Anders Baasmo Christiansen

Acting

Anders Baasmo Christiansen

Born

1976-01-29 (50)

Place of birth

Hamar, Norway

Known for

Acting

Credits

75 titles

Anders Baasmo Christiansen, born 29 January 1976 is a Norwegian actor from Hamar, Norway. He earned his breakthrough in 2003 when he received the Amanda-price for his performance in the Norwegian picture Buddy. He also won the TV award Gullruten in 2007 for his portrait of Henrik Ibsen in the TV-series An immortal man ("En udødelig mann") on NRK. Christiansen graduated from the Norwegian Acting Academy in 2000. He started his professional career at the Trøndelag Teater in Trondheim, Norway. Later he joined the Det Norske Teatret in Oslo. He has also starred in the Swedish 2007 picture Arn – The Knight Templar, and its sequel Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End from 2008. In 2008 he won Norw…

Known for

Detective Hole poster
7.4

When a series of ritualistic murders hits Oslo, a gifted detective must navigate a puzzle of patterns, corruption and his own demons to catch the killer.

Detective Hole

2026

Exit poster
7.4

Exit is based on the true stories of four men in their mid-30s, who all became multi-millionaires before the age of thirty. Attempting to escape from their obligations, expectations and families, they employ drugs, prostitutes, and their very own set of morals.

Exit

2019

La Palma poster
6.8

A Norwegian family vacationing on La Palma faces disaster when a young researcher discovers alarming signs of an imminent volcanic eruption.

La Palma

2024

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

LIS poster
6.8

LIS follows four ambitious medical interns working at a struggling Norwegian hospital. Facing the harsh realities of an overstretched medical system, with rising patient numbers and dwindling resources, the young interns grapple with the complex ethical dilemmas of providing care in a system stretched to its limits. They will learn that compassion alone may not be enough, and they are forced to grow in ways they never expected.

LIS

2026

I kveld med Ylvis poster
7.4

No synopsis available yet.

I kveld med Ylvis

2011

Film credits

2020s · 14 titles

The Arctic Convoy poster
6.9

In 1942, a convoy of 35 civilian ships, carrying vital supplies from Iceland to the Soviet Union, faces deadly challenges in the Arctic. Despite Allied naval escort, catastrophic intelligence errors expose the convoy to relentless German air and naval attacks. In the brutal conditions, inexperienced civilian sailors fight for survival, with only 12 ships making it to their destination.

The Arctic Convoy

2023

Asphalt Burning poster
5.6

The third and final instalment in the Burnout trilogy. This time, the road leads through Norway, to Sweden, Denmark and finally Germany to race on the famous racing track, Nürburgring.

Asphalt Burning

2020

The Burning Sea poster
6.6

An oil platform dramatically goes down on the Norwegian coast, and researchers try to find out what happened when they realize this is just the start of something even more serious.

The Burning Sea

2021

Three Robbers and a Lion poster
6.5

The three thieves Kasper, Jesper and Jonathan lives together with their always hungry lion in the little town of Kardemomme town, the home to a fair but kind police officer, and the strict Aunt Sofie.

Three Robbers and a Lion

2022

Growth of the Soil poster
NR

It is late autumn. Isak fights to survive in the wilderness. One day, Inger appears over the mountain. Out of a meeting in need, love grows. In merciless nature, Isak and Inger fight to create a life together. With love as their driving force, they build the farm Sellanraa from nothing. When a dark secret comes to the surface, love is put to the test.

Growth of the Soil

2026

Dragon Girl poster
5.9

Nine year old Sara befriends a newborn dragon, together they will turn Christmas upside down and literary put it on fire.

Dragon Girl

2020

Agnes Mot Verden poster
6.0

Norwegian film written & directed by David B. Berget

Agnes Mot Verden

2026

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

Girls Trip poster
6.2

After a bad divorce life gets complicated for Linda. Her ex has found a beautiful model who gradually is more and more of a mother to Linda's 10-year-old daughter, as well as redoing their house. Even her best friend is now hers.

Girls Trip

2022

Dancing Queen poster
6.4

12-year-old Mina freaks out when famous hip-hop dancer ED Win moves to town and starts at her school. Mina falls in love and when ED announces he's forming a new dance group for a dance competition in town, Mina decides to audition. The only problem is that she can't dance.

