2010Nominee
Best Performance
The Experiment
Morten Grunwald
Actor
Odense, Denmark
December 9, 1934
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).
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1970Nominee
Best Performance
Amour
2014Nominee
Best Performance
Silent Heart
Career Highlights
1986Highlight
Best Performance
The Wolf at the Door
1968Highlight
Best Performance
Friends at Arms: On a Bear Run
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Silent Heart
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