The Norwegian drama A Better Man (Ølhunden Berit) had its world premiere at this year’s Canneseries, and at yesterday’s award ceremony, it took home both Best Series and Best Performance for lead actor Anders Baasmo.

In A Better Man, a Norwegian internet troll with misogynistic tendencies has his identity revealed. To avoid prosecution, he assumes a female identity, an act that unexpectedly exposes him to gender bias. A thrilling and timely series that is bound to spark conversation and leave no one untouched.

A Better Man is created by Thomas Seeberg Torjussen and produced by Maipo Film.

Anders Baasmo is one of Norway’s most prominent and versatile actors, with broad experience from both the screen and theatre stage.

Baasmo graduated from the Theatre Academy in Oslo in 2000, and before long he was performing title roles at Norway’s most prestigious theatres, and commencing his film and TV career. Among his many memorable film performances are Buddy (2003), Arn (2008), Vegas (2009), Nord (2009), Kon-Tiki (2012), Fuck Up (2012), In Order of Disappearance (2014), The King’s Choice (2016), Welcome to Norway (2016), The Tree Feller (2017), Blind Spot (2018) the Børning films (2014, 2016, 2020) and Peer Gynt (2023). He has had major roles in acclaimed TV series such as Ran (2005), An Immortal Man (2006), Norwegian Cozy (2011), Dag (2010-2015), One Night (2018) and Exit (2019-2023).

2023 saw the premiere of The Arctic Convoy, for which he was nominated to Kritikerprisen for his role as the Captain. The same year marked the release of the awarded comedy drama series Power Play which won Best Series at CannesSeries, and earned Baasmo the Best Actor Award at Gullruten.

Most recently, Baasmo had a lead role in Netflix’s highly successful disaster drama La Palma (2024), and in the praised Amazon Prime series The Commoner (2025) he portrays King Olav V.

His upcoming projects include the much anticipated series A Better Man where Baasmo again has a lead role, this time as Tom/Berit. A Better Man is selected in competition for CannesSeries 2025.

Additionally, Baasmo is the first person to have won all four major acting awards in Norway: the Amanda Prize in 2004 for Buddy, the Gullruten Award in 2007 for An Immortal Man, the Hedda Prize in 2008 for Hamlet and the Kanon Prize in 2010 for Nord. In total, he has received 8 awards and 17 nominations. In 2010 Baasmo was hailed as Norway’s Shooting Star during the Berlin Film Festival and he was appointed to the Haugesund Walk of Fame in 2021.