Jan Gunnar Røise
Jan Gunnar Røise (born 24 september 1975) is a Norwegian actor. He is from Feiring in Eidsvoll and has an acting degree from Statens teaterhøgskole (now a part of the Oslo National Academy of the Arts).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.686 |
| Birthday | 1975-09-24 |
| Place of Birth | Eidsvoll, Norway |
| Also Known As |
2021
Nothing to Laugh About
6.9/15
Kasper Berntsen is a successful stand-up comedian, who has everything he could wish for. One day everything changes. He learns that he has a serious i...
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Nothing to Laugh About
2003
Kitchen Stories
6.996/124
Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of their kitchen. Folke Nilsson (Tomas Norström) is...
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Kitchen Stories
2010
A Somewhat Gentle Man
6.492/122
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 t...
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A Somewhat Gentle Man
2006
Comrade Pedersen
5.46/25
A drama focused on Norwegian society in the 1970s, an era politically influenced by Marxism and Leninism.
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Comrade Pedersen
2010
En helt vanlig dag på jobben
6.7/7
A young man dreams of becoming a journalist, in order to write stories which may change the world. This does not turn out as planned, and instead he e...
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En helt vanlig dag på jobben
2014
Gompen og andre beretninger om overvåking i Norge 1948-1989
0/0
Gomp: Tales of surveillance in Norway 1948-1989 is a film from a staged hearing focusing on the surveillance of dissidents during the Cold War. Throug...
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Gompen og andre beretninger om overvåking i Norge 1948-1989
2009
Twigson
5.1/20
Tough, naughty, quick-witted and brave Lillebror has just moved, and has not made any new friends yet, when his imaginary friend – the wooden twig Kne...
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Twigson
2002
Most People Live in China
5.974/19
A movie inspired by eight Norwegian political parties, written by six writers and directed by nine directors: a man gets a nasty surprise skinny dippi...
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Most People Live in China
2004
Hawaii, Oslo
6.775/51
Hawaii, Oslo is the story of a handful of people who cross each other's path without necessarily knowing each other, during the hottest day of the yea...
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Hawaii, Oslo
2011
The Thing
6.229/3180
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that une...
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The Thing
2009
Magic Silver
4.983/30
Princess Bluerose is a small gnome living deep in the Norwegian mountains. A small community of gnomes is responsible for making the transition betwee...
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Magic Silver
2006
Svein and the Rat
3.4/6
Svein's best friend is a fancy rat named Halvorsen who goes missing during a pet contest, leading to chaos with newspapers reporting a rat invasion. T...
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Svein and the Rat
2022
Full Dekning
6.6/5
Seven long-time friends meet for dinner. They decide to share their text messages, emails and phone calls. Secrets are unveiled. Harmony trembles.
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Full Dekning
2010
Twigson Ties the Knot
5.2/9
When Lillebror's mother is mysteriously hurt in a biking accident, Lillebror and Knerten turn the town upside down trying to find the culprit.
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Twigson Ties the Knot
2012
I Belong
6.5/11
A nurse gets into a dispute at work because she switches to speaking English when she gets nervous. A translator compromises her integrity when persua...
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I Belong
2000
The 7 Deadly Sins
8/2
Feature film length collection of seven short films about the biblical seven sins by preliminary younger Norwegian directors.
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The 7 Deadly Sins
2014
In Order of Disappearance
6.9/671
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. S...
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In Order of Disappearance
2023
Norwegian Offspring
8.5/2
A mother passes away, and her estranged son – obsessed with theories about the repression of male sexuality in modern society – starts longing for off...
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Norwegian Offspring
2002
Kaptein Sabeltann og jakten på den magiske diamant
9/1
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...
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Kaptein Sabeltann og jakten på den magiske diamant
2022
Thomas vs. Thomas (A Sensational Theory Regarding an Insignificant Life in the Multiverse)
7.2/6
A quantum physicist is about to have the breakthrough of the century, but as he closes in on his goal, versions of him from parallel realities force h...
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Thomas vs. Thomas (A Sensational Theory Regarding an Insignificant Life in the Multiverse)
2022
Teddy's Christmas
7.088/51
While visiting a Christmas market in her Norwegian town, eight year old Mariann spots a talking teddy bear at a carnival game booth. However, when som...
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Teddy's Christmas
2024
Sex
6.754/63
Two married, heterosexual chimney sweeps face experiences that unsettle their views on sexuality and identity. One has a same-sex encounter without co...
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Sex
2011
Twigson in Trouble
5.1/7
Little Brother has moved with his family, and a stick son has seen the day of light, but there is no new friends.
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Twigson in Trouble
2022
Titina
6.804/23
Italian airship engineer Umberto Nobile enjoys a quiet life with his beloved dog Titina. One day, Norwegian explorer superstar Roald Amundsen contacts...
