Morten Grunwald

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).

Actor

1961

[ ] Jetpiloter (????)
[ ] Løgn og løvebrøl (????)

1963

[ ] En af dagene (Mogens)
[ ] Hvad med os? (Iwan)

1964

[ ] Five men and Rosa ('Smukke-Arne' Arne Herluf Jensen)
[ ] Death Comes at High Noon (Bertel Lindberg)
[ ] Selvmordsskolen (Søn)

1965

[ ] Strike First Freddy (Frede Hansen)
[ ] Landmandsliv (Frits Triddlefitz - Marias tilbeder)
[ ] Een pige og 39 sømænd (Peter Eberhardt)
[ ] En ven i bolignøden (Harry Olsen)

1966

[ ] Relax Freddy (Frede Hansen)
[ ] Dyden går amok (Niels, fisker)
[ ] Nu stiger den (Pehtersen - hans assistent)
[ ] I Stykker (Jan)

1967

[ ] Martha (Knud Hansen)
[ ] Life with Daddy (Herbert Nielsen)
[ ] Pretty-Arne and Rosa (Arne Herluf Jensen)
[ ] Det er ikke appelsiner - det er heste (????)

1968

[ ] The Olsen Gang (Benny Frandsen)
[ ] Days in My Father's House (Jens, Kirstens bror)
[ ] Friends at Arms: On a Bear Run (Læge)
[ ] Det var en lørdag aften (Hans)
[ ] I den grønne skov (????)

1969

[ ] The Olsen Gang in a Fix (Benny Frandsen)
[ ] The Egborg Girl (Fuldmægtig hos Mikkelsen)
[ ] Along Came a Soldier (????)

1970

[ ] Amour (Brandmajoren)

1971

[ ] The Olsen Gang in Jutland (Benny Frandsen)
[ ] Pelsen (Lange Aage)
[ ] I morgen, min elskede (????)
[ ] En mand (????)

1977

[ ] The Olsen Gang Outta Sight (Benny Frandsen)
[ ] Asger Jorn (Speaker)

1978

[ ] The Olsen Gang Goes to War (Benny Frandsen)

1979

[ ] The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders (Benny Frandsen)

1981

[ ] The Olsen Gang Long Gone (Benny Frandsen)
[ ] The Olsen Gang Jumps the Fence (Benny Frandsen)

1986

[ ] The Wolf at the Door (Durand-Ruel)
[ ] Murder in the Dark (Redaktør Otzen)
[ ] Ballerup Boulevard (Ralf, Pinkys far)

1987

[ ] Hip Hip Hurrah! (Michael Ancher)

1988

[ ] Murder in Paradise (Redaktør Otzen)

1996

[ ] Den store kul-tur (Kultur borgmester)

1998

[ ] The Olsen Gang's Last Trick (Benny Frandsen)
[ ] I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now (Peter)

2006

[ ] Gambler (Himself (The film consultant))

2007

[ ] White Night (Jacob Nymann)
[ ] The Black Madonna (Kurt)
[ ] When a Man Comes Home (Direktøren)

2010

[ ] The Experiment (Hr. Omann)

2014

[ ] Silent Heart (Poul)

2015

[ ] Historien om Olsen Banden (????)

2018

[ ] Vitello (Gud (voice))
[ ] The Olsen Gang: Forever! (Benny Frandsen)