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and in a number of film and tv productions.

Career

Holmey made his screen debut in

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's comedy ''

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'' (1972), and reached an international audience as a regular in

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' series of

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-films, starting with

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'' (1982), where his many roles include the Turanian War Officer who is asked "What is best in life?", and replies: "The open steppe, fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair!" Erik Holmey's starring roles include the vampire lord Rico Mortiz in Shaky González's action-horror film '' Nattens engel'' (1998), playing opposite

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. This was the first of his frequent appearances in the films of director Shaky Gonzalez, followed by such roles as The Devil in the horror comedy ''One Hell of a Christmas'' (2002), crime lord Frank Lowies in the urban western ''Pistoleros'' (2007) and seasoned police negotiator Frank Toft in the upcoming heist movie ''Det grå guld'' (2010). Holmey's stage career includes a season as an actor at the Royal Danish Theatre in 1973–1974, as well as roles at

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. He has worked as a dancer at Joker-Teatret, Det Danske Balletakademi, and on TV. In 1979 and 1980 Erik Holmey won the Danish middleweight

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Career

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