Per Schaanning

Acting

Per Schaanning

Born March 13, 1959 (age 67)

Per Schaanning is a Norwegian actor known from the films Amatørene (2001), Mors Elling (2003), The Bothersome Man (2006) and The Art of Negative Thinking (2006). Since 1997, he has been employed at Det norske teatret, before that time he was at Den Nationale Scene, Teatret Vårt and Trøndelag Teater.

Known For

Cold Prey IICold Prey II · 2008
Cold Prey II
★ 6.32008
MovieHorrorMystery
After surviving the events in the Jotunheimen mountains in which four of her friends were murdered, the badly injured Jannicke is brought to the local hospital. But when she wakes up, the building is dark and deserted... and she soon realizes that her nightmare isn’t over yet.
The Bothersome ManThe Bothersome Man · 2006
The Bothersome Man
★ 7.12006
MovieComedyDrama
Forty-year-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment - even a wife. But before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. Andreas makes an attempt to escape the city, but he discovers there's no way out. Andreas meets Hugo, who has found a crack in a wall in his cellar. Beautiful music streams out from the crack. Maybe it leads to "the other side"? A new plan for escape is hatched.
Detective DownsDetective Downs · 2013
Detective Downs
★ 5.52013
MovieComedyCrime
Detective Robert has his own office, a trench coat, a Bogart hat and Downs syndrome. The only thing he is missing is a case. Then a lady comes to his rescue.
TwigsonTwigson · 2009
Twigson
★ 5.12009
MovieAdventureComedy
Tough, naughty, quick-witted and brave Lillebror has just moved, and has not made any new friends yet, when his imaginary friend – the wooden twig Knerten – appears in the middle of a pile of firewood...
Sons of NorwaySons of Norway · 2011
Sons of Norway
★ 6.62011
MovieDrama
It’s not easy to rebel when your dad wants to join the party... One day (in 1979), Magnus and his son Nikolaj hit the wall in their new terrace house in Rykkinn. Magnus is an architect, hippie and free spirit, a glaring exception in a community where equality and conformity is the norm. He always stands up for his son, supporting him unconditionally, even when Nikolaj decides to stop giving a damn.
The Art of Negative ThinkingThe Art of Negative Thinking · 2006
The Art of Negative Thinking
★ 6.72006
MovieComedyDrama
The local disability support group visits an involuntary member, not realizing that it will bring them to a critical mass.
Mother's EllingMother's Elling · 2003
Mother's Elling
★ 5.82003
MovieComedyDrama
Elling has lived with his mother all his life. Mom is the practical one, while Elling ponders the more theoretical aspects of life. He spends his time in their apartment reading books and looking at the neighbours through the living room window. Elling doesn't seem to need to be around others like most people. That's why Elling is less than enthusiastic when his mother suddenly decides to take her son on a beach vacation to Spain. Reluctantly, Elling agrees. After all, a lady at her age needs a good man by her side. But what Elling refuses to realize is that Mom is not only old, but also sick. Very sick. On her last vacation she tries to get Elling to see that life is bigger than their living room.
Going WestGoing West · 2018
Going West
★ 5.22018
MovieComedyDrama
An unemployed music teacher takes his estranged transgender parent on a road trip to the west coast of Norway, in order to honor his late mother's excellent quilting skills.

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Hawaii, OsloHawaii, Oslo · 2004
Hawaii, Oslo
★ 6.82004
MovieDramaRomance
Hawaii, Oslo is the story of a handful of people who cross each other's path without necessarily knowing each other, during the hottest day of the year, in Oslo. We follow Frode and Milla. They are having their first child, who they are told will not live long. We follow Bobbie-Pop, a faded singer who tries to commit suicide. We follow Leon, an institutionalized kleptomaniac who is loking for Åsa, to whom he has a ten year old deal to get married. We meet Leon's brother, Trygve, who fetches Leon at the institution to celebrate his birthday, but who himself has plans to use his leave from prison to run away. And most of all we meet the angel Vidar, Leon's best buddy at the institution, who sees things no one else can see, and who may be able to save everyone - except himself?

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PlastposenPlastposen · 1986
Plastposen
★ 5.71986
MovieComedyCrime
He went out to empty the trash, but he should never have done that! Just listen to what happened to our hero Reinert Andersen in the early morning. In his bathrobe he goes quiet out to throw his garbage bag. But the bin is overfilled, and the neighbor shows up when he tries to sneak it into his. A tricky situation. He takes the speed to heave it over the hedge ... At the same time in a neighborhood bank, Henry and his gang make a successful coup, starting with the escape police pursuit. The only thing that gets in their way, are Reinerts garbage bag. It lands right in the front window, and the remains of it in the face of the policeman who is about to catch the robbers on a motorcycle. Double-flap! And Reinert? a bit naive and nice guy really is suddenly as the focal point in a series of events in his wild imagination would have thought was possible.

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