Finn Nielsen (actor)

Finn Nielsen, 2016.

Finn Nielsen (born April 21, 1937 in Esbjerg , Denmark ) is a Danish actor and dancer .

Life

Nielsen, son of master tailor Herlof Regner Nielsen (d. 1980) and his wife Kirsten Steffensen (d. 2003), originally learned the trade of haberdashery. As a dancer in his spare time, he had already participated in several championships. In 1956 he was engaged as the winner of such a competition at the Odense Theater and appeared as a dancer in the musical Call Me Madam and subsequently had several appearances there. From 1960 he worked as a ballet dancer. Nielsen trained as an actor from 1965 to 1967 at the Odense Theater School of Drama. Until 1971 he was employed as a theater actor at Odense Teater and then got engagements at Folketeatret , Gladsaxe Teater , Nørrebros Teater and Det Danske Teater .

Since the 1970s, Finn Nielsen has also played in a number of revues and cabarets, including the summer revues in Mogenstrup, such as Glassalen i Tivoli , Rottefælden i Svendborg and Hjørring Revyen . In 1996 he was head of the Hjørring-Revyen .

Furthermore, Nielsen also played in many Danish films and TV series. He had appearances in the television series Oh, these tenants from 1974 to 1977 in various roles and in 1981 in Matador as a bicycle dealer NP Nielsen and in 1984 in private detective Anthonsen as Laust Nielsen. In Denmark he achieved greater fame on television, especially in the role of the skipper in the Christmas series Nissebanden i Grønland from 1986 and as Nisse Mirko in Jul på Slottet in 1986 . He also played in Babette's festival in 1987 , in Lars von Trier's Hospital der Geister in 1994 and in 2009 with Inspector Lund and in 2010 in ID: A - Identity Anonymous .

Nielsen was married to actress Ann Hjort .

Filmography (selection)

• 1965: Næsbygaards arving
• 1971: Morfar i parken (short film)
• 1972: Manden på Svanegården
• 1974: Mafias, he's osseous
• 1974–1977: Oh, these tenants ( Huset på Christianshavn , TV series)
• 1975: Kun sandheden
• 1975: Piger i trøjen
• 1976: Strømer
• 1976: Piger i trøjen 2
• 1976: Gangsterens lærling
• 1977: Piger til søs
• 1977: En by i provinsen
• 1978: Mig and Charly
• 1979: Krigernes børn
• 1979: Johnny Larsen
• 1979: Historien om en moder
• 1980: Danmark he hatches
• 1980: Verden er fuld af børn
• 1981: Histories om Kim Skov
• 1981: Matador (TV series)
• 1981: Kniven i hjested
• 1982: Den ubetænksomme elsker
• 1983: He leaves the country
• 1983: Forræderne
• 1984: Busters Verden
• 1984: Private detective Anthonsen ( Anthonsen , TV series)
• 1985: Smuggler congeners
• 1986: Jul på Slottet
• 1987: Babettes Fest (Babettes gæstebud)
• 1989: Nissebanden i Greenland
• 1991: The beautiful bathing day (Den store badedag)
• 1993: Kærlighedens smerte
• 1994: Det forsønte forår
• 1994: The Association of Fearless Spies (Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner)
• 1994: Hospital of the Spirits (Riget)
• 1996: One day in May (Den attende)
• 1999–2000: Morten Korch - Ved stillebækken (TV series)
• 2000: Fruen på Hamre
• 2003: The Bouncer
• 2003: Forsvar
• 2006: Krøniken
• 2007: Lille soldier
• 2008: Isa's stepz
• 2009: 2900 Happiness
• 2009: Commissioner Lund (Forbrydelsen)
• 2010: Eksperimentet
• 2010: ID: A - identity anonymous
• 2011: Hjælp, det er jul (TV series)
• 2012: Caroline: Den sidste rejse
• 2014: The Legacy ( Arvingerne , TV series)
• 2014–2015: Heroes at the stove (bankruptcy , TV series)
• 2015: Afvej (short film)
• 2016: JAZZ (short film)
• 2016: Klassefesten 3: Dåben (Comedy)
• 2016: Bedrag (TV series)
• 2017: Herrens veje (Rides Upon the Storm)
• 2018: Per im Glück (Lykke-Per)

Web links

• Finn Nielsen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Finn Nielsen on dfi.dk in the Det Danske Filminstitut ( Danish )
• Finn Nielsen on danskefilm.dk in the Dansk Film Database ( Danish )
• Finn Nielsen at Danskfilmogteater.dk ( Danish )