Dancing Queen

2023

No Comment poster
5.7

Prime Minister Alma Solvik gets caught up in a scandal before elections. During Alma's term in power, her husband Sondre has done transactions on the stock exchange apparently using the government's inside information. Alma puts together a crisis communication HQ that formulates the tactics for communicating with the public. The Prime Minister is also a prime minister at home and therefore they launch the campaign "Sondre is the culprit" – the elections must be won, after all.

No Comment

2025

63 Days Later poster
3.5

Tara was the victim of a brutal attack and attempted murder. 63 days later, the police and Correctional Service ask her to meet with her attacker as part of his rehabilitation process. For Tara, the meeting is the beginning of her hell. Based on a true story.

63 Days Later

2020

The Olsen Gang - Last scream! poster
5.5

The Olsen gang of Egon, Benny and Kjell are constantly looking for the big coup to become millionaires. They have laid out the perfect plan to break into the new Munch Museum in Bjørvika and steal "Scream".

The Olsen Gang - Last scream!

2022

Peer Gynt poster
NR

Peer Gynt is a charming but lazy and arrogant peasant youth who leaves home to seek his fortune. Confident of success, he has one disastrous adventure after another. In one, he attends the wedding of a wealthy young woman he himself might have married. There he meets Solveig, who falls in love with him. He impulsively abducts the bride from her wedding celebration and subsequently abandons her. He then embarks on a series of fantastic voyages around the world, finding wealth and fame but never happiness. This production is a new and modern take on Peer Gynt as a psychological drama.

Peer Gynt

2023

2010s · 27 titles

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

The King's Choice poster
6.8

On 9 April 1940, German soldiers arrive in the city of Oslo. The King of Norway faces a choice that will change his country forever. The King's Choice is a story about the three most dramatic days in Norway's history, the royal family's escape and King Haakon's difficult choice after Nazi Germany's invasion of Norway.

The King's Choice

2016

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

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

Burning poster
6.4

For all who remember Cannonball Run. Here is a modern twist on the subject. The longest, wildest and funniest car race, ever. From Oslo to the North Cape. The only rule is getting there first!

Burning

2014

Out Stealing Horses poster
6.3

November 1999. 67-year-old Trond lives in new-found solitude and looks forward to spending New Year's Eve 2000 alone. As winter arrives he discovers he has a neighbor, a man Trond knew back in 1948, the summer he turned 15 and the summer Trond's father prepared him to carry the burden of his forthcoming betrayal and disappearance.

Out Stealing Horses

2019

Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama poster
5.5

The orphan boy Pinky follows the Captain on an exciting and dangerous journey across the big oceans to the kingdom of Lama Rama, hunting for a treasure and the answer to who is Pinky's father.

Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama

2014

The Birdcatcher poster
5.5

Norway, 1942, during World War II. After being separated from her family, Esther, a young Jewish girl from Trondheim, arrives at an isolated farm where she must assume a new identity in order to survive the Nazi persecution.

The Birdcatcher

2019

Burning 2 poster
6.3

After two years in prison for participating in an illegal street race, Roy says no to a new illegal winter race from Bergen to Murmansk. But then he hears that his daughter will participate with a boyfriend.

Burning 2

2016

Santa Swap: Merry Christmas Mr. Andersen poster
5.6

Carpenter Andersen and Santa Claus makes a deal which saves Christmas for them both.

Santa Swap: Merry Christmas Mr. Andersen

2016

A Somewhat Gentle Man poster
6.5

After serving a 12-year sentence for killing the man that slept with his wife, a man ponders whether he should try and reconcile with his family, or take revenge on those who turned him in.

A Somewhat Gentle Man

2010

Revenge poster
5.3

Rebekka travels back to a hotel by the Norwegian fjords seeking revenge on the man who ruined her sister's life. Under false identity, she seeks out her deceased sister's violator and embeds herself into his idyllic family to destroy his life.

Revenge

2015

Dark Woods II poster
4.8

An old sanatorium is deteriorating in an isolated forest in the mountains. Five contract workers have taken on the task of tracking the huge building for hazardous waste before it's demolished. They realize that the job is more than a search for asbestos and mercury when they encounter the building's frightening past. You can demolish a building, but never remove the past.

