Vidar Sandem
Actor · Born February 19, 1947 (79) · Norway
Vidar Sandem (born 19 February 1947) is a Norwegian actor, playwright and theatre director. He made his stage debut at Den Nationale Scene in 1970. He started working at Det Norske Teatret in 1977, and served as theatre director from 1997. Among his film roles is the father in Per Blom's The Ice Palace from 1987, based on a novel by Tarjei Vesaas. His debut as a playwright was the one-act play Straffe-, aired at Fjernsynsteatret in 1988.
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Biography from TMDB.
- February 19, 1947 (79)
- Norway
- Actor
- 6 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
What are Vidar Sandem's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 3
Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
A split, not a type: Casual 1 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3
A split, not a type: Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Vidar Sandem's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Vidar Sandem's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
18 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.
Quisling: The Final Days(2024)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Makta(2023)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Reservations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
The Burning Sea(2021)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
For Life(2020)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
As I Fall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Upperdog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Jul på Månetoppen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Mot i brøstet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Hair of the Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Ice Palace(1987)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
På stigende kurs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Hard asfalt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Farewell Illusions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Orion's Belt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Angels in the Snow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Blood of the Railroad Workers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Career shape
Star power in the 80th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 18 titles from 1979 to 2024; peak year 2021.
Biggest box office
The Worst Person in the World (2021)
Highest rated
The Worst Person in the World (2021)
Film career
Peak 2021 · their film career is on the way up. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1985Screen debut· Orion's Belt
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Vidar Sandem's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 79/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 85, detractors 63. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Vidar Sandem's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Vidar Sandem work with?
People who share at least 2 of Vidar Sandem's MovieCove titles; Anders Danielsen Lie shares the most, 2.
- Anders Danielsen LieShared titles: Quisling: The Final Days (2024), The Worst Person in the World (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Anders Danielsen Lie
