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Mads Sjøgård Pettersen has 12 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013
Fantasy · Action
The 12th Man
2017 · Movie · Actor
Top 26%AMC+ · Included
The Ash Lad: In the Hall of the Mountain King
2017 · Movie · Actor
Top 34%Prime Video · Included
Troll
2022 · Movie · Actor
Top 39%Netflix · Included
Troll 2
2025 · Movie · Actor
Top 45%Netflix · Included
The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle
2019 · Movie · Actor
Top 45%Prime Video · Included
Home for Christmas
2019 · Series · Actor
Top 58%Netflix · Included
The feel-good story of Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself—even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach, Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
Dir. Dexter Fletcher · With Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken
After a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his eleven comrades dead, a Norwegian resistance fighter finds himself fleeing the Gestapo through the snowbound reaches of Scandinavia.
Dir. Harald Zwart · With Thomas Gullestad, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Marie Blokhus
After surviving the events in the Jotunheimen mountains in which four of her friends were murdered, the badly injured Jannicke is brought to the local hospital. But when she wakes up, the building is dark and deserted... and she soon realizes that her nightmare isn’t over yet.
Dir. Mats Stenberg · With Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Marthe Snorresdotter Rovik, Kim Arne Hagen
Espen “Ash Lad”, a poor farmer’s son, embarks on a dangerous quest with his brothers to save the princess from a vile troll known as the Mountain King – in order to collect a reward and save his family’s farm from ruin.
Dir. Mikkel Brænne Sandemose · With Vebjørn Enger, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Elias Holmen Sørensen
When an explosion in the Norwegian mountains awakens an ancient troll, officials appoint a fearless paleontologist to stop it from wreaking deadly havoc.
Dir. Roar Uthaug · With Ine Marie Wilmann, Kim S. Falck-Jørgensen, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen
When a dangerous new troll unleashes devastation across their homeland, Nora, Andreas and Major Kris embark on their most perilous mission yet.
Dir. Roar Uthaug · With Ine Marie Wilmann, Kim S. Falck-Jørgensen, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen
When the King and Queen are poisoned, brothers Per and Pål get arrested, suspected of being behind it. Younger brother Espen "Ash Lad" and Princess Kristin set out on a quest to find the mythical Soria Moria castle, which is said to be built of pure gold. In Soria Moria, there sits a well containing the Water of Life; the only thing that can cure Kristin's parents. But some wicked Danes are also on the hunt to find the castle. If Espen and Kristin fail, it will spell the end for the brothers, the kingdom - and perhaps the entire world.
Dir. Mikkel Brænne Sandemose · With Vebjørn Enger, Eili Harboe, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen
30-something Johanne navigates romance and family drama during the festive season, juggling exes and new relationships in her search for connection.
Dir. Per-Olav Sørensen · With Ida Elise Broch, Gabrielle Leithaug, Eric Curtis Johnson
To celebrate their engagement, Thea takes Jashan home — but his Indian roots and her family's Norwegian traditions clash in a chaotic Christmas.
Dir. Petter Holmsen · With Ida Ursin-Holm, Kanan Gill, Marit Andreassen
The story of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole in 1911, and the first person to reach both the North and South Poles in 1926. Follows his all-consuming drive as a polar explorer and the tragedy he brought on himself and others by sacrificing everything in the icy wastelands to achieve his dream.
Dir. Espen Sandberg · With Pål Sverre Hagen, Katherine Waterston, Christian Rubeck
An old sanatorium is deteriorating in an isolated forest in the mountains. Five contract workers have taken on the task of tracking the huge building for hazardous waste before it's demolished. They realize that the job is more than a search for asbestos and mercury when they encounter the building's frightening past. You can demolish a building, but never remove the past.
Dir. Pål Øie · With Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Tomas Norström
A group of former military elites set out to explore an uncharted abyss, not knowing their worst nightmare is waiting for them deep beneath the ground.
Dir. Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken · With Heidi Toini, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Benjamin Helstad
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