Peter Gantzler is a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 actor. He is perhaps best known for his parts in Taxa and Italian for Beginners

Italian for Beginners

Italian for Beginners is a 2000 Danish romantic comedy film written and directed by Lone Scherfig. The film stars Anders W. Berthelsen, Lars Kaalund and Peter Gantzler. The film was made by the austere principles of the Dogme 95 movement, including the use of hand held video cameras and natural...

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Biography

Peter Gantzler originally studied Danish at the University of Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

The University of Copenhagen is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Denmark. Founded in 1479, it has more than 37,000 students, the majority of whom are female , and more than 7,000 employees. The university has several campuses located in and around Copenhagen, with the...

, but changed to the Danish National School of Theatre

Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance

The Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance is an acting and performance school in Copenhagen, Denmark.The institution is divided into two autonomous units, the Danish National School of Theatre and the Danish National School of Contemporary Dance...

 where he got his degree in 1990. He has performed on various theaters in the Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

 area, but is primarily known from television and movies.

He is married to actress Xenia Lach-Nielsen, with whom he has a daughter.

Filmography

• Rocking Silver (1983)
• Mord i mørket (1986)
• Kaj's fødselsdag (1990)
• Operation Cobra (1995)
• Davids bog (1996)
• Smilla's Sense of Snow
  Smilla's Sense of Snow (film)
  Smilla's Sense of Snow is a 1997 thriller film directed by Bille August, based on the book Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow a 1992 novel by Danish author Peter Høeg, starring Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Tom Wilkinson, Jim Broadbent, Robert Loggia and Richard Harris...
  
  (1997)
• Når mor kommer hjem (1998)
• Mimi og madammerne (1998)
• Pizza King (1999)
• In China They Eat Dogs
  In China They Eat Dogs
  In China They Eat Dogs , , is a Danish action comedy film directed by Lasse Spang Olsen.The main roles are played by Kim Bodnia and Dejan Čukić...
  
  (1999)
• Help! I'm a Fish
  Help! I'm a Fish
  Help! I'm a Fish is a 2001 Danish animated film directed by Stefan Fjeldmark and Michael Hegner.Unlike some European animation, this film was recorded and animated in the English language to increase international distribution...
  
  (voice in Danish language
  Danish language
  Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
  
   original - 2000)
• Italian for Beginners
  Italian for Beginners
  Italian for Beginners is a 2000 Danish romantic comedy film written and directed by Lone Scherfig. The film stars Anders W. Berthelsen, Lars Kaalund and Peter Gantzler. The film was made by the austere principles of the Dogme 95 movement, including the use of hand held video cameras and natural...
  
  (2000)
• Anja & Viktor (2001)
• At klappe med een hånd (2001)
• Min søsters børn (2001)
• Listetyven (2002)
• Bjergkuller (2002)
• Campingvognen (2002)
• Min søsters børn i sneen - (2002)
• Til højre ved den gule hund (2003)
• Fakiren fra Bilbao (2004)
• Store planer (2005)
• Solkongen (2005)
• Steget efter (2005)
• Dommeren (2005)
• Direktøren for det hele (2006)
• Små mirakel och stora (2006)
• Tempelriddernes skat (2006)
• A Viking Saga
  A Viking Saga
  A Viking Saga is a 2008 film about the early life and rise to power of Oleg of Novgorod, the Rus prince who attacked and conquered Kiev in AD 882 from the Rus war-lords Askold and Dir, before moving his capitol there.-Cast:...
  
  (2007)

Tv-produktioner (uddrag)

• Mørklægning (1992)
• Kald mig Liva (1992)
• Tre ludere og en lommetyv (1993)
• Taxa (1997)
• Hjerteflimmer (1998)
• Turbulent sone (2000)
• Skjulte spor (2000)
• Den serbiske dansker (2001)
• Er du skidt, skat? (2003)
• Krøniken
  Krøniken
  Krøniken is a Danish television drama which aired on Sunday evenings between January 2004 and January 2007...
  
  (2004-2005)

Awards

• 2001: Best actor (Valladolid International Film Festival), Robert for best supporting actor, best actor (Bordeaux International Festival of Women in Cinema) - all for the portrayal of Jørgen Mortensen in Italian for Beginners.

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