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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1962-01-01

Place of Birth

Norway

Magne-Håvard Brekke

Biography

Magne-Håvard Brekke (born 1 January 1962, Norway) is a Norwegian actor of stage, film, and television. He left Norway at a young age to study at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in East Berlin, then joined the ensemble of the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz from 1989 to 1995, working with directors including Frank Castorf, Christoph Marthaler, and Andreas Kriegenburg. Since then he has worked primarily in France and Germany, with a career spanning over 40 years. His most notable screen roles include Stig Janson in Father of My Children (2009) (Chiara Caselli, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing), Lorenz in Goodbye First Love (2011) (Mathieu Amalric, Lola Créton), and Andreas Schnabel in The Bureau (2016–2020) (Mathieu Kassovitz, Marine Vacth). He also appeared in Overdrive (2017) (Ana de Armas, Scott Eastwood), Our Patriots (2017) (Alexandra Lamy, Pierre Deladonchamps), and Visiting Hours (2024) (Isabelle Huppert, Hafsia Herzi). His latest role is Eduard Limonov in Olivier Assayas' The Wizard of the Kremlin (Jude Law, Paul Dano).

Known for

50 Nuances de Grecs

50 Nuances de Grecs

Myths are not dead: they are among us! With his mischievous eye and the art of diversion which is the trademark of "Flint and the city" and his cult comic strip "The Planet of the Wise", Jul revisits in 50 shades of Greeks the mythological heritage by humor and lag, in thirty episodes.

Overdrive

Overdrive

Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.

The Wizard of the Kremlin

The Wizard of the Kremlin

In the chaos of post-Soviet Russia, rising KGB officer Vladimir Putin joins forces with master manipulator Vadim Baranov to reshape life behind the Iron Curtain, using violence and deception to change the world forever.

The Tournament

The Tournament

Budapest International Chess Tournament. The most likely winner: Cal Fournier (22), French champion, immature genius, socially awkward, compulsive player. But this time, an unusual 9-years-old Hungarian opponent disrupts this smooth-running routine.

Lovers

Lovers

Set in Paris the story follows Lisa, who, while on vacation with her husband, rekindles a passionate affair with her ex-boyfriend. But that may lead to a murder.

Sister

Sister

A drama set at a Swiss ski resort and centered on a boy who supports his sister by stealing from wealthy guests.

Gigot bitume

Gigot bitume

Der Badeanzug

Der Badeanzug

Goodbye First Love

Goodbye First Love

A 15-year-old discovers the joys and heartaches of first love with an older teen, but in the ensuing years, cannot seem to move past their breakup.

Visiting Hours

Visiting Hours

Alma, alone in her big townhouse, and Mina, a single mother from a housing project in another city, have organized their lives around the prison visits they make to their respective partners. When the two women meet in the room outside the visiting area, an unlikely friendship begins...

A Few Days in September

A Few Days in September

1 September 2001. Elliot, an American C.I.A. agent holding top secret information on the immediate future of the world, disappears. His sole aim was to meet his daughter Orlando, whom he abandoned ten years before. Irène, a French agent who used to work with him, and David, his adoptive son, will help him and lead the girl to her father. Chased by William Pound, a strangely poetic psycho, they will defy the dangers of international espionage from Paris to Venice and finally get to Elliot on 11 September 2001.

Father of My Children

Father of My Children

Grégoire Canvel has everything a man could want. A wife he loves, three delightful children, and a stimulating job. He's a film producer. Discovering talented filmmakers and developing films that fit his conception of the cinema-free and true to life-is precisely his reason for living. Yet his prestigious production company, Moon Films, is on its last legs.

The Last U-Boat

The Last U-Boat

Near the end of WWII a lone U-Boat is sent from Germany to Japan carrying plutonium needed for a Japanese A-Bomb. During the long journey, news arrives on the radio that Hitler killed himself and Germany has surrendered. This causes a rift in the crew, the Nazi Party members wanting to continue to Japan since they are still at war, while the others just want to surrender or return home.

The Prayer

The Prayer

Thomas is a drug addict. In an effort to put an end to his habit, he joins a community of former addicts who live isolated in the mountains and use prayer as a way to cure themselves.

1001 Grams

1001 Grams

When Norwegian scientist Marie attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it is her own measurement of disappointment, grief and, not least, love, that ends up on the scale. Finally Marie is forced to come to terms with how much a human life truly weighs and which measurements she intends to live by.