Olaf Johannessen (actor)

Olaf Heine Johannessen (born 8 July 1961 in Tórshavn) is a Faroese stage and film actor. He finished his education as an actor from the Odense Teater skuespillerskole (now Syddansk Musikkonservatorium og Skuespillerskole) in 1986. He works as an actor on stage in Denmark and Germany and as a film actor in Danish TV-series and films.

Olaf Johannessen
Born (1961-07-08) 8 July 1961
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
OccupationActor
Years active1986 – present
Partner(s)Marita Dalsgaard
Children5
Parent(s)Eyðun Johannessen and Tove Jakobsen

After finishing his education Johannessen was employed at the Aarhus Teater, where he played the main role in the drama Lykke-Peer (1988) and the title role in Hamlet (1992) and the title role in Roberto Zucco. In 1994 he started working at the Royal Danish Theatre, where he worked until he in 2002 started working as a freelance actor in various theatres in Denmark and Germany. He has played in Danish TV-series like playing the role as the prime minister Kristian Kamper in The Killing (Danish TV series) (Danish title: Forbrydelsen), third series. From 2013 to 2014 he played the role as Peer Gynt in the Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf, directed by Staffan Valdemar Holm. From 2011 to 2014 he worked as a stage actor at the same theatre playing the role as Michel Houellebecq in the play Karte und Gebiet, directed by Falk Richter. In 2014 he played the role as Adolf Eichmann on the Betty Nansen Teatret in the play Samtale før døden (Dialogue before death), written by Adam Price, directed by Peter Langdal.[1]

Olaf Johannessen is the son of theater instructor Eyðun Johannessen and brother of the actor Annika Johannessen.[2] His father is Faroese, his mother, Tove Jacobsen, is Danish. He grew up in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands and in Denmark. His current partner is the Faroese actress and directress Marita Dalsgaard with whom he has two children. He has three other children from a previous marriage.[3]

Theatre roles in selection
Year Theater Play Writer Director Role(s)
2009 Teatret ved Sorte Hest Hjorten Vivian Nielsen Vivian Nielsen Jarl
Royal Danish Theatre
(Guestplay on Royal Dramatic Theatre)		 Language of Hope Das Beckwerk Das Beckwerk The Medium
Royal Danish Theatre Richard III William Shakespeare Staffan Valdemar Holm Lord Grey, 1st morderer, King Edward IV, Young Richard of York, Stanley, Mayor of London
Mammutteatret PPP Claus Flygare Minna Johannesson Pier Paolo Pasolini
Café Teatret Krasnoyarsk Johan Harstad Line Paulsen The Anthropologist
Royal Danish Theatre Rødt og grønt (Red and Green) Astrid Saalbach Søren Iversen Manne
2011–2014 Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus Karte und Gebiet Michel Houellebecq Falk Richter Michel Houellebecq
2013–2014 Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus Peer Gynt Henrik Ibsen Staffan Valdemar Holm Peer Gynt[4]
2013 Grønnegårds Teatret Fruentimmerskolen Molière Madeleine Røn Juul Arnolphe
2014 Betty Nansen Teatret Samtale før døden Adam Price Peter Langdal Adolf Eichmann
2014–2015 Betty Nansen Teatret Mefisto Ariane Mnouchkine Peter Langdal Hendrik Höfgen
2015 Det Kongelige Teater Heksejagt Arthur Miller Roger Vontobel John Proctor
2015–16 Schauspielhaus Bochum Rose Bernd Gerhard Hauptmann Roger Vontobel Christof Flamm
2015–16 Det Kongelige Teater Puntila Bertolt Brecht Staffan Valdemar Holm Puntila

Filmography
Year Film Director Role Comments
1999–2000 Morten Korch - Ved stillebækken Ole Stillebæk TV-series, TV2
2009 Alting bliver godt igen Christoffer Bro Michael Film
2010 Pagten Jesper W. Nielsen Kim Landbetjent Nordic Christmas calendar, DR1
Blekingegade Jacob Thuesen Kenneth Ebbe Tv-serie, TV2
2012 Borgen Jannik Johansen Jørgen Hedegaard Tv-series, DR1
The Killing, III Kristoffer Nyholm Kristian Kamper Tv-series, DR1
2014 1864 Ole Bornedal Carl Christian Hall Tv-series, DR1
2015 Skammerens Datter Kenneth Kainz Mester Maunus Film
2015 Broen III Henrik Georgsson-Rumle Hammerich Lars Tv-series, DR1

Awards and recognition

References
  1. politiken.dk - Stærk forestilling viser folkemorderen Eichmann som en af os
  2. danskefilm.dk (Søg - and then type his name)
  3. ekstrabladet.dk, Jeg tør ikke se mig selv i Forbrydelsen
  4. Biograph.de Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Avisen.dk Her er årets Robert-vindere
  6. antenneduesseldorf.de
  7. b.dk
  8. "Her er vinderne af Årets Reumert 2015". DR. 21 June 2015.
  9. "De blev hædret ved Årets Reumert 2016" (in Danish). Årets Reumert. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
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