Personal Info

  • Known For

    Acting

  • Known Credits

    64

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    December 09, 1934 ( 84 years old )

  • Place of Birth

    Odense, Denmark

  • Also Known As

    Walter Morten Grunwald

Morten Grunwald

Born in Odense, Denmark on December 9th, 1934, Morten Grunwald is "World famous in Denmark" for several popular film roles. Most famous, however, will always be his Benny in all of the "Olsen Banden" films, where he starred alongside Ove Sprogøe and Poul Bundgaard. He attended Odense Theatrical School in 1958 and graduated from The Royal Theater of Denmark's Theatrical School in 1962. Since 1971, he has been the director of several theatres in Copenhagen: Bristol Teatret (1971-1980), Betty Nansen Teatret (1980-1992), Østre Gasværk (1992-1998).