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Herbert Nordrum

Herbert Nordrum

Actor · Born June 30, 1987 (39) · Norway

Herbert Nordrum (born 1987) is a Norwegian actor. He studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre from 2008 to 2011. He won the Amanda Award in 2014 for Best Supporting Actor and the Kanon Award in 2013 for Best Supporting Role for his role as "Karl" in Pornopung. He had the lead role in the 2018 TV series Match. He played the lead role as Poppe in the 2020 film Fjols til fjells. He was nominated for the Amanda Award 2020 in the category of Best Male Actor for this performance. He played one of the lead roles in Joachim Trier's film comedy The Worst Person in the World, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on July 9, 2021. For the film, he was nominated for the Amanda Award 2022 in the category of Best Supporting Actor. He won the Guldbaggen for Best Male Lead in 2024 for his role in the film Hypnosis. Nordrum has been employed at Trøndelag Teater. As of 2021, he works at the National Theatre. Description above from the Wikipedia article Herbert Nordrum, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 30, 1987 (39)
From
Norway
Works as
Actor
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 66% in 30 days

What are Herbert Nordrum's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
48%
Bonds
23%
Power
13%
Survival
8%
Morality
5%
Society
3%
Identity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 4 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 0 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 2

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

5 analyzed roles
Mentor
1 of 5
Trickster
1 of 5
Shapeshifter
1 of 5
Shadow
1 of 5
Ally
1 of 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Contemplative
3
Warm
3
Absurd
2
Melancholic
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Thought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2

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 Herbert Nordrum's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Herbert Nordrum'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

22 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Everybody Wants to F*ck Me(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Growth of the Soil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Isak

  • Sense and Sensibility(2026)

    as Colonel Brandon

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Solomamma(2025)

    as Niels

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Hypnosis(2023)

    as André

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Royal Hotel(2023)

    as Torsten

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Worst Person in the World(2021)

    as Eivind

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Fjols til fjells (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 8 episodes · as Poppe

  • Fools in the Mountains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Poppe

  • Beforeigners(2019)

    Show 3 episodes · as HC

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Amundsen(2019)

    as Kristian Presterud

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Culture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Arvid

  • The Animal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Lasse

  • Match (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 10 episodes · as Stian

  • Melk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 20 episodes · as Mats

  • ZombieLars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 13 episodes · as Ken

  • The King's Choice(2016)

    as Frode Vestli

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Women in Oversized Men's Shirts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Dr. Lied

  • Pornopung(2013)

    as Karl

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Sammen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 9 episodes · as Mattis

  • Small One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Man Who Stole Portugal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 88th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 22 titles, 19 of them dated from 2011 to 2026; peak year 2024.

Biggest box office

The Worst Person in the World (2021)

$13M worldwide

Highest rated

The Worst Person in the World (2021)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Sense and Sensibility (2026)

Film career

20112026

Peak 2024 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. 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.

  • 2013Screen debut· Crack, Back & Sack

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting22 of 22: 22 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score69th

By decade

2010s11 · acting2020s8 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 0% of 6 roles

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 Herbert Nordrum's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th3

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

Everybody Wants to F*ck Me (2026)

68th percentile spread · 15% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Worst Person in the World (2021)

Midcredits 97th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the acting 77/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 54. 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 Herbert Nordrum's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 56 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Herbert Nordrum work with?

People who share at least 2 of Herbert Nordrum's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gary Cranner shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Producers