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Thure Lindhardt
Danish actor (born 1974) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thure Frank Lindhardt (Danish: [ˈtsʰuːɐ ˈle̝nˌhɑːt]; born 24 December 1974) is a Danish actor, educated at the drama school at Odense Theatre in 1998.[1]
Life and career
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Lindhardt grew up in Roskilde.[2][1] At the age of 12, he got a part in Bille August's film Pelle the Conqueror. His breakthrough in Denmark came with his portrayal of a boy with autism in A Place Nearby, co-starring with Ghita Nørby.[2]
Since then, he has played parts in a variety of movies and series, including Into the Wild, Angels in Fast Motion aka Nordkraft, Brotherhood, Love in Thoughts, Sugar Rush, Princess, Rejseholdet, Byzantium and Flame & Citron, a movie about the World War II resistance group Holger Danske, in which Lindhardt played Bent Faurschou-Hviid, co-starring with Mads Mikkelsen.[3]
He also played a role as the young Swiss Guard Lieutenant Chartrand in the 2009 film Angels & Demons, directed by Ron Howard.[4]
He co-starred in Ira Sachs's film Keep the Lights On, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2012. Later in 2012, he was nominated for a Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor as well as an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead.[5]
In the third season of Showtime's The Borgias, Lindhardt starred opposite Jeremy Irons, playing Rufio, a ruthless assassin working under Catherina Sforza (portrayed by Gina McKee) to bring about the Borgias' downfall.[6]
In 2012 Lindhardt played a role in the European-Scandinavian TV series The Spiral,[7] and in 2013 he appeared in the feature film Adieu Paris.[8]
In 2014 he received the Lauritzen Award.[9]
In 2015 he played the Danish detective Henrik Sabroe opposite Sofia Helin in season 3 of the Danish-Swedish TV police series The Bridge. He replaced Kim Bodnia as a lead.[10] He reprised the role in the show's fourth and final season, broadcast in early 2018.[11]
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Personal life
In May 2010, he broke up with his boyfriend of two years Silas Holst.[12] In autumn 2017, he became a father to his daughter, Billie.[13]
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