Marco Ilsø: roles at a glance
Marco Ilsø plays Hvitserk in the original Vikings series.
Selected work beyond Vikings includes Mikkel and the Gold Card, Rebounce and You and Me Forever. Explore the biography below for the roles, career context and further references.
Reference: Vikings cast credit.
About Marco Ilsø
Ilsø began working as a performer in childhood. His debut came in the Danish series Mikkel and the Gold Card in 2008, at the age of 13. His films include Rebounce, You and Me Forever, Danny’s Doomsday, The Model and The Absent One.
The route from Danish childhood television to Hvitserk includes youth drama, thrillers and genre work. His credits in The Absent One, Danny’s Doomsday and The Model are useful starting points for that earlier career. The Danish series Warrior, in which he plays Mads, offers another television role outside the saga. It is distinct from the American series Warrior featuring fellow Vikings actor Dianne Doan.
What to watch next from Marco Ilsø
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The Absent One
A route into his Danish crime-thriller work, with Ilsø playing the younger Ditlev Pram.
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Choose this for his earlier genre-film work as Lukas.
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The Danish series, also titled Kriger, includes Ilsø as Mads; it is a different show from Dianne Doan’s Warrior.
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Selected screen credits
Playing Hvitserk: performance & interviews
Watching the performance
These Danish credits give fans a broader introduction to an actor whose international profile is strongly associated with Hvitserk. A useful rewatch question is how the performance changes according to which brother controls a scene: Hvitserk’s belonging within the group is rarely a fixed position.
Marco Ilsø in Vikings
Hvitserk
Marco Ilsø portrays Hvitserk in Vikings.
Hvitserk is one of Ragnar and Aslaug’s sons. His struggle to choose a place among his brothers becomes a story about allegiance, grief and the wish for purpose.
Follow the character’s journey, loyalties and place in the wider saga.
Explore Hvitserk’s storyMarco Ilsø: portrait & roles
Fan questions
Was Marco Ilsø acting before Vikings?
Yes. HISTORY records his childhood debut in DR’s Mikkel and the Gold Card in 2008 and several later Danish films.