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Tobias Santelmann

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.

Born
August 8, 1980 (46)
From
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Works as
Actor
Titles
24 on MovieCove · 38 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26

What are Tobias Santelmann's films like?

Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

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

11 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 3 of 11 analyzed roles.

Ally
3 of 11
Hero
3 of 11
Mentor
2 of 11
Threshold guardian
1 of 11
Herald
1 of 11
Shadow
1 of 11
Show the 11 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Dread
7
Melancholic
8
Contemplative
5
Thrilling
4
Other
11

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • 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.

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)

    as Are Stranger

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • Detective Hole(2026)

    Show 9 episodes · as Harry Hole

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
  • Shadow of Victory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Erling Havnå

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

    as Ivar

  • The Fortress(2023)

    Show 7 episodes · as Grieg Amund Heyerdahl

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows
  • Veronika(2023)

    Show 20 episodes · as Tomas

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
  • The Arctic Convoy(2023)

    as Mørk

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Just Super(2022)

    as Super Lion (voice)

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Planet Robin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Dad

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

    Show 8 episodes · Actor

  • Atlantic Crossing(2020)

    Show 8 episodes · as Crown Prince Olav

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • Exit(2019)

    Show 24 episodes · as Henrik Kranz

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
  • Beforeigners(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Olav den hellige · as Olav Haraldsson

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
  • Fun Factory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Husband

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

    as Husband

  • Out Stealing Horses(2019)

    as Trond's Father

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • Darkness: Those Who Kill(2019)

    Show 9 episodes · as Peter Vinge

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
  • The Congo Murders(2018)

    as Tjostolv Moland

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Borderliner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 8 episodes · as Nikolai Andreassen

  • Marcella(2016)

    Show 24 episodes · as Yann Hall

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

    as Tobias

  • Point Break(2015)

    as Chowder

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
  • The Last Kingdom(2015)

    Show 12 episodes · as Ragnar

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
  • Acquitted(2015)

    Show 18 episodes · as Erik Nilsen

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
  • The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb(2015)

    Show 6 episodes · as Joachim Rønneberg

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
  • Eyewitness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 6 episodes · as Lars

  • Hercules(2014)

    as Rhesus

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

    as Dirk

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

    as Håvard

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

    as Sondre

  • Escape(2012)

    as Arvid

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
  • Kon-Tiki(2012)

    as Knut Haugland

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Homeland(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Colonel Haugen

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
  • Stikk! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 6 episodes · as Georg

  • Varg Veum - Skriften på veggen(2010)

    as Stian Brandt

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
  • After (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

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

20102026

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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting38 of 38: 38 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score63rd

By decade

2010s26 · acting2020s12 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 10% of 10 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 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.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 24 titles, by percentile

  • 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.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles46–84 · median 82 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles27–70 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles36–60 · median 44 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles34–91 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles47–89 · median 60 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

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.

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Composers and editors

Producers