Roland Møller

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Roland Møller at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2015

Roland Greisen Møller (born August 1, 1972 in Odense , Denmark ) is a Danish actor .

Live and act

Møller grew up in his hometown Odense, as a teenager he slipped into the criminal scene and was convicted of ten violent crimes by 2002 and served prison terms of four and a half years. In order to be released early, he agreed to the probation to leave Odense and went to Copenhagen . There he worked with the Danish rapper Jokeren as a songwriter.

He made his acting debut in the drama R , in 2010 in a supporting role. Director Tobias Lindholm had actually hired him as a consultant to draw on his experience in prison, but then offered him the supporting role. For this role he was nominated in 2011 in the category Best Supporting Actor for the Danish Film Prize Bodil . In 2014 he won the Bodil for the supporting role in Northwest. In his first leading role he played the role of a Danish officer in World War II in the war drama Unter dem Sand - The Promise of Freedom . In 2018 he played the role of Kores Botha in the US production Sykscraper . In 2020 he was seen in a leading role in all eight episodes of the Neoriginal series Sløborn .

Filmography (selection)

Awards (selection)

Bodil

  • 2011: Nomination in the category Best Supporting Actor for R
  • 2013: Nomination in the category Best Supporting Actor for Hijacking - Fear of Death ... In the hands of pirates
  • 2014: Winner in the Best Supporting Actor category for Northwest
  • 2016: Winner in the category Best Actor for Unter dem Sand - The Promise of Freedom

Tokyo International Film Festival

  • 2016: Winner in the category Best Actor for Unter dem Sand - The Promise of Freedom

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cornelius von Tiedemann: Roland Møller: The lonely life of an Oscar nominee. In: The North Schleswig. February 25, 2017, accessed July 21, 2020 .
  2. ^ Peter Scanners: The rehabilitation of Roland Møller. Murmur, January 10, 2016, accessed July 21, 2020 (American English).
  3. ↑ Kee Chang: Roland Møller Strikes Pay Dirt. Anthem Magazine, February 7, 2017, accessed July 22, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Møller, Roland
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Møller, Roland Greisen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Odense , Denmark