Alexandre Willaume (born 20 December 1972) is a Danish actor having had roles in Home Fires (2016), Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets and The Last Kingdom (2017), Tomb Raider (2018), COBRA and The Head (2020), The Wheel of Time (2021), and 1899 (2022).
Early life Alexandre Willaume-Jantzen was born 20 December 1972. in Hellerup, Copenhagen, Denmark. He studied acting at the Danish National School of Performing Arts (Den Danske Scenekunstskole) in Copenhagen from 1996 to 2000.
Willaume was previously married to Henriette Willaume Fobian for 22 years, however, the couple divorced in 2018. As of 2021, Willaume is in a relationship with Lillie Østergaard, who runs a beauty salon in Copenhagen.
Career Willaume spent several years at the Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen before realising it was not meant to be, and made him seek television and film roles.
In 2016, Willaume was cast in Marek Novotny for six episodes of the Julie Summers Jambusters based British wartime drama series Home Fires.
In 2017, Willaume starred as Captain Kris in the Luc Besson directed Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, in a cast which included John Goodman, Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, and Rutger Hauer. In the same year, he played a main role of Hans in the film Good Favour which featured at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
In 2018, he starred in the film Tomb Raider working with Alicia Vikander who played Lara Croft.
In 2019, in the Viaplay series, Hidden: Förstfödd (Hidden : Firstborn), Willaume plays Maersk, and is the only Dane amongst a cast of Norwegians and Swedes, he considered this to be his most interesting work to date. In 2020, he starred as the station commander John Berg, in the Antarctic research mystery series The Head, playing a lead role alongside John Lynch.
In 2021, he guest starred in the Amazon Prime fantasy series The Wheel of Time, in a cast which included Rosamund Pike, and appeared in every episode of the Netflix period mystery-science fiction series 1899 in 2022.
Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes1996Hvileløse hjerteHimselfShort film1998 SkyggenGuy in Bathroom Film 2000EfterlønLars Short film2000IndienMand i portShort film2002P.I.S. - Politiets indsatsstyrke: PilotSpeaker (voice)Video2004Familien GregersenSixten Film2005DeadlineLasse Short film2006Sange fra baggrundenMads Film2008A Viking Saga: Son of ThorOyvind Film2008Superhelt?Short film2009Winnie og Karina - The MovieFængselsbetjentFilm2009Fri os fra det onde (Deliver us from Evil)Roald Film2009De fantastiske 3Pølsemanden Short film2010Nothing's All Bad PornofilmsfotografFilm2010Bølle Bob - Alle tiders heltBennyFilm2011Going NowhereJannik Short film2012As You WereLarsShort film2012Over the EdgeRoar Panowski PoulsenFilm2013The DetectivesJoFilm2013 Sorrow and Joy Skoleinspektør (School inspector)Film2014ListenPolice manShort film2016HundelivAdamFilm2017Kein ProblemKim LangerShort film 2017 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Captain KrisFilm2017 Good Favour HansFilm2018 Tomb Raider LieutenantFilm 2022 Moloch Jonas Film
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2000Skjulte sporVictor Mørk TV series2000 Rejseholdet Rocker Dennis1 episode2001 Hotellet Patric1 episode2003-2004 Forsvar Martin Christensen4 episodes2005 Klovn Sonny1 episode2008 Deroute Frederik4 episodes2009Store drømmeBastian Dollerup1 episode2009Krysters KartelVarious roles2 episodes2009 Forbrydelsen Stig Dragsholm2 episodes2011Ludvig & Julemanden Niels Glad24 episodes2011 Those Who Kill Simon2 episodes2013–2015 Rita Jonas Poulsen16 episodes2015 Crossing Lines Anton Nielsen1 episode2016 Home Fires Marek Novotny6 episodes2015 - 2017 The Last Kingdom Kjartan4 episodes2018 Deep State Laurence(Season 1) - 5 episodes2019 Hidden: Förstfödd (Hidden : Firstborn)Mærsk4 episodes2019 Follow the Money Rune2 episodes 2017–2019 Gidseltagningen S.P. 16 episodes2020 COBRA Edin Tosumbegovic 5 episodes 2020 Equinox Henrik 6 episodes2020 The Head Johan Berg 6 episodes2021 The Wheel of Time Thom Merrilin 2 episodes2022 1899 Anker 8 episodes
Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2010 Zulu Awards Best Performance in an Advertisement Pede i WUPTI.com 2017 Bodil Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role Hundeliv 2022Anatomy Crime and Horror Film Festival Jury Prize - Best Actor (Horror) Moloch People's Choice - Best Actor Moloch
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