Lars Simonsen (born 19 September 1963) is a Danish actor.

Lars Simonsen
Born (1963-09-19) 19 September 1963 (age 61)
OccupationActor

He graduated from Aarhus Teater in 1990. In theatre roles, he has appeared at Odense Teater, Rialto Teatret [da; no], Gladsaxe Teater [ca; da; no; sv], Husets Teater and Betty Nansen Teatret, among others.

Plays he has worked on include Snart kommer tiden, Den gerrige, Hagbard og Signe, Maskerade, Pinocchios aske, Helligtrekongers aften and Primadonnaer på prøve.

Lars Simonsen won the Robert Prize for best actor in 1985 and 1998 for the films Tro, håb og kærlighed and Barbara. He won the award for Best Actor at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival for his role in Twist and Shout.[1]

From TV, he is best known from the series Landsbyen [da], but he has also had a role in Mordkommisjonen.

Filmography

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Films

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Year Title Role
1984 Tro, håb og kærlighed Erik
1985 Den kroniske Uskyld [da]
Når engle elsker [da] Mortensens Sønn
1987 Pelle Erobreren Niels Køller
1991 De Nøgne træer [da] Kjeld
1996 Tøsepiger [da] Michael
1996 Bella, min Bella [da] Bellas far
1997 Barbara Poul Aggersoee
1999 Manden som ikke ville dø [da] Adrian Palmberg
Klinkevals [da] Simon Berggren
2001 Gem et smil, Katrine [da]
2003 Livsforsikringen [da] O.P. Vademand

Television

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Year Title Role
1985 Jane Horney Jonas
1991 Landsbyen [da] Thomas
1992 Mørklægning [da] Lydmand
2001 Skjulte spor [da] Carsten Hansen
2001 Mit liv som Bent [da] Frank Lands
2002 Mordkommisjonen Flemming, Faren
2003 Afgrunden Grigori Chmara
2003 Forsvar Professor Estrup
2007 Forbrydelsen Peter Lassen
2011–13 The Bridge
2016 Bedrag Ulrik
2018 The Rain Dr. Frederik Andersen

References

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  1. ^ "14th Moscow International Film Festival (1985)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
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