At the same time, new tragic events take place that test their faith and deepest beliefs.

A Conspiracy of Faith

2016

Kon-Tiki poster
6.9

The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.

Kon-Tiki

2012

The Incredible Story of the Giant Pear poster
6.6

Life in Solby is nice and peaceful until one day Mitcho and Sebastian find a message in a bottle by the harbour. The bottle is from the missing mayor of Solby with a message that he is on a mysterious island and has made a great discovery. Now they must embark on a perilous journey to help save the mayor and bring him home, and in the process they uncover something that will bring great pleasure to the city of Solby – a giant pear.

The Incredible Story of the Giant Pear

2017

Louis & Luca: The Big Cheese Race poster
6.8

Two rival villages, Flåklypa and Slidre, decide to re-launch their traditional Cheese Race after years of inactivity. The boastful bird Luca, the anxious hedgehog Louis and the kind-hearted inventor Reodor are sure they’ll come out on top in this adventurous showdown.

Louis & Luca: The Big Cheese Race

2015

The Shamer's Daughter poster
5.8

The Shamer's daughter, Dina, has unwillingly inherited her mother's supernatural ability. She can look straight into the soul of other people. When the sole heir to the throne is wrongfully accused of the horrible murders of his family, it is up to Dina to uncover the truth, but soon she finds herself whirled into a dangerous power struggle with her own life at risk.

The Shamer's Daughter

2015

Louis & Luca and the Snow Machine poster
6.8

The small town of Pinchcliffe is experiencing a great lack of snow, which is why the inventor Reodor Felgen is asked to create a snow machine. However, things do not go as planned.

Louis & Luca and the Snow Machine

2013

The Last King poster
5.7

Norway, 1204. A civil war between the birkebeiners —the king's men— and the baglers —supporters of the Norwegian aristocracy and the Church— ravages the country. Two men must protect a baby, the illegitimate son of King Håkon, who will be the future king and peacemaker, from those who want to kill him.

The Last King

2016

When Animals Dream poster
5.6

Teenage Marie lives on a small island with her father and catatonic mother. Virtually friendless and sullen, Marie begins to experience frightening changes in her body that mark her as a dangerous threat.

When Animals Dream

2014

Disappearance poster
5.4

Set in the remote winter landscape of Norway, Roos visits her mother there yearly, but this time it’s different: she brings bad news. However, old pain and numerous reproaches keep Roos from sharing anything with her mother. Aided by her half-brother and her old flame, the two women reconcile and Roos is able to make her next and inescapable step.

Disappearance

2017

Gold Coast poster
6.0

Young anti-colonial idealist Wulff leaves for Danish Guinea to set up a coffee plantation but not everything goes according to plan.

Gold Coast

2015

Victoria poster
5.1

A tragic love affair between Victoria and Johannes. She's the daughter of a rich estate owner and he's the son of a poor miller. Despite the deep love between them, her father makes Victoria ditch Johannes for the richer Otto.

Victoria

2013

Varg Veum - Black Sheep poster
5.7

Varg Veum promises his girlfriend that he will find her sister who has vanished.

Varg Veum - Black Sheep

2011

Satisfaction 1720 poster
5.8

Set in the year 1720, the story is about what happens to 29-year-old Tordenskiold when the Great Northern War ends and he doesn't know what to do with the rest of his life. His trusted valet persuades him to go on a European ‘road trip’ to search for a bride.

Satisfaction 1720

2016

The Hidden Child poster
5.9

Erica's parents are killed in a traffic accident. She moves to Fjällbacka and discovers she has a brother.

The Hidden Child

2013

1864: Brødre i krig poster
6.4

When Prussia and Austria declare war on Denmark, two brothers are called to serve in the bloodiest battle in Denmark's history.

1864: Brødre i krig

2014

Heaven on Earth poster
4.8

A life-affirming story about how the power of love, music and dance can change people. This is a standalone sequel to "As it is in Heaven".

Heaven on Earth

2015

The Man poster
5.2

Simon is the king of the Danish art scene - eccentric, successful, wealthy, with a beautiful wife and a young mistress. Life is beautiful, until the day his unknown son Casper turns up and attracts all the attention. It turns out that Casper is the world-famous graffiti artist “The Ghost”. This is a provocation and a challenge to Simon, and the relationship between father and son is put to a serious test. However, against all odds he two slowly grow closer to each other, but the question is whether blood ties are enough? Because after all Simon has no plans of being a father, and Casper has other plans with his father than simply getting to know him…

The Man

2017

On the Edge poster
4.9

Two hard-living best friends and aficionados of illegal racing contests find their bond tested when one of them goes to trial for vehicular homicide.

On the Edge

2014

Mother's Ghost poster
NR

A portrait of the symbiosis of body and mind between mother and unborn child.

Mother's Ghost

2017

Don’t Tell Me About Your Dreams poster
2.3

It's a love story that portraits a generation growing up with all possibilities to shape their lives and dreams and therefore also sometimes struggle to settle down and make final decisions. It's a short that tells the story of that great love you wish to last eternally, but maybe it can't last longer than in the moment.

Don’t Tell Me About Your Dreams

2017

Series credits

The Bridge poster
8.1

When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.