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Titina
2005
The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl
6.667/6
A director feels he is about to lose himself to the market forces and thinks that the only way he can protest is by making a political film. He contac...
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The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl
2025
Mr. K
6.295/44
Mr. K, a traveling magician, finds himself in a Kafkaesque nightmare when he can’t find the exit of his hotel. His attempts to get out only pull him d...
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Mr. K
2000
Kaptein Sabeltann og den forheksede øya
7/1
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, G...
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Kaptein Sabeltann og den forheksede øya
2002
Anolit
7/1
A circling roadmovie told from the back seat of a styled BMW.
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Anolit
2008
Deconstruction Workers
6.4/7
Two construction workers have a serious conversation about life.
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Deconstruction Workers
2014
Polaroid
0/0
A brief meeting between a man and a woman on a night train. A meeting that remains a mystery to the man for the rest of his life.
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Polaroid
2005
37½
5.333/6
A woman, Selma, almost 40 years old, figures that she has not achieved what she wanted in life and wonders "what now?"
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37½
2003
The Beast of Beauty
6.286/7
Lotte and her father moves in with Kristin, a former beauty queen, and her daughter, Vendela. Kristin is grooming Vendela to win the Little Miss Norwa...
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The Beast of Beauty
2024
Girlfriend Experience
0/0
Kath is selling sex in Oslo, alongside her best friend, Andrea. When Andrea decides to walk away, Kath tries to ignore it and maintain their business...
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Girlfriend Experience
2004
Jeppe on the Hill
0/0
A television broadcast of the National Theatre's performance Jeppe på Bjerget with Bjarte Hjelmeland's critically acclaimed and award-winning interpre...
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Jeppe on the Hill
2016
The Lion Woman
6.8/128
Eva Arctander is born with hypertrichosis, meaning that she is covered from head to toe with fine blonde hair. Her father is so ashamed of her that he...
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The Lion Woman
2008
The Last Joint Venture
6.2/22
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 a...
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The Last Joint Venture
2008
Cold Lunch
3.8/13
Bird droppings on a work shirt lead to extreme unintended consequences.
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Cold Lunch
2014
A Swan Lake
9/1
The Artist proposes to the distrustful and skeptical Producer the staging of a new ballet starring… swans? What is the story? That of Prince Siegfried...
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A Swan Lake
2019
Beware of Children
7.3/29
During a break in school 13 year-old Lykke, the daughter of a prominent Labour Party member, seriously injures her classmate Jamie, the son of a high...
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Beware of Children
2019
Forgotten Christmas
6.5/31
Carpenter Andersen and Santa Claus are back and this time they have to help little Elise save christmas before it's too late.
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Forgotten Christmas
2019
Out Stealing Horses
6.4/72
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 h...
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Out Stealing Horses
2019
The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle
6.5/124
When the King and Queen are poisoned, brothers Per and Pål get arrested, suspected of being behind it. Younger brother Espen "Ash Lad" and Princess Kr...
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The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle
2019
The Tunnel
6.341/321
When a truck crashes inside a tunnel, people on their way home for Christmas are brutally trapped in a deadly fire. With a blizzard raging outside, an...
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The Tunnel
2017
What Will People Say
7.318/214
Sixteen year-old Nisha lives a double life. At home with her family she is the perfect Pakistani daughter, but when out with her friends, she is a nor...
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What Will People Say
2007
5 grøss fra Vestlandet
0/0
5 directors were invited to direct their own short film - a horror story. The idea was to let the directors tell their own worst nightmare. 5 short fi...
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5 grøss fra Vestlandet
2025
Brightly Shining
6.4/5
Christmas is approaching, and when their father loses his job as a Christmas tree seller, Ronja and Melissa take over the responsibility. While their...
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Brightly Shining
2021
Stevens Johnson
0/0
A confrontation between a mysterious man and a charming Italian chef develops into an extortion where pride stands high for both parties.
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Stevens Johnson
2024
The Polar Bear Prince
7.5/10
An adventurous girl, Liv, lives with her beloved grandfather in a small village nestled among majestic mountains and forests. One day she encounters a...
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The Polar Bear Prince
2025
Poor Me
0/0
Nora (15) is caught shoplifting, sparking a major argument with her parents about family values. When all blame falls on her, she pressures her younge...
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Poor Me
2002
Siste hus
0/0
A young couple drives around pretending to raise money for the Cancer Research Fund. But they are con artists, deceiving gullible old people in the co...
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Siste hus
2026
My First Love
0/0
At 19, Ella is ready to begin her adult life on her own terms. Born with a disability and having always used a wheelchair, she dreams of moving into h...
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My First Love
2025
Shoot
0/0
By chance, drama teacher Sigrun witnesses her colleague’s teaching methods causing discomfort for one of the students. Should she let art be art, or p...
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