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Morten Grunwald

Morten Grunwald

Birthday: 1934-12-09 | Place of Birth: Odense, Denmark

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).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2007
When a Man Comes Home

as    Direktøren

2007
White Night

as    Jacob Nymann

2007
The Black Madonna

as    Kurt

1966
Relax Freddy

as    Frede Hansen

1965
Strike First Freddy

as    Frede Hansen

1964
Death Comes at High Noon

as    Bertel Lindberg