Morten Grunwald

Born in Odense, Denmark on December 9th, 1934, 'Morten Grunwald' (qv) 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' (qv) and 'Poul Bundgaard' (qv).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).::Christian Jahnsen