
Dan Zahle
Known For & Full Filmography20 Titles

Drama Series - 2007, 16 episodes • as Peter Schultz
The Killing is a Danish police procedural set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode covering twenty-four hours of the investigation. The series is noted for its plot twists, season-long storylines, dark tone and for giving equal emphasis to the story of the murdered victim's family alongside the police investigation. It has also been singled out for the photography of its Danish setting, and for the acting ability of its cast.

Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Thulins chef (stemme)
At a grisly murder scene sits a figurine made of chestnuts. From this creepy clue, two detectives hunt a killer linked to a politician's missing child.

Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Retsmediciner (stemme)
At a grisly murder scene sits a figurine made of chestnuts. From this creepy clue, two detectives hunt a killer linked to a politician's missing child.

Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Anders
After a brutal virus wipes out most of the population, two young siblings embark on a perilous search for safety. A Scandinavian thriller series.

Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • as Husejer
Independent, outspoken and adored by her students, private school teacher Rita fares less well with adults.

Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • as Søren Thaulov
'Follow the Money' is a crime drama that explores what happens to people who are corrupted by greed and ambition. The series shows viewers the complex world of economic crime that takes place in banks, the stock exchange, and in boardrooms.

Drama Series - 2013, 16 episodes • as Overlæge
Newly divorced journalist returns to her hometown to restart her life and work through her past.

Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Allan Willadsen
A married couple must dust off the skills of their youth when they are forced to carry out one final million-euro con. Can they save their marriage, secure the money and pick up their eight-year-old in time for curling practice?

Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Hans Gregorius
To solve the brutal murder of a young German surfer, two officers are secretly sent to the tourist paradise Hvide Sande on Denmark's west coast. No one in the city trusts the police, so they go undercover as a happily married couple from the big city.

Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Hans
To solve the brutal murder of a young German surfer, two officers are secretly sent to the tourist paradise Hvide Sande on Denmark's west coast. No one in the city trusts the police, so they go undercover as a happily married couple from the big city.

Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as Frank Helmond
Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a local inhabitant confessed and was convicted of murder, Carl and his partner Assad soon realize that there is something in the case resolution that is terribly wrong.

Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Jan
Munch-Fals’ script follows Adam, who has so far been spoiled by life – a good job, a lovely wife, an expensive villa, an independent son – but still it isn’t good enough. Even the swinger weekend trips he has been taking with his wife have become a joyless routine, and his youthful optimism and appetite for life are distant memories. Then, one day, at another swingers’ club, he does what swingers don’t do – he falls in love.

Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes • as Ejendomsmægler
Two actresses in their forties meet at a casting. Since they are both struggling to get jobs they decide to team up and make their own thing. But it's uphill, and they're certainly over the hill, in the eyes of the industry. Despite their differences, the two women become friends.

Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Instruktøren
An ambitious young theater assistant grows frustrated as his ideas are repeatedly dismissed by the director of a troubled production of Macbeth. Determined to prove his creative worth, he begins pushing his own vision behind the scenes, setting off a power struggle that blurs the line between artistic conviction and personal ambition.

Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Bjørn
Renowned psychologist Susanne (Signe Egholm Olsen) is caught in a living nightmare when her new client (Anton Hjejle) turns out to be a wanted serial killer.

Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Pavia
The bond between two brothers is put to the ultimate test as they search for a treasure in Nimis, Sweden, and encounter a mysterious, non-linguistic man.

Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as Henrik
Thomas is finally getting married, and Andreas has arranged a bachelor party of the century... he thinks. But a shocking death during Thomas' bachelor party sends the three friends off on an unforgettable trip to a funeral; they probably won't be forgiven for. Speed-Dating, infidelity and near death experiences put their relationship on a serious test. The question is whether the three friends will survive the trip and the funeral - and will they make it home in time for Thomas' wedding.

Movie - 2004, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A snapshot of the state of the Danish nation: in one of the stories, a woman enters a pole-sitting contest in a desperate bid to reinvent herself. Another is about Erik, whose wife has been lobbying a Better Homes and Gardens type magazine to do a spread on their perfect home. When the editors finally relent, she makes Erik sip his red wine in the laundry room lest he stain their cream-colored couches. Svend, the last remaining Marxist in Copenhagen, is the impassioned organizer of a political mass meeting where no one shows up. Finally, Jens, a pizza and porno connoisseur, connives his way to some booty by convincing Gry the model that he lives with his mentally challenged brother. Over the course of a week, their paths cross and nothing, and nobody, is ever quite the same again.

Movie - 2010, 2h 15m • as JJ
Frank is a police officer who loses his family in a tragedy. In desperation he turns to crime and makes a living as a hitman for the mob.
