Axel Strøbye

Born: 1928-02-22

Strøbye was most famous for his comedy roles, as the confused uncle in Min søsters børn (My sisters Children) and the hustler Gyldenkål in Familien Gyldenkål (The Goldcabbage Family). But his biggest role and success was in Matador the TV series a lawyer Skjold Hansen, he started his acting career and education as an actor at Det Kongelige Teater (The Royal Danish theater), he also worked at Folketeatret (The peoples theater). Strøbye made his movie debut in Nåler 1951 and his last role was in 1998, as the aging inspector in the legendary Olsen Banden movies.


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Babette's Feast

as The Coach
Released: 1987-08-11

A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite...

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Pelle the Conqueror

as Kongstrup - Kungsgården Landlord
Released: 1987-12-21

In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the...

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Gertrud

as Axel Nygen
Released: 1964-12-19

Hopeless romantic Gertrud inhabits a turn-of-the-century milieu of artists and musicians, where...

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The Olsen Gang Long Gone

as Kriminalkommissar Jensen
Released: 1981-12-26

Criminal genius Egon Olsen presents his accomplices Benny and Keld with yet another infallible...

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The Olsen Gang Outta Sight

as Detective Jensen
Released: 1977-09-30

Egon is starting to be a little forgetful; he forgot the zone number, so he fails to open the...

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The Olsen Gang's Last Trick

as Jensen
Released: 1998-12-18

Egon escapes from the psychiatric ward, where he has been incarcerated since the gang's last...

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The Olsen Gang Goes to War

as Detective Jensen
Released: 1978-10-06

Some criminal EU ministers plan to turn Denmark into a gigantic fair ground and holiday...

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The Olsen Gang Jumps the Fence

as Detective Jensen
Released: 1981-10-16

As usual, Egon has an ingenious plan. And, as usual, it works just fine until one of the gang...

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The Olsen Gang on the Track

as Detective Jensen
Released: 1975-09-26

Egon and his two cronies managed to sneak a fortune with them to Spain. Here they live a life in...

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Selvmordsskolen

as Doktor X
Released: 1964-03-30

Bizarre satiric tale about an ordinary Danish man disappointed in life and the welfare system....

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The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang

as Detective Jensen
Released: 1974-10-04

The Olsen Gang has finally made it. They are in Mallorca, having fulfilled their dream. Almost,...

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Kassen stemmer

as Direktør Karmann
Released: 1976-08-02

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The Olsen Gang Sees Red

as Detective Jensen
Released: 1976-10-01

Egon and the gang are hired to stage a robbery of an antique Chinese vase for an economically...

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Sidste akt

as uncredited
Released: 1987-01-23

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Bedside Head

as Hr. Bosted
Released: 1972-03-03

The young headmaster of a boy's boarding school has decided that due to the virility of his...

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The Girl and the Press Photographer

as Aksel Gormsen
Released: 1963-02-15

Bastian and Lene are a good couple, as a journalist and press photographer. They take turns to...

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The Olsen Gang Runs Amok

as Detective Jensen
Released: 1973-10-05

When Egon Olsen gets out of Vridlose State Prision once again, his friends Benny and Kjeld do...

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The Goldcabbage Family

as Charles Gyldenkål / Iversen
Released: 1975-01-01

The family Gyldenkål is actually called Iversen, but have changed their name, after numerous...

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Fløjtespilleren

as Klarinetspiller
Released: 1953-12-18

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Bedroom Mazurka

as Otto Bostedt
Released: 1970-08-30

Max (Søltoft) is a popular teacher at a public school who needs a new schoolmaster. In an effort...

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Karen, Maren og Mette

as uncredited
Released: 1954-08-16

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Crazy Paradise

as Hjalmer
Released: 1962-07-26

Romantic comedy, based on the discovery that eggs from a particular island provide men with...

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Kidnapning

as De Mille
Released: 1982-10-15

Based on Bjarne Reuter's 1975 juvenile novel, even broader comedy strokes are employed in the...

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The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders

as Detective Jensen
Released: 1979-12-26

Egon plans to exploit knowledge gained during his latest term of incarceration. By stealing the...

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Bedside Highway

as Hr. Bosserup
Released: 1972-09-15

In this Danish sex comedy, precisely opposite goals lead a young official of the Department of...

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Topsy Turvy

as uncredited
Released: 1983-10-06

An uptight young man and his equally uptight family moves next door to a hedonistic clan,...

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Styrmand Karlsen

as uncredited
Released: 1958-10-30

First mate Knud Karlsen has just received sad news from his girlfriend. On board the ship is...

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Tine

as uncredited
Released: 1964-09-04

Danish melodrama about a housemaid struggling to find normalcy and love in the midst of war.

