Trond Espen Seim

Acting

Trond Espen Seim

Born 1971-10-04 · Oslo, Norway

Trond Espen Seim (born October 4, 1971) is a Norwegian actor. He has played private detective Varg Veum in a series of films based on the eponymous series of novels by Gunnar Staalesen. On 18 March 2010, Seim was cast in the 2011 The Thing prequel, which was released on October 14, 2011 in the United States and December 2, 2011 in the United Kingdom. Description above from the Wikipedia article Trond Espen Seim, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

The Thing poster
6.3

When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.

The Thing

2011

Varg Veum - Woman in the Fridge poster
5.7

An international oil drilling company hires private investigator Varg Veum to find their missing systems designer, Arne Samuelsen. Varg discovers the headless body of a woman jammed into the fridge in Arne's apartment - and is promptly knocked unconscious. When he wakes up the body is gone and the Police has arrived.

Varg Veum - Woman in the Fridge

2008

Amundsen poster
6.0

The story of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole in 1911, and the first person to reach both the North and South Poles in 1926. Follows his all-consuming drive as a polar explorer and the tragedy he brought on himself and others by sacrificing everything in the icy wastelands to achieve his dream.

Amundsen

2019

What Lies Between Us poster
NR

A quiet suburban community is shaken by the alleged sexual assault of a teenage boy by two of his peers. As the town reels, successful real estate agent Anne Sofie discovers her own son may be more involved than she imagined. Determined to protect him and the family's reputation, she makes a choice that sets her on a collision course with the other boys' mothers, Sarah and Ulrikke. As accusations against her son begin to spread, the pressure mounts and to shield her family, Anne Sofie pins the blame on one of the other boys. But as her relationships fracture and her moral compass wavers, she’s forced to make a life-altering decision.

What Lies Between Us

2026

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

I Am Dina poster
5.6

In Northern Norway during the 1860s, a little girl named Dina accidentally causes her mother's death. Overcome with grief, her father refuses to raise her, leaving her in the care of the household servants. Dina grows up wild and unmanageable, with her only friend being the stable boy, Tomas. She summons her mother's ghost and develops a strange fascination with death as well as a passion for living.

I Am Dina

2002

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

Varg Veum - The Writing on the Wall poster
6.3

Varg Veum is no longer working as a private investigator. He's got a permanent job as a teacher, and has calmed down his life, enjoying the domestic bliss with his new girlfriend Karin, but the idyll doesn't last long. Veum gets a brutal meeting with the past, when "The Knife" is released from prison, determined to take revenge on those who got him convicted for the murder of a teenage girl.

Varg Veum - The Writing on the Wall

2010

Rally - From Paris to the Pyramids poster
6.4

This action-packed adventure for family audiences follows Reodor Felgen, a brilliant but eccentric inventor, and his two unlikely friends — Solan, a daring magpie, and Ludvig, a timid hedgehog — as they attempt to redeem themselves by competing in the legendary Paris-to-the-Pyramids rally. Equipped with their extraordinary racecar, Il Tempo Gigante, the trio embarks on a high-stakes journey through bustling Paris, the perilous Italian Alps, and the scorching Egyptian desert. With their home, friendship, and lives on the line, they must prove that ingenuity and determination can conquer any challenge. A thrilling follow-up to The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix

Rally - From Paris to the Pyramids

2025

Lea poster
3.5

Lea lives a protected life, traveling alongside her father on his business trips. During one night in Oslo, their tightly knit bond is tested when her father's business associate takes interest in her.

Lea

2014

Bloody Angels poster
6.9

A few months after a girl with developmental disabilities is murdered in the remote village Høtten, the two young men who most townsfolk think killed her go missing. A police detective is sent to investigate and finds this very challenging.

Bloody Angels

1998

Varg Veum - Yours Until Death poster
6.1

Private eye Varg Veum is on a routine mission searching for his client Jonas Andresen's stolen car. The car is found having been used in a brutal robbery and not long after that the client himself turns up dead.

Varg Veum - Yours Until Death

2008

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

Troubled Water poster
7.1

A man with a troubled past is released on parole. He finds work as a church organist and develops a rewarding relationship with a priest and her young son. However, his past soon catches up with him.

Troubled Water

2008

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

Mr. Death poster
5.0

An exclusive interview with Death as he goes about his everyday business.

Mr. Death

2016

Varg Veum - Cold Hearts poster
5.6

Varg Veum is going to be a father. In a way he could never imagine, life takes on a new direction while he is searching for a missing pair of siblings in the prostitution circles in Bergen. Varg realizes that life will never be the same when he has to make a decision: Let the criminals go free or expose Karin to mortal danger.

Varg Veum - Cold Hearts

2012

Fallen Angels poster
6.3

Jakob Aasen has hired his old friend, private investigator Varg Veum, to spy on his wife Rebecca, whom he suspects of infidelity. Against his better judgement Varg accepts the job, and in an ironic twist he and Rebecca rekindle their former love. Meanwhile a serial killer is targeting members of Jacob's band and their families...

Fallen Angels

2008

The Comet poster
6.0

The Comet follows 20-year-old Gustav and his search to find his father who mysteriously disappeared 12 years ago when a comet passed close to earth.

The Comet

2017

Varg Veum - Sleeping Beauty poster
6.4

After extricating 17-year-old Lisa Halle from a life of prostitution in Copenhagen, private investigator Varg Veum becomes ensnared in a tangle of parental neglect and bad love when he is hired to locate Lisa's boyfriend, Peter Werner.

Varg Veum - Sleeping Beauty

2008

Varg Veum - At Night All Wolves Are Grey poster
6.5

Varg Veum investigates a case where his good friend Even, a highly decorated ex-army officer, is falsely accused of bombing Armakon, a weapons storage facility.

Varg Veum - At Night All Wolves Are Grey

2011

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

No artwork available
NR

ISOLA is a film about grief and self-examination.

Isola

2006

The Frost poster
4.4

A couple's marriage falls apart after the death of their son. Based on Henrik Ibsen's "Little Eyolf"

The Frost

2009

Behind the camera