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Personal Info

Birth date

1937-01-14 (88 Years)

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Svendborg, Danmark

Also known as

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Bent Mejding

Biography


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Filmography

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Matador

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Overview:

Matador is a Danish TV series produced and shown between 1978 and 1982. It is set in the fictional Danish town of Korsbæk between 1929 and 1947. It follows the lives of a range of characters from across the social spectrum, focusing specifically on the rivalry between the families of two businessmen: The banker Hans Christian Varnæs, an established local worthy, and social climber Mads Skjern, who arrives in town as the series opens. The name Matador was taken from the localised edition of the boardgame Monopoly, also the series' tentative English title. In addition, in contemporary Danish a "matador" is often used to describe a business tycoon, in the series referring to the character of Mads Skjern and his craftiness as a self-made entrepreneur. Directed by famed Danish film maker Erik Balling, Matador was the idea of author Lise Nørgaard who wrote the bulk of the episodes alongside Karen Smith, Jens Louis Petersen and Paul Hammerich. The series is one of the most well-known and popular examples of Danish television and represents the peak of longtime development of Danish TV drama by the public service channel Danmarks Radio. The series has become part of the modern self-understanding of Danes, partly because of its successful mix of melodrama and a distinct warm Danish humour in the depiction of characters, which were portrayed by a wide range of the most popular Danish actors at the time; but also not least because of its accurate portrayal of a turbulent Denmark from around the start of the Great Depression and through Nazi Germany's occupation of Denmark in World War II.

Acting

2016Antboy 3 as Charles Dufort

20141864: Brødre i krig as Severin

20141864 (8 Episodes) as Severin

2013The Shooter as Steen Birger Brask

2012A Royal Affair as J. H. E. Bernstoff

2011Lykke (1 Episode) as Dr. Vestergaard

2009Storm as Judge Lars Andersen

2007Daisy Diamond as Far

2007Just Another Love Story as Mr. Castlund

2007The Killing (20 Episodes) as Poul Bremer

2006We Shall Overcome as Lindum Svendsen, Skoleinspektør

2004Brothers as Henning

2002Tinke the Wolfgirl as Hermann

2000Italian for Beginners as Reverend Wredmann

2000Flickering Lights as Bedstefar

2000Unit One (2 Episodes) as Clemmesen, advokat

2000The Spider (6 Episodes) as Hans Christian Vissing

1997Taxa (3 Episodes) as Christian

1992The Gønge Chieftain (2, 4 Episode) as Oberts Sparre, Oberst Sparre

1991The Julekalender (24 Episodes) as Fortæller

1991The Boys from St. Petri as Provst Johannes Balstrup

1984Twist and Shout as Erik's Father

1983Kurt & Valde as Unknown

1982One Big Family (1 Episode) as Unknown

1980Assassination as Vicepolitikommisær

1978Matador (24 Episodes) as Jørgen Varnæs

1977The Fishermen (6 Episodes) as Pastor Brink

1976The Olsen Gang For Full Music as Dirigenten

1976The Olsen Gang Sees Red as Royal Theatre Conductor

1975Only the Truth as Jørgen Brehmer

1970Tintomara as Regenten

1970Et godt liv as Olafsen

1965Mor bag rattet as Karl Von Baunenfeldt

1963April as Unknown

1962Lykkens musikanter as Unknown

1961The Musketeers as Unknown

1961Reptilicus as Svend Viltorft

1958Mor skal giftes as Carl

Directing

1982One Big Family (12 Episodes) ... Director

Creator

1982One Big Family ... Creator

Production

1981The Olsen Gang Long Gone ... Production Manager

1981The Olsen Gang Jumps the Fence ... Production Manager