Jan Gunnar Røise

Total Credits at Criticker: 21 (Actor)
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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 year, in Oslo... (imdb)
A drama focused on Norwegian society in the 1970s, an era dominated by Marxism and Leninism. (imdb)
At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson. (imdb)
What happens to us when people stop acting like they're supposed to? A nurse gets into a dispute at work because she switches to speaking English when she gets nervous. A translator compromises her integrity when persuaded to translate a book she doesn't believe in. An elderly woman and her daughter are humiliated when offered a present of one million kroner from a relative. (motlys.net)
A black comedy about paperfolding and the curse of marked liberalism.
The narrator of the movie wishes to make a political movie, but becomes more and more obsessed with the girl (henriette Steenstrup)
who tries to find the meaning of life through origami - all while the philosopher (Thomas Hylland Eriksen) tries to explain how marked liberalism has colonized our subconcious. (filmarkivet.no)
Bygningsarbeidere (2008) - Short Film
Two construction workers have a serious conversation about life.
Beware of Children traces the dramatic aftermath of a tragic event in a middle class suburb of Oslo. During break time 13 year-old Lykke, the daughter of a prominent Labour Party member, seriously injures her classmate Jamie, the son of a high profile right-wing politician. (cinemateket.no)
When Lillebror's mother is mysteriously hurt in a biking accident, Lillebror and Knerten turn the town upside down trying to find the culprit.
Third film about the wooden stick. Little Brother has moved with his family, and a stick son has seen the day of light, but there is no new friends.
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 illness, and his girlfriend leaves him. Kasper's rising star as a stand-up comedian is given new life when he uses humor as a disarming and life-giving force. He discovers new sides of himself and--not least--what is most ...
At a dinner party one of the guest suggest that they should all put their mobile phones on the table and openly reveal what's on them, as everyone has secrets. Let's get it all out.
The quantum physicist Thomas thinks he is breaking the code of universe, but fails to solve the mysteries of his own life. Even when the people he loves most; the son, the ex and the mother, all try to drag him back to the domestic sphere.
Christmas peace falls over the small town, but at the Christmas market there's hectic activity. Mariann discovers a teddy bear at the top shelf. Is he alive? Mariann must get the teddy whatsoever. But Teddy wants to get to a rich family.
A Storm for Christmas (2022) - TV Mini-Series
Follows a group of people who arrive at Oslo airport, some to welcome their loved ones, some to fly home to their families, and others who want to fly away and escape Christmas. (imdb)
Power Play (2023) - TV Series
Desperate power struggle in the Labor Party in the late 1970s. Norwegian drama series based on truth, lies and bad memory. (imdb)
Follows two colleagues who in different ways struggle with the same issues about their sexuality.
Norwegian Offspring (2023) - Short Film
A mother passes away, and her estranged son – obsessed with theories about the repression of male sexuality in modern society – starts longing for offspring of his own.
Fenris (2022) - TV Series
When a boy from a small town in Norway disappears, rumors arise that wolves are responsible, but a biologist discovers the bloody jacket in his father's house and he soon disappears too, sparking a wave of investigations. (imdb)