Henning Moritzen(1928-2012)
- Actor
- Director
- Soundtrack
Henning Moritzen is a well-known Danish screen and stage actor. Born in
Tårbæk near Copenhagen and with a secondary school degree from
Grønnevangsskolen in Ordrup, Henning Mortizen was educated as an actor
at Privatteatrenes Elevskole. Since the early 1950s he has been a stage
actor with countless successes, especially The Royal Theatre in
Copenhagen, earning a reputation as one of the great male leads of
Danish theatre. His work shows a high degree of variation, from comedy
to musical to drama, modern as well as classical. To his stage career
came the natural addition of film and television work of which Harry and the Butler (1961),
Hjemme hos William (1971) and Memories of a Marriage (1989) can be mentioned as highpoints. And even later, the
international success The Celebration (1998) gave him a strong part as the dominant
father.
