Acting credits
5
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Petter Næss
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.2
Low visibility
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Movies: 16Series: 5Crew credits: 17
TMDB ID: 49555
IMDb ID: nm0639033
Known for: Directing
Born: March 14, 1960
Age: 65
Place of birth: Bærum, Norway
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1982 - 2025
Years active: 44
Average TMDB rating: 6.64
Wikidata: Q777790
Other jobs
Director (13)Assistant Property Master (1)Creative Director (1)Creator (1)Props (1)
Biography
Petter Næss is the director of Elling which was Oscar nominated in 2000. Otherwise he has primarily busied himself in the world of plays and revues, both as scriptwriter, director and actor. Since 1997 he has been employed as a director at Oslo New Theatre, and was, among other plays, responsible for the critically-acclaimed stage version of Elling and Kjell Bjarne.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Petter Næss.
6.5
No Comment
Director
2025 Movie
6.9
Nothing to Laugh About
as Doctor 3
2021 Movie
6.9
Into the White
Director
2012 Movie
4.9
Shameless
Director
2010 Movie
7.1
Max Manus: Man of War
as Martin Linge
2008 Movie
6.2
Gone with the Woman
Director
2007 Movie
4.9
Leaps and Bounds
Director
2007 Movie
6.8
Love Me Tomorrow
Director
2005 Movie
6.1
Mozart and the Whale
Director
2005 Movie
5.6
Just Bea
Director
2004 Movie
7.1
Elling
Director
2001 Movie
3.8
Absolutt Blåmandag
Director
1999 Movie
4.3
Dangerous Waters
as Holmsen
1995 Movie
5.9
Death at Oslo Central
1990 Movie
6.0
But The Olsen Gang Was Not Dead!
Props
1984 Movie
6.4
The Olsen Gang's Very Last Coup
Assistant Property Master
1982 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Petter Næss.
