Foto: Thomas Petri, Det Kongelige Teater

Thure Lindhardt graduated from Odense Theatre School in 1998 and received his professional debut in Shopping and Fucking at Caféteatret that year. In 1999 he featured in the musical Scenes form a Century at Gladsaxe Teater and in the critically acclaimed production of Eugene O´Neills marathon drama Strange Interlude at The Royal Theatre that received the award for Best Play at The Reumert Award 2000 - the Danish equivalent to the Tony Awards. In 1999, Thure was named recipient of the Reumert Award for Best New Talent. In the beginning of 2000, Thure Lindhardt starred in the hit film A Place Nearby which featured in the official selection at the 50th Berlin Film Festival. He played the lead as an autistic boy who is suspected of murder, and he received rave reviews for his performance and was named Shooting Star at the festival. On tv Thure Lindhardt has played roles in the Lars Von Trier-produced family saga Morten Korch (TV2), The Spider (Denmarks Radio) and TV2' s Morten Korch. Apart from two theatre roles this year he will also be starring as the leading role in Aladdin which is an outdoor theatre event this summer (2000). PROFILE: Birth: December 24th, 1974 Education:Odense Theatre School, 1998 Eyes: Grey-green Vocal: Barytone Languages (fluent): English, German Languages (adequate): French