Tomas Robert Olof Bolme (born 21 April 1945 in Högalid,

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) is a

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. He is famous for being the Swedish voice of

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, and he is also the voice of the anime hero Cobra. As a child, he acted at Vår teater, a children's theatre in Stockholm. He studied at Teaterhögskolan in Stockholm during the years 1966 to 1969. Bolme has performed at Fria Proteatern,

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, Stockholm City Theatre and

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. He has also recorded several

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s and one of them is

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's ''Coq Rouge''. Bolme is a former member of the political party Communist League Marxists-Leninists ( sv, Kommunistiska förbundet marxist-leninisterna, ''KFML''). He is the brother of television host

Agneta Bolme Börjefors Agneta Bolme Börjefors (26 April 1941 – 11 August 2008) was a Swedish television presenter, television producer and royal reporter for Sveriges Television. Agneta Bolme was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her brother, Tomas Bolme, is a Swedish act ...

. At the 24th Guldbagge Awards he won the award for Best Actor for his role in ''

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''. Along with

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, he co-hosted the

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Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1959) * '' The Last Adventure'' (1974) * ''

'' (1988)

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* * 1945 births Living people Male actors from Stockholm Swedish male stage actors Swedish male voice actors Swedish communists Best Actor Guldbagge Award winners {{Sweden-actor-stub