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Personal Info

Birth date

1930-11-04 (94 Years)

Day of death

2006-01-04

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Frederiksberg, Danmark

Also known as

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John Hahn-Petersen

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

2006The Three Musketeers as Fader

2004Better Times (4 Episodes) as Direktør Berg

2003Defense (13 Episodes) as Dommer Jørgen Balslev

2002The Man Who Couldn't Say No as Bjerre

1997Agnus Dei as Unknown

1997The Kingdom II as Nivesen

1997Taxa (56 Episodes) as Verner Boye-Larsen

1997Strisser på Samsø (7 Episodes) as Læge

1996The Ballad of the Viking King, Holger the Dane as Kaliffen / fortæller (voice)

1995Between Summers as Preben

1994Pyrus: The Greatest Christmas (2 Episodes) as Svend Tveskæg

1994The Kingdom (4 Episodes) as Nivesen

1994The Shadow of Freedom (4 Episodes) as Doctor

1993Black Harvest as Unknown

1992Sofie as Unknown

1992Mørklægning (1 Episode) as Gudmundsen

1992The Return as The prison priest

1992The Gønge Chieftain (1 Episode) as Borgmester Nansen

1991The Naked Trees as The boat workshop manager

1991Høfeber as Unknown

1991Landsbyen (13 Episodes) as Bak-Nielsen

1990Dr. Dip (5 Episodes) as Coma Kjeldsen

1989The Knight of Justice as Unknown

1988Baby Doll as Evas far

1987Sådan er det bare (1 Episode) as Direktør

1986Barndommens gade as Gadebetjent

1986The Wolf at the Door as Unknown

1982The Parallel Corpses as Larsen

1981Historien om Kim Skov as Skoleinspektør

1980Vores år (4 Episodes) as Anton Humble

1979The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders as Policeman (uncredited)

1978Det begyndte med Mathilde as Johan Ludvig Heiberg

1978Matador (24 Episodes) as Hr Stein

1978Strandvaskeren (6 Episodes) as Lund

1978You Are Not Alone as Teacher Justesen

1975The Olsen Gang on the Track as Tax Service Clerk

1975Anne og Paul as Unknown

1970The House at Christianshavn (1 Episode) as Kriminalassistent Holm

1966Dyden går amok as Edward, magister

1960Faith, Hope and Witchcraft as Bartender

1958Lyssky transport gennem Danmark as Pedersen