Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Dec 09, 1934 (90 years old)
Death date
Nov 14, 2018
Morten Grunwald
Known For
46min
Movie
2015
Historien om Olsen Banden
Movie
1998
I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now
Movie
1996
Den store kul-tur
1h 31m
Movie
1988
Murder in Paradise
24 Episodes
TV Show
1986
Jul på slottet
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).