Erik Wernquist
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Erik Wernquist is a Swedish actor, playwright and director. He is probably best known to the general public for his 3-D animation "The Annoying Thing", now known as the Crazy Frog
.
He grew up in the municipality of Lidingö
outside Stockholm
, Sweden
where he worked with people associated with the Sagateatern theatre group, notably Michael Lindgren (appearing in the Swedish
1980s television series Ebba och Didrik) and Henrik Dorsin. Together with these people, he created several plays, sometimes only acting, but also playwriting and directing.
Crazy Frog
Crazy Frog, originally known as Adam King, is a computer-animated character created in 2003 by Erik Wernquist. Marketed by the ringtone provider Jamba!, the animation was originally created to accompany a sound effect produced by Daniel Malmedahl in 1997 while attempting to imitate the sound of a...
.
He grew up in the municipality of Lidingö
Lidingö Municipality
Lidingö Municipality is a municipality just east of Stockholm in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lidingö...
outside Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
where he worked with people associated with the Sagateatern theatre group, notably Michael Lindgren (appearing in the Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
1980s television series Ebba och Didrik) and Henrik Dorsin. Together with these people, he created several plays, sometimes only acting, but also playwriting and directing.
Some of the plays he has participated in
- Sagoharen förstörde mitt liv (1996)
- Draculas hem eller Hvem fahn tog punschrullarne V (1995)
- Jonny Cocktail (1994)(as the evil song & danceman Nicolaus H. Mortegan)