Dark Woods II

2015

Forgotten Christmas poster
6.5

Carpenter Andersen and Santa Claus are back and this time they have to help little Elise save christmas before it's too late.

Forgotten Christmas

2019

The Tree Feller poster
4.2

Anders moves from the city to a quiet small farm that belonged to his deceased parents and spends his days out in the forest, aimlessly chopping down trees. His only desire is to be out in nature, and to lose himself in the physical work. His attempt to escape is soon interrupted by the constant involvement of his pushy relatives who want to tell him what to do and how to do it. Soon it becomes clear that Anders has just traded in one claustrophobic existence for another.

The Tree Feller

2017

Fuck Up poster
5.4

Jack is pleased with himself for the first time in years. He has decided to stop fucking anything with a pulse and also to cut back on his eager and enthusiastic drug use. Then his best friend crashes into a moose in the middle of the night on the Swedish border. He is found with a hoof buried in his forehead and 2.5 kilos of cocaine in the trunk. Over the next 24 hours, Jack loses his house, his girlfriend leaves him and takes their daughter with her. And as he is about to find out: when you think you have hit rock bottom, it can always get worse.

Fuck Up

2012

Beyond Sleep poster
4.8

A young geologist ventures out into the vast tundra of northern Norway to finish his research on meteorite craters, only to get hopelessly lost in both the wilderness and his own mind.

Beyond Sleep

2016

Undercover poster
4.9

In the comedy ' undercover ' is to be Denmark's worst police officer Muhammed on his first undercover mission. The only problem is that it is small and Rikke love the Thursday before Christmas. But instead of Christmas tree and gifts to Rikke transport Crown witness Mick to Funen persecuted to a notorious gangster boss, which will have a hold of Mick and the 900,000 crowns, he is over with. Linda p. gives the gas as a Danish response to Melissa McCarthy in the grove Christmas comedy, which is written by Casper Christensen and directed by former East Coast Hustler, Nikolaj Peyk.

Undercover

2016

Opportunity Knocks poster
5.7

A modern remake of the classic movie where our main characters meets unforeseen troubles and bureaucracy when they build a new house. A hopeless and hilarious meet with the system.

Opportunity Knocks

2018

Every Child is Made of Fire poster
NR

Every Child is Made of Fire tells the story about Anne, a woman in her late thirties who leaves her job as an engineer to start working at a home for disadvantaged youth. Here she meets Mikael who has killed his father with a knife. It is a meeting between a person who wants to provide care, and a person who is obviously in need of so - a meeting that gets unexpected and dramatic consequences.

Every Child is Made of Fire

2013

Blind Spot poster
7.3

Blind Spot is a story about the grey zones in mental illness; the blind spots hard to discover, as experienced by a mother realizing her daughter struggling with far worse issues than she realized.

Blind Spot

2018

The Tough Guys poster
6.1

11-year old Modulf thinks he is a super hero. Every day he is bullied by the toughest guys at school. And that's fine. Because if Modulf is the one being bullied, the other children won't be. Lise, a new girl in class, does not agree with Modulf's theories. She cares, and creates havoc in the ranks - and suddenly she is the one who must be saved.

The Tough Guys

2013

Welcome to Norway! poster
6.0

A couple decide to open a home for refugees in the remote cold mountains of Norway.

Welcome to Norway!

2016

Staying Alive poster
3.8

Marianne (34) discovers that her boyfriend Håkon is having an affair. Supported by her best friend's revenge tips, Marianne stumbles into her new life where she discovers that coziness is overrated and having fun is what matters.

Staying Alive

2015

Behind The Scenes - Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama poster
NR

A behind the scenes of the Norwegian pirate movie "Kaptein Sabeltann og skatten i Lama Rama"

Behind The Scenes - Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama

2014

Chasing the Wind poster
5.7

Anna hasn’t seen her family for a decade. When her grandmother dies, she returns home to take care of her grandfather. In the week leading up to the funeral, nothing goes as expected, and Anna is forced to reconsider how she lives her life.

Chasing the Wind

2013

Bendik & the Monster poster
3.3

Bendik & the Monster is the story of a monster, who dreams of being a cabaret singer.

