Tom McEwan

Tom McEwan, 1988.

Tom McEwan (born August 9, 1940 in Corby , England ) is a British - Danish musician , drummer and self - taught actor .

biography

His father was a Scot and worked as a welder in Glasgow . The family later moved to the English industrial town of Corby , where Tom McEwan was born and raised. After completing his school education, he trained as a teacher at a technical college in Leicester . He later got a job as a teacher in Denmark and taught from 1968 to 1974 at Hareskovens Lilleskole in Hareskovby near Copenhagen . He also worked as a drummer in various English and Danish music groups and bandsWith. He had his breakthrough in the Danish rock band Culpeper’s Orchard . Tom McEwan also appeared in the band Klyderne in the early 1970s , where he met the musicians and actors Jesper Klein and Jess Ingerslev and with them founded the musical comic trio Avocets in 1974 .

He has appeared as an actor in a wide range of different roles in Danish film and television productions and in programs for children. He had his most famous appearances in the series Bryggeren , in the Christmas series Torvet , Nissebanden i Grønland and in Jul i Juleland . As a voice actor, he also worked in a few cartoons. McEwan also appeared in the Olsen Gang film series , for example in The Olsen Gang flies over the plank from 1981 as a taxi driver and in The Olsen Gang Rises on the Roof from 1978 as a boutique owner.

In 1990 he was awarded the Robert Film Prize in the Best Supporting Actor category for his appearance in the film Århus by Night .

Personal

McEwan became a Danish citizen in the mid-1990s and has been a practicing Buddhist for some time . He is married to the actress Terese Damsholt and they have two sons, Tim and Oliver McEwan , who are both musicians.

Filmography

Movie

• 1978: The Olsen Gang climbs onto the roof ( Olsen-banden går i krig )
• 1980: Little Virgil and Orla, the frog snapper ( Lille Virgil og Orla Frøsnapper )
• 1980: Kaptajn Klyde and Hans venner vender tilbage
• 1981: The Olsen gang flies over the plank ( Olsen-bandens flugt over plankeværket )
• 1981: Silence of the North
• 1984: Rainfox
• 1984: Bicycle Symphony ( Cykelsymfonie )
• 1985: Walter and Carlo - op på fars hat
• 1989: Århus by Night
• 1990: Camping
• 1994: The Association of Fearless Spies (Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner)
• 1995: Final Hour ( Sidste time )
• 2005: Speak of the Devil

watch TV

• 1973: Ungdoms editorial offices
• 1981: Torvet
• 1982: Nu er det ikke sjovt længere
• 1984: Ude på Noget
• 1984: Nissebanden
• 1985: More major
• 1987: Omsen and Momsen
• 1989: Nissebanden i Greenland
• 1992: Mørklægning
• 1993: July i Juleland
• 1997: Bryggeren
• 2000: Pyrus i alletiders eventyr
• 2000: Swap Team
• 2002: Hotellet
• 2012: Piggy (cartoon, speaking role as Monty)

Web links

• Tom McEwan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Tom McEwan at danskefilm.dk
• Tom McEwan in the Svensk Filmdatabas on sfi.se
• Tom McEwan on olsenbandenfanclub.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Poul Exner: Mennesker . Kristeligt Dagblad . August 9, 2000. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
2. ↑ Christina C. Pedersen: BT TV: McEwan-brødre shall be forwarded to the sejr . BT . May 16, 2009. Retrieved March 14, 2010.