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Love Thy Neighbour

as Hotelvært Kostøl
Released: 1967-09-01

Love Thy Neighbour (Danish: Elsk... din næste!, German: Vergiß nicht deine Frau zu küssen ) is a...

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Hold da helt ferie

as Søren Justesen
Released: 1965-12-26

Søren is looking forward to a relaxing camping holiday with his wife, Marianne. But nothing goes...

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Høfeber

as Overlæge
Released: 1991-12-20

A confrontational and friendly judge gets in trouble when his wife is trying to arouse his...

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Naalen

as uncredited
Released: 1951-01-29

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The Ghost Train

as Heinz-Otto von Münsterland, chauffør
Released: 1976-08-13

Spøgelsestoget (English title: The ghost train) is a 1976 Danish family film directed by Bent...

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Den sidste vinter

as Erik Sørensen
Released: 1960-09-30

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Wife on vacation

as Allan Thorsen
Released: 1967-07-28

Allan Thorsen er træt af sin kone, men han har svært ved at få sagt at han vil skilles. Derfor...

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Prop and Berta

as Borgmester Frandsen (voice)
Released: 2001-01-26

Prop & Berta is the story of a friendship between a little stout man and a big and proud cow,...

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Rainfox

as Brander
Released: 1984-12-26

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Father of Four: In the Snow

as uncredited
Released: 1954-11-01

Ib Schønberg is again the kindly father - and now he is crowned "the ideal driver". This means...

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Den grønne elevator

as uncredited
Released: 1961-08-21

Hans og Mona beslutter at give deres respektive ægtefælder lidt at tænke over, ved at blive...

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The Girl in a Swing

as Jarl Borgen
Released: 1988-09-29

A London art broker goes to Copenhagen where he requires the services of a secretary fluent in...

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Nu stiger den

as Just
Released: 1966-08-24

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Jan går til filmen

as Regissør
Released: 1954-04-19

Fourteen-year-old Jan and his companion Erling appear as extras in a film being filmed at...

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Han, hun, Dirch og Dario

as Henry
Released: 1962-03-23

Director Paul Borg (Ebbe Langberg) neglects his young, beautiful wife Marianne (Ghita Nørby). He...

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Camping

as Kraftværkschef Viborg
Released: 1990-02-09

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The Chronic Innocence

as Rektor
Released: 1985-10-04

For Janus his friend Tore is his big ideal: pretty, intelligent and self-confident. Janus is...

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Tjærehandleren

as Verner Vestad, distriktslæge
Released: 1971-08-12

Audun’s son is killed in an accident while the mother is in bed with her lover. Ten years later...

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The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote

as Charles Gyldenkål
Released: 1977-10-17

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Sextet

as uncredited
Released: 1963-01-01

Six people of different ages and with varying mental health problems are forced to spend the...

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It's Nifty in the Navy

as uncredited
Released: 1965-09-03

It's Nifty in the Navy is a 1965 Danish comedy film directed by Finn Henriksen and starring...

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Det er så yndigt at følges ad

as uncredited
Released: 1954-12-02

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Det gælder livet

as uncredited
Released: 1953-12-21

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The Poet and the Little Mother

as Landmåleren
Released: 1959-03-06

Poeten and Lillemor are making their living on his writing, but the general interest in modern...

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The Veterinarian's Adopted Children

as Cirkusdirektør Don Pedro
Released: 1968-11-29

The Veterinarian's Adopted Children is a 1968 Danish comedy film directed by Carl Ottosen and...

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Otto Is a Rhino

as Hr. Otto Løwe
Released: 1983-03-25

The boy Topper is bored. He finds a pencil that proves to have magical powers. Draw a rhino, and...

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Biedermann og brandstifterne

as uncredited
Released: 1965-01-17

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Mig og dig

as Henning Hansen, jurist
Released: 1969-02-17

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Me, Too, in the Mafia

as Olfert
Released: 1974-09-26

Mafiaen, det er osse mig er en dansk komediefilm fra 1974 og en fortsættelse af Mig og Mafiaen....

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I, A Lover

as Ole Schmidt
Released: 1966-04-10

Beatrice abandons her husband Peter because he is impotent in their sex life, instead she...

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Watch Your Back, Professor!

as uncredited
Released: 1977-08-19

When a boring collage professor is mistaken for his cousin, he gets into all kinds of trouble,...

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The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank

as Charles Gyldenkål
Released: 1976-12-26

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Premiere i helvede

as Richard - Direktør
Released: 1964-10-30

About an American's reaction to the Dane's way of chatting about each other. Behind their backs....

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May

as Hilmer
Released: 1983-06-17

Early TV-film from Bille August.