Bendik & the Monster

2014

2000s · 16 titles

Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End poster
6.3

Arn has served his term in the Holy land and returns home to be reunited with his beloved Cecilia. When he returns home, he discovers that political forces tries to separate him and Cecilia - but thanks to queen Blanka they can finally get married. Arn knows that war is looming and with his martial knowledge he starts to build an army at his new home at Forsvik.

Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End

2008

North poster
6.4

Following a nervous breakdown, ski athlete Jomar has isolated himself in a lonely existence as the guard of a ski park. When he learns that he might be the father of a child way up north, he sets on a strange and poetic journey through Norway on a snowmobile, with 5 liters of alcohol as sole provisions. On this trip through amazing arctic landscapes, Jomar seems to do everything in his power to avoid reaching his destination. He meets other tender and confused souls, who will all contribute to push Jomar further along his reluctant journey towards the brighter side of life.

North

2009

Vegas poster
3.9

You don't choose your family. You choose your friends. Vegas is the story of Thomas, Marianne and Terje – three teenagers with nowhere to go.

Vegas

2009

Fatso poster
5.5

Overweight loner Rino spends his days in seclusion, until his dad rents a room to an overtly sexual girl who challenges Rino to break down his walls.

Fatso

2008

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

No artwork available
5.0

A foreign ice skater moves to a very small norwegian village

Mine

2006

Rafiki poster
5.2

Three friends - Julie, Mette and Naisha - are enjoying the first snow in the village. They have snowball fights with the boys and look forward to Christmas. One day Naisha suddenly disappears. With a secret address written in invisible ink as their only clue, they sneak onto the night train to the city. They need to find Naisha before the police do.

Rafiki

2009

Iver poster
8.5

Iver's favorite thing to do is swim, but today the swimming lesson is cancelled. He sneaks by the receptionist to do some swimming anyway. No matter what Iver does in the swimming pool, the strict sound of the lifeguard’s whistle is heard. Eventually he gets thrown out. He is sulking in the reception area. People are leaving the swimming pool, and Iver gets an idea! He sneaks back in to do some more swimming. But suddenly somebody is coming – it´s that scary lifeguard…

Iver

2004

No artwork available
8.3

A Norwegian short film by Gaute Johnsen.

Null-Null

2007

Kaptein Sabeltann og den forheksede øya poster
7.0

When Kaptein Sabeltann and his men land on the mysterious island Gral, they are warned by the sorceress Miriam av Gral, that the lord of the island, Greven av Gral (the Count of Gral), is cruel and mad, and would like to replace Kaptein Sabeltann as the king of the sea.

Kaptein Sabeltann og den forheksede øya

2000

Anolit poster
7.0

A circling roadmovie told from the back seat of a styled BMW.

Anolit

2002

37½ poster
5.0

A woman, Selma, almost 40 years old, figures that she has not achieved what she wanted in life and wonders "what now?"

37½

2005

Kaptein Sabeltann og jakten på den magiske diamant poster
9.0

A little boy is fleeing through the jungle. His name is Marco, and he is Pinky's little brother. Pinky and Sunniva have set off to try to find him. At the same time, Captain Sabeltann himself has sailed from the Invisible Land. For years, he has been searching for the Magic Diamond. Now rumors lead him to Shangri La, a remote South Sea beach. Deep in the jungle, on the other side of the suspension bridges, lurks a deadly enemy: Maga Kahn, the evil prince of the jungle, and his queen, Sirikit. The stage is set for a nerve-racking duel.

Kaptein Sabeltann og jakten på den magiske diamant

2002

No artwork available
5.8

Arild runs into the father of his former class mate Kjell in the mountains. Controversy from the past unfolds during this brief meeting.

Tommy

2007

Mars & Venus poster
3.9

Ida and Mathias is a very "normal" couple. Her architect, he was a kind of production manager. They have two children, is still horny on each other. But life has set in: The kids interrupt the sex, she earns more than him, and the apartment is just too narrow and too unopposed. In short: It's time to dream. She wants to finish his life's prestige project. He would like to have a boat. Old sailboat even made of wood. One day, Mathias makes the fatal (or maybe the right thing :) He just buys the boat...

Mars & Venus

2007

No artwork available
8.0

Fun family entanglement occurs when the son Nils meetings Mommy's new boyfriend for the first time.

Min pappa av papp

2009

Series credits

Detective Hole poster
7.4

When a series of ritualistic murders hits Oslo, a gifted detective must navigate a puzzle of patterns, corruption and his own demons to catch the killer.

