Søren Sætter-Lassen (born 11 July 1955) is a Danish stage, film and television

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Early life and education

Sætter-Lassen attended Tranegårdskolen in

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and Gentofte State School, graduating in 1973. From 1975 to 1978, he trained at the Actors’ School at Odense Teater, after which he remained on staff at Odense until 1982.

Career

Theatre

While at Odense Theatre, Sætter-Lassen portrayed Konstantin in Chekhov’s ''

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'' in 1981. In 1982, he co-founded Grønnegårds Teatret alongside Christian Steffensen and served as its joint artistic director until 1991. During this period, he freelanced across

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stages, taking roles in works such as ''Onsdag'' at Bristol Teater, ''Klassefjenden'' and ''Majonæse'' at Aveny Teatret, ''Jacob von Thyboe'' at Grønnegårds Teatret and ''Mercedes'' at Rialto Teatret. In 1990 Sætter-Lassen joined the ensemble of the Royal Danish Theatre, where his roles have included Don Carlos in ''Don Carlos'' (1999), the title characters in ''Jean de France'' (2001) and ''

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'' (2002), the lead in ''Sabre and Love'' (2003) and the General in ''Flugt'' (2004). He also appeared in ''Gud bevare Danmark'' at Østre Gasværk in 1999.

Filmography

Awards

* 2000: Reumert award for best supporting actor, ''Don Carlos'' * 2010: Reumert award for best actor, ''

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References

External links

* Danish male actors 1955 births Living people Danish male film actors People from Horsens {{Denmark-actor-stub