Søren Pilmark
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.JPG) Søren Pilmark being interviewed during the book fair BogForum at Forum Copenhagen in 2008. | |
| Born | Søren Louis Pilmark Nielsen 16 October 1955 |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Spouse |
Susanne Pilmark (m. 1983) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Louis Nielsen (father) Birte Pilmark (mother) |
Søren Louis Pilmark (born 16 October 1955) is a Danish actor. Pilmark has worked as a film and theatrical actor, a director, and as an author.
Career
Theater
Pilmark graduated from the School of Acting at Aarhus Theater in 1977, where he was then part of the performing company until 1980. From 1981 to 1994 he was a member of the company of the Royal Danish Theatre. Over the course of his theatrical career, Pilmark has played a variety of roles, including: Morten in Marx and Coca Cola (1981), the main role in Erasmus Montanus (1983), the Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance (1985), the monologue of Natten før skoven (1985), The Prince in Der var engang (1987), Konstantin in The Seagull (1987), Johannes in Ordet (1991), the lead roles in Hamlet (1992) and Richard III (1994), John in Oleanna (1995), the Engineer in Miss Saigon (1996), Heisenberg in Copenhagen (1999), Speed the Plow (2002), King Philip in Don Carlos (2009), Professor Higgins in My Fair Lady (2010), and Stockmann in An Enemy of the People (2021).
With Per Pallesen he created The Pallesen Pilmark Show, which toured in both in Asia and in the United States from 1984 to 1998. A TV version of the show, which was broadcast on
As a stage director, Pilmark worked on Dyrene i Hakkebakkeskoven (1996) and Simpatico (1997).
Film & TV
Pilmark's first film role was as an extra, a boy in the street, in the comedy
On TV he has had roled in Riget, Een stor familie (1982–83), De skrigende halse (1993), Gøngehøvdingen (1992), Taxa (1999), Lykke (2011-2012), 1864 (2014), Kampen om det tunge vand (2015), Atlantic Crossing (2020), as well as in the Netflix series Vikings: Valhalla (2022).
Writing
Pilmark's published his first novel, Varieté, in 2021. The novel is a historical drama about a magician, set in a provincial vaudeville theater in Denmark in the 1910s.[1]
Personal life
Pilmark was born in Hvidovre, where his father Louis Nielsen was a school superintendent. His mother Birte Nielsen was born with the surname Pilmark. He is married to Susanne Rée Pilmark (born 1961) and has three children, Louis, Anton, and Amanda.
Honours and awards
- Knight of the Order of Dannebrog
- Robert Award for Menneskedyret
- Robert Award for his role as Werner Heisenberg in Copenhagen
- Best actor for Flickering Lights, Method Fest
- Bodil Award for Best Supporting Actor for King's Game
- Robert Award for King's Game
- Bronze portrait in a granite tile in Frederiksberg, 2008
- Had a street named after him, Pilmarken, in Østermarie on Bornholm, 2018
References
- ^ "Varieté. Laurits og Valdemar | Søren Pilmark". Politikens Forlag (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-09-15.
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