Detective Hole

2026

Detective Hole poster
7.4

When a series of ritualistic murders hits Oslo, a gifted detective must navigate a puzzle of patterns, corruption and his own demons to catch the killer.

Detective Hole

2026

Exit poster
7.4

Exit is based on the true stories of four men in their mid-30s, who all became multi-millionaires before the age of thirty. Attempting to escape from their obligations, expectations and families, they employ drugs, prostitutes, and their very own set of morals.

Exit

2019

La Palma poster
6.8

A Norwegian family vacationing on La Palma faces disaster when a young researcher discovers alarming signs of an imminent volcanic eruption.

La Palma

2024

LIS poster
6.8

LIS follows four ambitious medical interns working at a struggling Norwegian hospital. Facing the harsh realities of an overstretched medical system, with rising patient numbers and dwindling resources, the young interns grapple with the complex ethical dilemmas of providing care in a system stretched to its limits. They will learn that compassion alone may not be enough, and they are forced to grow in ways they never expected.

LIS

2026

I kveld med Ylvis poster
7.4

No synopsis available yet.

I kveld med Ylvis

2011

Dag poster
8.3

Meet Dag, a couple's therapist who holds a 90% divorce rate. His philosophy in life is that people should live alone and he's happy to share that with his patients. Dag leads a quiet life and the only thing he loves more than his solitude is prescription drugs. However, Dag's peaceful existence is about to change radically when Eva enters his life.

Dag

2010

Arn: The Knight Templar poster
7.6

Arn has to endure so much before he can get the love of his life Cecilie, who has been put away in a monastery.

Arn: The Knight Templar

2010

A Better Man poster
7.2

A Norwegian internet troll with misogynistic tendencies has his identity revealed. To avoid persecution, he must present as a woman, unexpectedly opening his eyes to gender bias.

A Better Man

2025

Danefæ poster
7.1

Intense drama series about archaeologist couple Ester and Michael. When Ester makes a groundbreaking discovery, their marriage, Michael's career, and Danish history are challenged.

Danefæ

2025

Power Play poster
7.2

The incredible story of Gro Harlem Brundtland, who in the late 70s works as a young doctor, fighting for self-determined abortion, when she almost by accident, stumbles into politics. As the government implodes around her, Gro learns to play her own games of power, climbing the ranks until she is the last woman standing in the ruins of Labour’s celebrated social democracy, ending up as Norway’s first female Prime Minister in 1981.

Power Play

2023

The Commoner poster
7.2

A lavish royal drama that tells the incredible love story of King Harald and Queen Sonja, and how their love almost plunged Norway into a constitutional crisis.

The Commoner

2025

One Night poster
6.8

Romantic series about two people that meet at a blind date.

One Night

2018

På hjul med Dag Otto poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

På hjul med Dag Otto

2010

Seizure poster
5.0

Oslo detectives Max Sørensen and Sander Holm are called in to investigate after four young immigrant boys are found dead in an empty swimming pool. Bizarre twists in the case brings the detectives face to face with both their own demons and a dark sequence of increasingly inexplicable events.

Seizure

2019

Ran poster
7.4

Five boys meet in their teens. This lays the foundation for a career in crime, driven on by the dream of the big heist. Police are becoming aware of them, but the biggest threat is proving to be their own friendship. "Ran" is a high-profile television drama for four episodes. It a mix of drama and action, which is about both spectacular robberies, and about friendship and affiliation. The dilemma the gang encounters is similar to what most of us experience: there comes a point in life where the roads separate, where you realize that you and your old friends have grown apart. This causes a bigger problems for these guys, as this break is not just a little sad and melancholy experience - it is also a threat to their life, their future and their identity.

Ran

2005

Norwegian Cozy poster
6.0

After a bad breakup, Georg goes back to live with his father Frank. His greatest desire is to be a father, and his greatest fear is to become as paranoid and intolerable as Frank. Georg, still feeling sane, starts writing letters to his future son while looking for a mother worthwhile…

Norwegian Cozy

2011

An immortal man poster
8.0

The series follows the first years of Henrik Ibsen, the father of the modern drama. From he is 14 years old, until he moves to Christiania as a 22 year old.

An immortal man

2006