Alexandre Willaume | |
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Born | Alexandre Willaume-Jantzen 20 December 1972 Hellerup, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Education | Danish National School of Performing Arts |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1996–present |
Spouse | Henriette Willaume Fobian (m. 1996;div. 2018) |
Partner | Lillie Østergaard [1] |
Children | 2 |
Alexandre Willaume (born 20 December 1972) is a Danish actor having had roles in Home Fires (2016), Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets and The Last Kingdom (2017), Tomb Raider (2018), COBRA and The Head (2020), The Wheel of Time (2021), and 1899 (2022).
Alexandre Willaume-Jantzen was born 20 December 1972. [1] in Hellerup, Copenhagen, Denmark. [2] He studied acting at the Danish National School of Performing Arts (Den Danske Scenekunstskole) in Copenhagen from 1996 to 2000. [3]
Willaume was previously married to Henriette Willaume Fobian for 22 years, however, the couple divorced in 2018. [1] As of 2021, Willaume is in a relationship with Lillie Østergaard, who runs a beauty salon in Copenhagen. [1]
Willaume spent several years at the Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen before realising it was not meant to be, and made him seek television and film roles. [4]
In 2016, Willaume was cast in Marek Novotny for six episodes of the Julie Summers Jambusters based British wartime drama series Home Fires . [5]
In 2017, Willaume starred as Captain Kris in the Luc Besson directed Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets , in a cast which included John Goodman, Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, and Rutger Hauer. [6] In the same year, he played a main role of Hans in the film Good Favour which featured at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. [7]
In 2018, he starred in the film Tomb Raider working with Alicia Vikander who played Lara Croft. [8]
In 2019, in the Viaplay series, Hidden: Förstfödd (Hidden : Firstborn), Willaume plays Maersk, and is the only Dane amongst a cast of Norwegians and Swedes, he considered this to be his most interesting work to date. [4] In 2020, he starred as the station commander John Berg, in the Antarctic research mystery series The Head , playing a lead role alongside John Lynch. [9]
In 2021, he starred in the Amazon Prime fantasy series The Wheel of Time , in a cast which included Rosamund Pike, [10] and appeared in every episode of the Netflix period mystery-science fiction series 1899 in 2022. [8]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Hvileløse hjerte | Himself | Short film |
1998 | Skyggen | Guy in Bathroom | Film [11] |
2000 | Efterløn | Lars | Short film [12] |
2000 | Indien | Mand i port | Short film |
2002 | P.I.S. - Politiets indsatsstyrke: Pilot | Speaker (voice) | Video |
2004 | Familien Gregersen | Sixten | Film |
2005 | Deadline | Lasse | Short film [12] |
2006 | Sange fra baggrunden | Mads | Film |
2008 | A Viking Saga: Son of Thor | Oyvind | Film [11] |
2008 | Superhelt | ? | Short film |
2009 | Winnie og Karina - The Movie | Fængselsbetjent | Film |
2009 | Fri os fra det onde (Deliver us from Evil) | Roald | Film |
2009 | De fantastiske 3 | Pølsemanden | Short film [12] |
2010 | Nothing's All Bad | Pornofilmsfotograf | Film |
2010 | Bølle Bob - Alle tiders helt | Benny | Film |
2011 | Going Nowhere | Jannik | Short film [12] |
2012 | As You Were | Lars | Short film [12] |
2012 | Over the Edge | Roar Panowski Poulsen | Film |
2013 | The Detectives | Jo | Film |
2013 | Sorrow and Joy | Skoleinspektør (School inspector) | Film |
2014 | Listen | Police man | Short film |
2016 | Hundeliv | Adam | Film |
2017 | Kein Problem | Kim Langer | Short film [12] |
2017 | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | Captain Kris | Film |
2017 | Good Favour | Hans | Film |
2018 | Tomb Raider | Lieutenant | Film |
2022 | Moloch | Jonas | Film |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Skjulte spor | Victor Mørk | TV series |
2000 | Rejseholdet | Rocker Dennis | 1 episode |
2001 | Hotellet | Patric | 1 episode |
2003-2004 | Forsvar | Martin Christensen | 4 episodes |
2005 | Klovn | Sonny | 1 episode |
2008 | Deroute | Frederik | 4 episodes |
2009 | Store drømme | Bastian Dollerup | 1 episode |
2009 | Krysters Kartel | Various roles | 2 episodes |
2009 | Forbrydelsen | Stig Dragsholm | 2 episodes |
2011 | Ludvig & Julemanden | Niels Glad | 24 episodes |
2011 | Those Who Kill | Simon | 2 episodes |
2013–2015 | Rita | Jonas Poulsen | 16 episodes |
2015 | Crossing Lines | Anton Nielsen | 1 episode |
2016 | Home Fires | Marek Novotny | 6 episodes |
2015 - 2017 | The Last Kingdom | Kjartan | 4 episodes |
2018 | Deep State | Laurence | (Season 1) - 5 episodes |
2019 | Hidden: Förstfödd (Hidden : Firstborn) | Mærsk | 4 episodes |
2019 | Follow the Money | Rune | 2 episodes |
2017–2019 | Gidseltagningen | S.P. | 16 episodes |
2020 | COBRA | Edin Tosumbegovic | 5 episodes |
2020 | Equinox | Henrik | 6 episodes |
2020 | The Head | Johan Berg | 6 episodes |
2021 | The Wheel of Time | Thom Merrilin | 2 episodes |
2022 | 1899 | Anker | 8 episodes |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | Zulu Awards | Best Performance in an Advertisement | Pede i WUPTI.com | Nominated | [13] |
2017 | Bodil Awards | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Hundeliv | Nominated | [13] |
2022 | Anatomy Crime and Horror Film Festival | Jury Prize - Best Actor (Horror) | Moloch | Won | [13] [14] |
People's Choice - Best Actor | Moloch | Nominated | [13] [14] |
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