Pål Sverre Hagen

In 2019, Pål Sverre Hagen stars in the leading role of Roald Amundsen, the Arctic explorer in Espen Sandberg's feature Amundsen (2019).

More recently, Pål appeared in Sonja: The White Swan (2018) by Anne Sewitsky.

He also appeared in What Happened to Monday (2017) by Tommy Wirkola.

He played Gisle in The Last King (2016) by Nils Gaup and Arne, a Norwegian geologist in the Dutch drama Beyond Sleep (2016) by Boudewijn Koole.

The year after, he starred in the role of the eccentric villain and crime lord called "the Count" in the comedy action feature In Order of Disappearance (2014) alongside Stellan Skarsgård and Bruno Ganz, and as the antagonist of the Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith (2016), both films directed by Hans Petter Moland.

He starred in the role of archaeologist Sigurd Svendsen in Ragnarok (2013) by Mikkel Brænne Sandemose.

Hagen achieved world wide recognition for portraying Thor Heyerdahl in the epic historical feature Kon-Tiki (2012) directed by Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning, about the Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947. Kon-Tiki was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

Hagen has also starred in several TV series such as Buzz Aldrin (NRK, 2011), Dag (NRK, 2013) and the highly acclaimed drama series Valkyrien (NRK, 2017), for which he won the Golden Screen Award for Best Actor.

In the autumn of 2010 Valheim Hagen played Edmund Tyrone in the Riksteatret's production of Eugene O'Neill's Lang dags ferd mot natt (Long Day's Journey into Night). Liv Ullmann played his mother, Mary Tyrone, and Sundquist played his father, James Tyrone. In an article about this production, a writer for Dagbladet noted that Sundquist had played Falstaff to Valheim Hagen's Prince Hal in 2008, and that they had played father and son the year after in the film Jernanger, “in roles that were too small for their talents.”

Hagen garnered further critical acclaim for his performance in Pål Jackman's drama The Storm in My Heart (2009), for which he won the Kanon Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Hagen had his big breakthrough with the acclaimed Norwegian feature film Troubled Water (2008) directed by Erik Poppe, for which he won the Kanon Award for Best Male Actor at Trondheim International Filmfestival.

He also appeared in the awarded action drama Max Manus: Man of War (2008) by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg.

In 2006 he became an official member of the repertory company at Det Norske Teatret, and performed there in Verdas mest forelska par (World's Most-in-Love Couple), Få meg på, for faen! (Touch Me, For God's Sake!), and Gabriel García Márquez's Ingen skriv til obersten (Nobody Write to the Colonel). These two roles won him the Hedda Award in 2007.

Hagen made his film debut in Cry in the Woods (Den som frykter ulven) in 2004. He appeared in several other films, including Erik Poppe's 2008 film Troubled Water (De usynlige). For this film he won the Kanonprisen for best performance by an actor in a leading role. A 2012 article in Filmmagasinet praising Troubled Water as a great Norwegian film gave part of the credit for its excellence to “unbelievably good acting” by Hagen and other members of the cast.

Pål Sverre Hagen is a Norwegian screen and stage actor. After graduating from the National Academy of the Arts in Oslo in 2003 he has played major roles in both Scandinavian and International films, for which he has received several awards and accolades. He is perhaps best known for his roles in Troubled Water, Kon-Tiki, In Order of Disappearance, Valkyrien and Amundsen.

Pål Hagen was born in Stavanger, Norway, the son of Roar Hagen, a Norwegian cartoonist who has long been associated with Norway's largest daily, VG. He studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Theater in Oslo from 2000 to 2003.

Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen (born 6 November 1980) is a Norwegian stage and screen actor. He is perhaps best known internationally for playing Thor Heyerdahl in the Oscar and Golden Globe nominated film Kon-Tiki.