Morten Suurballe

Morten Sasse Suurballe (born 8 March 1955) is a Danish actor, best known for playing Detective Chief Inspector Lennart Brix in the three television series The Killing (Danish: Forbrydelsen, “The Crime”) in which he played alongside Sofie Gråbøl.

Morten S. Suurballe
Born (1955-03-08) 8 March 1955
Copenhagen, Denmark
NationalityDanish
OccupationActor
Years active1978 - present
Known forThe Killing
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Career and personal life

Suurballe was born in Copenhagen and educated at the Danish National School of Theatre in 1978. After that, he was employed at several theatres including the Royal Danish Theatre.

He was married to actress Julie Wieth, and divorced in 2003. He is the father of Amalie Suurballe Wieth (born 1987), Johan Suurballe Wieth (born 1991) and Eigil Suurballe Rossing (born 2008).

In January 2013 Suurballe was awarded Knight of 1st Class of Order of the Dannebrog.[1]

Filmography

Cinema
  • Kniven i hjertet (1981)
  • Flamberede hjerter (1986)
  • Et skud fra hjertet (1986)
  • Opbrud (1988)
  • Drengene fra Sankt Petri (1991)
  • En dag i oktober (1991)
  • Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner (1994)
  • Menneskedyret (1995)
  • Carmen og Babyface (1995)
  • Mimi og madammerne (1998)
  • Manden som ikke ville dø (1999)
  • Slip hestene løs (2000)
  • Voksne mennesker (2005)
  • Bag det stille ydre (2005)
  • Rene hjerter (2006)
  • Cecilie (2007)
  • Guldhornene (movie)|Guldhornene (2007)
  • Skyscraper (2011)
  • Skybound (2017)

Television

References
  1. "Dronningen giver "Sarah Lund" ridderkors", B.dk, 21 January 2013.


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