Thure Lindhardt
- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Thure Frank Lindhardt was born 24 December 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
At 12, he was cast as the role of the mailman in
Negerkys og labre larver (1987),
and later that year, he acted as a classmate in
Bille August's film
Pelle the Conqueror (1987), which, in
1988, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy
Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 1989, he played the lead role
in the "The Neverending Story" by
Michael Ende in Roskilde, Denmark. But it
was a children's play. After the few small roles Thure had played, he
realized that he wanted to become a real actor.
Lindhardt graduated from Odense Theatre School in 1998. In 1999, Thure was named recipient of the Reumert Award for Best New Talent. He had roles in two TV productions showing the year 2000, Denmarks Radios
Edderkoppen (2000) a TV series
where he played the poor boy Billy and in the
Lars von Trier-produced family saga
Morten Korch - Ved stillebækken (1999).
His first notable role was that of Brian in
Her i nærheden (2000), directed by
Kaspar Rostrup, written by the novel of
the same name of 'Martha Christensen' and produced by
Tina Dalhoff. The film featured in the
official selection at the 50th Berlin Film Festival. He played the lead
as an autistic boy who is suspected of murder, and he received rave
reviews for his performance and was named Shooting Star at the
festival. This was followed by
Shaky González's film
One Hell of a Christmas (2002)
where he played the part as the young cool criminal Mike. Later in the
year 2002, he got the offer to play Slim in the Ballerin brothers' very
special modern film
Slim Slam Slum (2002). But the
film really tested very poorly with the young audiences, and it became
a Danish, bottom-10 comedy film. But in 2004, he did an outstanding job
in the role of Hans in the German movie
Love in Thoughts (2004)--the
latter of which brought him to the public's attention.
He is now one of the most critically acclaimed actors of his generation
and portrays the weird junkie boy Steso in
Ole Christian Madsen's fantastic
film Angels in Fast Motion (2005).
At 12, he was cast as the role of the mailman in
Negerkys og labre larver (1987),
and later that year, he acted as a classmate in
Bille August's film
Pelle the Conqueror (1987), which, in
1988, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy
Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 1989, he played the lead role
in the "The Neverending Story" by
Michael Ende in Roskilde, Denmark. But it
was a children's play. After the few small roles Thure had played, he
realized that he wanted to become a real actor.
Lindhardt graduated from Odense Theatre School in 1998. In 1999, Thure was named recipient of the Reumert Award for Best New Talent. He had roles in two TV productions showing the year 2000, Denmarks Radios
Edderkoppen (2000) a TV series
where he played the poor boy Billy and in the
Lars von Trier-produced family saga
Morten Korch - Ved stillebækken (1999).
His first notable role was that of Brian in
Her i nærheden (2000), directed by
Kaspar Rostrup, written by the novel of
the same name of 'Martha Christensen' and produced by
Tina Dalhoff. The film featured in the
official selection at the 50th Berlin Film Festival. He played the lead
as an autistic boy who is suspected of murder, and he received rave
reviews for his performance and was named Shooting Star at the
festival. This was followed by
Shaky González's film
One Hell of a Christmas (2002)
where he played the part as the young cool criminal Mike. Later in the
year 2002, he got the offer to play Slim in the Ballerin brothers' very
special modern film
Slim Slam Slum (2002). But the
film really tested very poorly with the young audiences, and it became
a Danish, bottom-10 comedy film. But in 2004, he did an outstanding job
in the role of Hans in the German movie
Love in Thoughts (2004)--the
latter of which brought him to the public's attention.
He is now one of the most critically acclaimed actors of his generation
and portrays the weird junkie boy Steso in
Ole Christian Madsen's fantastic
film Angels in Fast Motion (2005).