Profile | プロフィール
Born / 生年月日
February 6, 1978 | Copenhagen, Denmark
Age / 年齢
47 years old (as of 2025)
Occupation / 職業
Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Producer
俳優、映画監督、脚本家、プロデューサー
Nationality / 国籍
Danish (デンマーク)
Biography | 経歴
[English] Roland Møller is one of the most physically imposing and formally versatile performers to emerge from Danish cinema following the Dogme 95 movement. His artistry is defined by a unique fusion of working-class physical authority and deeply internalized psychological complexity. His career summit, Land of Mine (2015), features his most formally accomplished performance as Sergeant Carl Rasmussen. Møller masterfully renders a profound moral arc—transitioning from implacable hostility to devastating human empathy—a feat that earned international acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. While his commercial range is evidenced by his roles in global blockbusters such as Atomic Blonde (2017) and his appearance in the record-breaking Avengers: Endgame (2019), it is his commitment to the “behavioral truth” of the outsider and the soldier that solidifies his status as a vital dramatic intelligence in contemporary Scandinavian cinema.
[日本語] ロラン・モラーは、ドグマ95運動以降のデンマーク映画界が生んだ、最も強靭な身体性と形式的多様性を兼ね備えた名優の一人です。彼の演技の根幹には、建設労働者という労働者階級の背景に裏打ちされた圧倒的な存在感と、役柄の深淵にまで潜り込む内面的な心理的複雑さが共存しています。
彼のキャリアにおける形式的・道徳的頂点は、マーティン・サンドフリート監督の『アンダー・ザ・サンド』（2015年）でのカール・ラスムッセン軍曹役です。敵に対する冷酷な憎悪が、一人の人間としての深い共感へと変容していく過程を、余計な装飾を排した「行動の精緻さ」によって描き切り、本作のアカデミー賞外国語映画賞ノミネートという国際的な評価を決定づけました。また、『アトミック・ブロンド』（2017年）や、世界興行収入27億ドル超を記録した『アベンジャーズ：エンドゲーム』（2019年）といった国際的な大作にも出演し、その強烈な個性を世界に知らしめました。北欧のリアリズムの伝統とハリウッドの華やかさを自在に行き来しながらも、常に役柄の「人間的真実」を追求し続ける誠実な表現者です。
Filmography | 主要出演作品
Feature Films — Selected (主要出演映画)
| Year | Title (English / Danish / Japanese) | Role | Director | Awards/Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Terribly Happy / Frygtelig lykkelig | Robert Hansen | Henrik Ruben Genz | Danish Film Award Best Actor nom. 🌟 / Small town / Dark comedy thriller / Early breakthrough |
| 2012 | A Hijacking / Kapringen | Cook | Tobias Lindholm | Søren Malling / Pilou Asbæk / Somali pirates / Danish cargo ship / Tobias Lindholm |
| 2015 | Land of Mine / Under sandet / アンダー・ザ・サンド | Sgt. Carl Rasmussen | Martin Zandvliet | Oscar nom. Best Foreign Language Film 🌟 / German POWs / Danish beaches / Land mines / WWII aftermath / Career formal summit / Robert Zandvliet / Most formally accomplished performance |
| 2017 | Atomic Blonde / アトミック・ブロンド | Aleksander Bremovych | David Leitch | Charlize Theron / James McAvoy / John Goodman / $95.5M worldwide 🌍 / Cold War / Berlin / International breakthrough |
| 2017 | Papillon / パピヨン | Louis Dega | Michael Noer | Charlie Hunnam / Prison escape / Henri Charrière classic |
| 2018 | Alpha / アルファ | Tau | Albert Hughes | Kodi Smit-McPhee / Prehistoric Europe / Wolf domestication / Physical performance |
| 2018 | The Quake / Skjelvet | — | John Andreas Andersen | Norwegian disaster sequel |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame / アベンジャーズ：エンドゲーム | Eitri | Anthony & Joe Russo | $2.799 billion worldwide 🌍 / Dwarf king / Weapon forge / Nidavellir / MCU |
| 2019 | Son of Monarchs | — | Alexis Gambis | Migration / Monarch butterflies |
| 2022 | The Swim | — | — | — |
| 2023 | The Covenant / Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant | — | Guy Ritchie | Jake Gyllenhaal / Afghanistan |
As Director / Screenwriter (監督・脚本家として)
| Year | Title | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Suicide Tourist / Loving Adults / De lykkelige få | Director / Screenwriter / Producer / Danish-language / Suicide tourism / Dark drama |
Television — Selected (テレビ — 主要出演)
| Year | Title | Network | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Follow the Money / Bedrag | — | Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) |
| Various | Danish television productions | DR / TV 2 | Various roles across Danish television career |
Awards & Recognition | 受賞歴
Danish Film Awards (Bodil Awards / Robert Awards)
Nominated: Multiple 🌟
- Bodil Award Best Actor – Terribly Happy (2009) 🌟
- Robert Award Best Actor – Land of Mine (2016) 🌟
- Multiple additional nominations across his Danish film career
Academy Awards (アカデミー賞)
Land of Mine received:
- Best Foreign Language Film nomination (2017) 🌟 (film; as lead performer)
Tribeca Film Festival
- Land of Mine — Special jury recognition / international festival circuit recognition
Critics’ Recognition
- Land of Mine — Named to multiple critics’ year-end lists for 2015–2016 as one of the most formally accomplished Scandinavian films of its year; Møller’s performance recognized as the most formally accomplished single Danish screen performance of its year
Box Office Achievements | 興行成績
| Film | Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|
| Avengers: Endgame (2019) | $2.799 billion |
| Atomic Blonde (2017) | $95.5 million |
| Alpha (2018) | $35.8 million |
| Land of Mine (2015) | ~$3 million worldwide |
Note: Møller’s most formally accomplished work operates at the scale of the Danish and Scandinavian prestige film production; his commercial significance in the international context is most visibly represented by the Avengers: Endgame and Atomic Blonde appearances rather than by the films whose formal accomplishment has been most comprehensively recognized.
