Roland Møller

Roland Møller
Møller at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	(1972-05-28) 28 May 1972 (age 52) Odense, Denmark
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2010–present

Roland Møller (Danish: [ˈʁoˀˌlænˀ ˈmølˀɐ]; born 28 May 1972)^[1] is a Danish actor. He won the Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Land of Mine (2015), and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Nordvest (2013). He has appeared in high-profile films like A Hijacking, Darkland, Atomic Blonde, Papillon, and Skyscraper.

Early life

Møller grew up in a criminal environment in Odense, Denmark.^[2] He had 10 assault convictions and had served time for a total of four and a half years before he was released on parole under the condition he leave Odense in 2002.^[2][3] He subsequently attended Den Rytmiske Højskole, a music folk high school, and then moved to Copenhagen, where he began working with the rapper Jokeren as a songwriter.^[2]

Career

Møller made his acting debut in the 2010 prison drama film R. While Møller was originally involved as a consultant in the film set in Horsens State Prison, where he had served time, co-director Tobias Lindholm offered him an acting role in the film.^[4] Møller's performance in the film earned Supporting Actor nominations at the Bodil Awards and Danish Film Critics Association Awards.^[2] He then appeared in Lindholm's 2012 film A Hijacking and the 2013 film Northwest, directed by the other R co-director Michael Noer, for both of which he was nominated for the Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, the latter of which he also won.^[5][6]

In 2014, he appeared in A Second Chance. In 2015, he appeared in the war drama Land of Mine in his first leading role,^[2] for which he received the Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.^[7]

In 2017, he appeared in the action thriller Darkland, the spy film Atomic Blonde,^[8] and the Papillon remake directed by Noer.^[4]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	R	Mureren
2012	A Hijacking	Jan Sørensen
2013	Nordvest	Bjørn	Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated- Zulu Award for Best Actor
	A Second Chance	Man at Club
2015	The Shamer's Daughter	Hannes
	Land of Mine	Sgt. Carl Leopold Rasmussen	Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Tokyo International Film Award for Best Actor Nominated- Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated- Zulu Award for Best Actor
2016	Undercover	Mick
2017	Darkland	Claus
	Atomic Blonde	Aleksander Bremovych
	Papillon	Celier
2018	The Commuter	Jackson
	Skyscraper	Kores Botha
	A Bluebird in My Heart	Danny
2019	The Glass Room	Stahl
	The Last Vermeer	Dekker
	Valhalla	Thor
2020	Sløborn	Magnus Fisker	The first four episodes aired on ZDF in July 2020.
	Riders of Justice	Kurt
2021	Blood Red Sky	Karl
	The North Water	Otto	TV drama miniseries
2022	Medieval	Tokar
2023	Citadel	Anders Silje and Davik Silje[9]	TV series

References

1. "Roland Møller - dansk film database". Dansk film database. Archived from the original on 19 February 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
2. Stanners, Peter (10 January 2016). "The rehabilitation of Roland Møller". The Murmur. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
3. Moestrup, Jonas Hamidavi Rasoulzadeh (11 March 2015). "Fra voldsmand til skuespiller: Danskerne peger fingre af udsatte børn". TV 2 (in Danish). Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
4. Chang, Kee (7 February 2017). "Roland Møller Strikes Pay Dirt". Anthem. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
5. "A Hijacking Is Critics' Favourite". Danish Film Institute. 18 March 2013. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
6. "The Hunt wins four Bodils". Danish Film Institute. 3 February 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
7. "Land of Mine wins 3 Bodil Awards". Danish Film Institute. 7 March 2016. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
8. Keslassy, Elsa (28 January 2017). "Fenar Ahmad's 'Darkland' Wins Over Danish Box Office". Variety. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
9. Andreeva, Nellie (27 February 2023). "Citadel Sets Premiere Date; First Look At Amazon Global Spy Series Reveals Lesley Manville Casting". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

External links

• Roland Møller at IMDb