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

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Career and personal life

Suurballe was born in

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

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. 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

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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 ''Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner'' (English: ''Naughty Frida and the Fearless Spies''), often shortened to simply ''Frække Frida'', is a 1994 Danish children's film written and directed by Søren Ole Christensen. Christensen based the s ...

'' (1994) * ''Menneskedyret'' (1995) * ''Carmen og Babyface'' (1995) * ''Mimi og madammerne'' (1998) * ''Manden som ikke ville dø'' (1999) * ''Slip hestene løs'' (2000) * ''

Voksne mennesker ''Dark Horse'' ( da, Voksne mennesker) is a 2005 Danish-Icelandic film directed by Dagur Kári, about a young man, his best friend, and a girl. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. Cast and charact ...

'' (2005) * ''Bag det stille ydre'' (2005) * ''Rene hjerter'' (2006) * '' Cecilie'' (2007) * ''Guldhornene (movie), Guldhornene'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2011) * ''Skybound'' (2017)

Television

* ''Kirsebærhaven 89'' (1989) * ''Gøngehøvdingen'' (1991-1992) * ''Kald mig Liva'' (1992) * ''Flemming og Berit'' (1994) * ''Den hemmelige tunnel'' (1997) * ''

Rejseholdet ''Rejseholdet'' ( en, "Mobile Unit" it. "The Travel Team"}; international title: ''Unit One'') is a Danish television crime drama series, broadcast on DR1, that ran for four series from 1 October 2000 to 1 January 2004. The series, produced by ...

'' (2000-2003) * '' Ørnen'' (2004) * ''

Jul i Valhal ''Jul i Valhal'' ('' Christmas in Valhalla'') is a Danish television advent calendar (or Christmas miniseries). It first aired in the December 2005 on TV 2 Denmark television station, on TV 2 Norway in December 2006 (with Norwegian subtitles ...

'' (2005) Thrym (Jul i Valhal) * ''

Forbrydelsen ''The Killing'' ( da, Forbrydelsen, lit=The Crime) is a Danish police procedural drama television series created by Søren Sveistrup and produced by DR in co-production with ZDF Enterprises. It premiered on the Danish national television channe ...

'' (2007) * ''Album'' (2008) * ''Forbrydelsen II'' (2009) * ''Anstalten'' 011* '' Broen'' (2011) * ''Forbrydelsen III'' (2012) * ''

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'' (2014) *

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(2015-2017) * Acceptable Risk (2017)

References

External links

* 1955 births 20th-century Danish male actors Living people Male actors from Copenhagen Danish male film actors Danish male television actors 21st-century Danish male actors Knights First Class of the Order of the Dannebrog {{Denmark-actor-stub