
Tobias Santelmann
Actor · Born August 8, 1980 (46) · Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Tobias Santelmann is a Norwegian actor. He is best known for starring in the Academy Award-nominated film Kon-Tiki (2012). He has also had supporting roles in the films Hercules (2014) and Point Break (2015). He starred in the TV crime drama Grenseland and the television series The Last Kingdom (2015–2018) as well as in Those Who Kill (2021), and the HBO series Beforeigners.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 8, 1980 (46)
- Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- Actor
- 24 on MovieCove · 38 credits in all
What are Tobias Santelmann's films like?
Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 10
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 5
A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 1 · Intense 6
A split, not a type: Steady 5 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 2
Casual 2 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 5
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 3 of 11 analyzed roles.
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- Allyas Knut Haugland in Kon-Tiki (2012)
- Heroas Joachim Rønneberg in The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb (2015)
- Allyas Tjostolv Moland in The Congo Murders (2018)
- Threshold guardianas Langemann in Captain Sabertooth and the Magic Diamond (2019)
- Mentoras Tronds far in Out Stealing Horses (2019)
- Allyas Crown Prince Olav in Atlantic Crossing (2020)
- Mentoras Super Lion in Just Super (2022)
- Heroas Mørk in The Arctic Convoy (2023)
- Heraldas Tomas in Veronika (2023)
- Shadowas Grieg Amund Heyerdahl in The Fortress (2023)
- Heroas Harry Hole in Detective Hole (2026)
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet8
- Ambiguous6
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 Tobias Santelmann's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- Viaplay, show their 5 titles on Viaplay
- PBS Masterpiece, show their 2 titles on PBS Masterpiece
- Acorn TV, show their title on Acorn TV
- Howdy, show their title on Howdy
- Lionsgate+, show their title on Lionsgate+
- Magnolia Selects, show their title on Magnolia Selects
- MHz Choice, show their title on MHz Choice
- Walter Presents, show their title on Walter Presents
- Warriors & Gangsters, show their title on Warriors & Gangsters
Subscription and free streaming for Tobias Santelmann'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
38 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page.

En nasjon i sjakk(2026)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Detective Hole(2026)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Shadow of Victory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

Three Men for Vilma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

The Fortress(2023)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows
Veronika(2023)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
The Arctic Convoy(2023)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Just Super(2022)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Planet Robin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

Welcome to Utmark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

Atlantic Crossing(2020)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Exit(2019)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Beforeigners(2019)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Fun Factory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

The Love Europe Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Out Stealing Horses(2019)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Darkness: Those Who Kill(2019)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
The Congo Murders(2018)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Borderliner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

Marcella(2016)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
Afterparty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Point Break(2015)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
The Last Kingdom(2015)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Acquitted(2015)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Eyewitness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Hercules(2014)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
I Am Yours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Chasing the Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Copenhagen to Oslo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Escape(2012)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Kon-Tiki(2012)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Homeland(2011)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Stikk! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all filmsAfter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Career shape
Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 38 titles from 2010 to 2026; peak year 2023.
Film career
Peak 2023 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 7 MovieCove titles. 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.
- 2010Screen debut· Varg Veum - The Writing on the Wall
- 2019Career best· Exit
- 2023First top-billed film· The Arctic Convoy
- 2023Career best· The Arctic Convoy
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 Tobias Santelmann's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th7
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
11 of their 24 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser11
- Broadly Agreed5
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 45. 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 Tobias Santelmann's work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Tobias Santelmann work with?
People who share at least 2 of Tobias Santelmann's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Anders Baasmo shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Cecilie A. MosliShared titles: The Fortress (2023), Acquitted (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Cecilie A. Mosli

- Rasmus A. SivertsenShared titles: Just Super (2022), Captain Sabertooth and the Magic Diamond (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Rasmus A. Sivertsen

Writers
- Thomas MoldestadShared titles: Escape (2012), Varg Veum - Skriften på veggen (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Thomas Moldestad

Actors
- Anders BaasmoShared titles: The Arctic Convoy (2023), Exit (2019), Out Stealing Horses (2019), Kon-Tiki (2012)See all 4 shared titles with Anders Baasmo

- Søren PilmarkShared titles: Atlantic Crossing (2020), The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb (2015), Kon-Tiki (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Søren Pilmark

- Pål Sverre HagenShared titles: Exit (2019), Out Stealing Horses (2019), Kon-Tiki (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Pål Sverre Hagen

- Frank KjosåsShared titles: Detective Hole (2026), The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Frank Kjosås

Composers and editors
- Johannes RingenShared titles: The Arctic Convoy (2023), Captain Sabertooth and the Magic Diamond (2019), The Congo Murders (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Johannes Ringen

- Martin StoltzShared titles: The Fortress (2023), The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb (2015), Kon-Tiki (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Martin Stoltz
- Perry EriksenShared titles: The Fortress (2023), The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb (2015), Kon-Tiki (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Perry Eriksen
- Silje NordsethShared titles: The Fortress (2023), Acquitted (2015), The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Silje Nordseth
Producers
- Kari Moen KristiansenShared titles: The Fortress (2023), The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Kari Moen Kristiansen
- Martin SundlandShared titles: The Arctic Convoy (2023), Escape (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Martin Sundland

- Violeta DrazdauskeShared titles: The Arctic Convoy (2023), The Fortress (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Violeta Drazdauske
- Arnfinn MosengShared titles: Just Super (2022), Captain Sabertooth and the Magic Diamond (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Arnfinn Moseng