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Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier

as Interview Subject
Released: 1995-12-28

Torben Skjødt Jensen’s elegant documentary is a collage of memories and reflections on one of...

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Oskar

as Egon Larsen, massør
Released: 1962-10-12

Oskar? That's my driver. And Tina, my maid, must have taken my suitcase with her to the baron -...

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Faith, Hope and Witchcraft

as Vred mand
Released: 1960-03-25

In the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean on the island of Troldø lives a single farming...

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Be Dear to Me

as uncredited
Released: 1957-03-01

The Danish Ingen tid til Kaertegn (Be Dear to Me) is heavily reliant on the appeal of its star,...

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The Girl and the Playboy

as Max - imprisario for Marlene
Released: 1965-10-15

A millionaire gets amnesia after a hit to the head and now he has to rediscover his past and...

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Vores lille by

as uncredited
Released: 1954-11-08

Vores lille by er en ganske almindelig samling af huse et tilfældigt sted i Danmark beboet af...

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Six Kids and Their Uncle

as Erik Lund
Released: 1966-09-30

Erik Lund is a child psychologist and defend a doctoral thesis on the subject. His knowledge is...

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Vandalism

as uncredited
Released: 1977-11-04

Based upon the novel "Hærværk" by Tom Kristensen about the self destructive person. The...

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Bussen

as Lars
Released: 1963-10-04

The protagonist is a jovial bus driver, well beloved by his passengers, essentially the whole...

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Six Kids and the Honeymooners

as Onkel Erik Lund
Released: 1967-10-13

Erik and Lisbeth are getting married and then honeymoon to Austria. When Mom and Dad need to...

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Mor bag rattet

as Racer Robert
Released: 1965-11-05

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Een pige og 39 sømænd

as Captain Barker
Released: 1965-11-12

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How to Behave in a Fourposter Bed

as Baron Joachim von Hasteen
Released: 1972-02-04

A police lieutenant woman goes undercover into a mansion where a couple maintains a school to...

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Duellen

as uncredited
Released: 1962-02-09

A sort of forerunner to Hollywood's Boogie Nights (1997), this Danish melodrama is set in the...

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Kick Me in the Traditions!

as Doktor Schmidt
Released: 1979-09-17

Based on Leif Panduro's 1958 satire classic. David, a senior high-school student, aims a swift...

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Kristiane af Marstal

as Svendsen
Released: 1956-08-03

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Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner

as Fridas morfar Carl
Released: 1994-03-18

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Flaming Fire Chief

as Brand-Børge
Released: 1976-02-20

A festive crime comedy about a confused innkeeper who involuntarily finds himself becoming...

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The Young Have No Time

as uncredited
Released: 1956-12-26

A tale of wealthy youth in post-WWII Copenhagen.

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The Fight For The Red Cow

as uncredited
Released: 1987-11-27

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Det stod i avisen

as Peter
Released: 1962-09-25

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A Day Without Lies

as uncredited
Released: 1963-09-02

A Day Without Lies

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Helle for Lykke

as Hr. Steffensen
Released: 1969-06-27

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Fætrene på Torndal

as Frands
Released: 1973-09-07

Werner (William Rosenberg) is an inspector for group of farmes called Digeskov. Left alone by...

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South of Tana River

as Derek
Released: 1963-12-20

South of Tana River is a 1963 Danish family film directed by Bent Christensen and starring Poul...

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I kongens klæ'r

as Thorvald Rønne
Released: 1954-09-24

Kjeld Petersen plays a merchant who has stolen his clothes when he is out take a dip in the...

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Kid Gang on the Go

as Onkel Erik Lund
Released: 1971-10-15

The last day of school before the summer, held farewell to the school year. Hurray a long summer...

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En af dagene

as Carl
Released: 1963-03-07

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Dyden går amok

as N.O., højesteretssagfører
Released: 1966-03-24

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Tre mand frem for en trold

as Max, journalist
Released: 1967-02-24

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Den fine mand

as Fægtemesteren
Released: 1971-01-01

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Ta' lidt solskin

as Poul Otto Madsen
Released: 1969-10-17

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Jeppe på Bjerget

as Ridefogeden
Released: 1981-02-16

Jeppe på bjerget is a 1981 Danish film directed by Kaspar Rostrup and based on a play by Ludvig...

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Den hemmelige tunnel

as Mortensens chef
First aired: 1997-12-01

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Skibet i Skilteskoven

as Viggo Velva
First aired: 1992-12-01

Sømanden Otto (Brandenburg) har bugseret sit gode skib ”Julia” ind i Skilteskoven. Her nyder han...

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Anthonsen

as Fredlund
First aired: 1984-12-01

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