Portrait of Per Kjerstad

Acting

Per Kjerstad

Career

Active from 1995 to 2025, with a break from 1996 to 2007, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
7
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for State of Happiness
State of Happiness
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Per Kjerstad Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    2.0, average 3.8
  • Fantasy
    0.2, average 1.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.6, average 2.0
  • Physical Comedy
    1.2, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Nordic Noir 2
  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

31
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

10 titles · average score 71
Detective Hole
Detective Hole (2026)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Eric Wahl

The Last Resort
The Last Resort (2026)
GoodWatch score 64

as Kim

The Pension Heist
The Pension Heist (2026)

as Torben

Psykodrama
Psykodrama (2025)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · Script

Number 24
Number 24 (2024)
GoodWatch score 89

as Karl Marthinsen

Gangs of Oslo
Gangs of Oslo (2023)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Are

Saving the Fucking Planet
Saving the Fucking Planet (2023)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Bjørn

Afterglow
Afterglow (2022)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Jørund

Margrete: Queen of the North
Margrete: Queen of the North (2021)
GoodWatch score 74

as Elvar Sigurdsson

For Life
For Life (2020)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Kai fangevokter

2010s

15 titles · average score 64
Beforeigners
Beforeigners (2019)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Gegnir

State of Happiness
State of Happiness (2018)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Fredrik Nyman

Now It's Dark
Now It's Dark (2018)
GoodWatch score 66

as Eksmannen

TRIO - The Hunt for the Holy Shrine
TRIO - The Hunt for the Holy Shrine (2017)
GoodWatch score 51

as Jesper

Carl Lange
Carl Lange (2017)

as Osmundsen

Aber Bergen
Aber Bergen (2016)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Tom Hoffman

Hong Kong
Hong Kong (2015)

as Nils

Out of Nature
Out of Nature (2014)
GoodWatch score 64

as Raymond

Eyewitness
Eyewitness (2014)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Gjerningsmann

The Almost Man
The Almost Man (2012)
GoodWatch score 54

as Kenneth

Stikk!
Stikk! (2011)

TV show · as Faren til Molly

Turn Me On, Dammit!
Turn Me On, Dammit! (2011)
GoodWatch score 73

as Stig (voice)

2000s

5 titles · average score 60
Lille Frø
Lille Frø (2009)

as Far

Parat
Parat (2009)

as Car driver

Upperdog
Upperdog (2009)
GoodWatch score 64

as Captain

Fatso
Fatso (2008)
GoodWatch score 52

as Magnus

Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels (2008)
GoodWatch score 65

as Jacob

1990s

1 title
Kjære Kamera(t)
Kjære Kamera(t) (1995)

as Rune