Morten Grunwald

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-12-09 (84 years old)

Deathday

2018-11-14

Place of Birth

Odense, Denmark

Morten Grunwald

Biography

Born in Odense, Denmark on December 9th, 1934, Morten Grunwald is "World famous in Denmark" for several popular film roles. Most famous, however, will always be his Benny in all of the "Olsen Banden" films, where he starred alongside Ove Sprogøe and Poul Bundgaard. He attended Odense Theatrical School in 1958 and graduated from The Royal Theater of Denmark's Theatrical School in 1962. Since 1971, he has been the director of several theatres in Copenhagen: Bristol Teatret (1971-1980), Betty Nansen Teatret (1980-1992), Østre Gasværk (1992-1998).

Acting

1968

The Olsen Gang

as Benny Frandsen

1971

The Olsen Gang in Jutland

as Benny Frandsen

1975

1976

The Olsen Gang Sees Red

as Benny Frandsen

1968

Days in My Father's House

as Jens, Kirstens bror

1967

Martha

as Knud Hansen

1969

The Olsen Gang in a Fix

as Benny Frandsen

1998

1978

1977

1979

1966

Relax Freddy

as Frede Hansen

1965

Strike First Freddy

as Frede Hansen

1972

1973

The Olsen Gang Runs Amok

as Benny Frandsen

1981

The Olsen Gang Long Gone

as Benny Frandsen

1981

2007

White Night

as Jacob Nymann

1965

Landmandsliv

as Frits Triddlefitz - Marias tilbeder

1969

The Egborg Girl

as Fuldmægtig hos Mikkelsen

1965

Een pige og 39 sømænd

as Peter Eberhardt

1964

Five men and Rosa

as 'Smukke-Arne' Arne Herluf Jensen

1967

Life with Daddy

as Herbert Nielsen

1967

Pretty-Arne and Rosa

as Arne Herluf Jensen

1987

Hip Hip Hurrah!

as Michael Ancher

1963

En af dagene

as Mogens

1986

The Wolf at the Door

as Durand-Ruel

1966

Dyden går amok

as Niels, fisker

2006

Gambler

as Himself (The film consultant)

1971

Pelsen

as Lange Aage

1966

Nu stiger den

as Pehtersen - hans assistent

1964

Death Comes at High Noon

as Bertel Lindberg

1963

1965

En ven i bolignøden

as Harry Olsen

1986

Murder in the Dark

as Redaktør Otzen

1975

Only the Truth

as Ejnarsen

2007

When a Man Comes Home

as Direktøren

1988

Murder in Paradise

as Redaktør Otzen

2014

1977

Asger Jorn

as Speaker

1986

Ballerup Boulevard

as Ralf, Pinkys far

1970

Amour

as Brandmajoren

2010

The Experiment

as Hr. Omann

2018

Vitello

as Gud (voice)

1964

2018

The Olsen Gang: Forever!

as Benny Frandsen

1966

I Stykker

as Jan

1996

Den store kul-tur

as Kultur borgmester

1963

The Sword in the Stone

as Sir Hectors Søn Kaj (stemme)

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