The Bridge

2011

Nytt på nytt poster
7.0

Nytt på nytt is a Norwegian version of the British comedy programme Have I Got News for You, by the production company Hat Trick Productions. The programme is aired weekly on Friday nights. The show is a competition between two panels, where one panelist is permanent, and the other is a guest. The goal is to solve several tasks. The element of competition is largely ignored in favour of the witty remarks and the banter between panelists. The scores are generally overlooked, and have only a brief mention at the end of the show. The host is Jon Almaas, with permanent panelists Knut Nærum and Ingrid Gjessing Linhave. Linhave replaced Linn Skåber from the autumn of 2013. Since the start in the spring of 1999, it has grown to become the most popular weekly show on Norwegian television, with more than a million viewers every week.

Nytt på nytt

1999

Blood Sacrifice poster
6.6

Following the brutal murder of two police officers, a tenacious detective reluctantly joins forces with his estranged ex-cop father to catch the killer.

Blood Sacrifice

2026

Lilyhammer poster
7.3

After Frank The Fixer Tagliano testifies against his Mafia boss in New York, he enters the Witness Protection Program and makes an unusual demand: he wants to be set up with a new life in the Norwegian small town of Lillehammer or as he calls it, Lilyhammer.

Lilyhammer

2012

Face to Face poster
6.1

Bjørn investigates the killing of his daughter. People around him believe she might have committed suicide, but he doesn't accept that. Both the stakes and the suspense rise relentlessly as Bjørn inches closer to the truth.

Face to Face

2019

I kveld med Ylvis poster
7.4

No synopsis available yet.

I kveld med Ylvis

2011

Below the Surface poster
6.4

An early morning in October, 15 people are taken hostage from a subway train. This puts a huge hostage crisis in motion, and it changes Denmark forever.

Below the Surface

2017

1864 poster
6.3

When Prussia and Austria declare war on Denmark, two brothers are called to serve in the bloodiest battle in Denmark's history.

1864

2014

Agent Hamilton poster
6.3

Carl Hamilton has just returned to Sweden after many years of secret education in the US when Stockholm is shaken by a series of terrorist attacks. Hamilton is assigned to assist the Swedish intelligence service in their pursuit of the guilty, but at the same time works as a double agent.

Agent Hamilton

2020

Rig 45 poster
6.0

When Andrea, a damage regulator from Benthos Oil, is sent out to Rig 45 two days before Christmas to investigate a fatal accident, the rig is hit by a hurricane and all communications lost. Soon, the crew realize that the accident is in fact a murder, and they now know that they are in real danger.

Rig 45

2018

Warrior poster
6.0

A war veteran plagued by guilt over his final mission teams up with his best friend's widow to infiltrate a dangerous Copenhagen biker gang.

Warrior

2018

Chorus Girls poster
4.0

In the mid-70s, eight young female dancers struggle to make ends meet in a sexist workplace. However, they discover strength in unity and the bravery to oppose and alter one's circumstances during a turbulent summer.

Chorus Girls

2023

In the Name of Love poster
8.0

Set in conservative Norway from the 1970s through the 1990s, chart the rise and fall of a family empire built on adult entertainment - through the VHS boom, censorship crackdowns, and shifting cultural norms.

In the Name of Love

2025

Escaping Bolivia poster
5.8

A vacation in Bolivia turns into a nightmare when young Norwegian Ida and her two friends are arrested for smuggling. Desperate and far from home, Ida must face betrayal and risk everything on an escape plan to win back her freedom.

Escaping Bolivia

2025

Hæsjtægg poster
NR

Having a blog is not as simple as one would think. It's a 24-hour job. In the series Hæsjtægg we follow six different bloggers who all share their weird life on their blog.

Hæsjtægg

2015

Monster poster
5.1

In the dark and remote landscape of northern Norway, a brutal murder reveals a mass grave which links old cases to missing people. Local police officer Hedda is put on the case with special investigator Joel Dreyer, who comes from the metropolitan south. Their different backgrounds, personalities, and methods immediately set them against each other. But when the investigation begins to spiral out of control, both detectives resort to questionable moves in order to stay on the case and protect their secrets.

Monster

2017

Young & Promising poster
5.6

Three ambitious girls in their 20s—Elise, Alex and Nenne—try to make their dreams come true in Oslo. The girls discover that pretty much everyone, including their parents, have no idea what they're doing with their lives. As they try and break into adulthood, they take comfort in the fact that really we are all just a bunch of fuck-ups doing the best we can.

Young & Promising

2015

Uppsala Doctor's poster
9.5

No synopsis available yet.

Uppsala Doctor's

2009

Vanguard poster
6.1

Born into a powerful Swedish family, Jan Stenbeck takes over after his father and brother's deaths. He challenges monopolies, launches TV channels and newspapers, becoming a visionary who changed Sweden, but at a high personal cost.

Vanguard

2025

Kids in Crime poster
4.0

In small town Norway in 2001, a group of teenagers move in together to sell drugs and party, while their psychopathic roofie dealer breathes down their necks to get paid.

Kids in Crime

2022

Erobreren poster
6.0

The story of Jonas Wergeland, the boy from Grorud who became Norway's biggest TV celebrity.

Erobreren

2012