Biography
Born in Odense, Denmark on December 9th, 1934, Morten Grunwald is "World famous in Denmark" for several popular film roles. Most famous, however, will always be his Benny in all of the "Olsen Banden" films, where he starred alongside Ove Sprogøe and Poul Bundgaard. He attended Odense Theatrical School in 1958 and graduated from The Royal Theater of Denmark's Theatrical School in 1962. Since 1971, he has been the director of several theatres in Copenhagen: Bristol Teatret (1971-1980), Betty Nans...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Olsen Gang: Forever!
2018
as Benny Frandsen
In 50 years anniversary of the first film about The Olsen Gang appeared in Danish cinemas. The film series and its beloved characters are described in...

Vitello
2018
as Gud (voice)
Vitello is brimming with energy and has good friends in Max and Hasse, but misses having a father in his life, so he decides to go off in search of on...
Historien om Olsen Banden
2015

Silent Heart
2014
as Poul
Three generations of a family gather over a weekend. The sisters Sanne and Heidi have accepted their terminally-ill mother’s desire to die before her ...

The Experiment
2010
as Hr. Omann
THE EXPERIMENT is the story of the nurse Gert, who is appointed as headmistress of a special children's home, owned by the Danish state in Greenland, ...

White Night
2007
as Jacob Nymann
A psychological drama about Ulrich, a workaholic whose life takes a drastic turn when he is involved in a fatal accident. As his guilt grows, his life...

When a Man Comes Home
2007
as Direktøren
A small provincial town is buzzing with excitement: the town´s most illustrious son, a world-famous opera singer, is coming home. Meanwhile, Sebastian...

The Black Madonna
2007
as Kurt
When Maria's father sends her a valuable icon that he stole, she must decide whether to collect the reward or protect her father.

Gambler
2006
as Himself (The film consultant)
A humorous documentary about Nicolas Winding Refn and his struggle to secure his family financially and help him get on with his life. Forced to file ...

The Olsen Gang's Last Trick
1998
as Benny Frandsen
Egon escapes from the psychiatric ward, where he has been incarcerated since the gang's last coup. Keld and Benny pick him up, and when Egon, as alway...

I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now
1998
as Peter
Den store kul-tur
1996
as Kultur borgmester
What does a desperate mayor of culture do when he is handed a stack of millions with instructions to make it a success? What does a cultural city cons...

Murder in Paradise
1988
as Redaktør Otzen
The nameless journalist from Murder in the Dark receives two shocks in quick succession. First, his good friend Kurt is murdered, and then his editor-...

Hip Hip Hurrah!
1987
as Michael Ancher
The life and times of the Scandinavian artists' colony who lived in Skagen on the Danish coast during the 1890s. Not so much a biographical account, r...

Ballerup Boulevard
1986
as Ralf, Pinkys far
A film about one fourteen year old girl whose happy life ends when the family's economic status changes at the family firm crashes and her mother who ...

Murder in the Dark
1986
as Redaktør Otzen
A womanizing journalist is on the outs with the cops who want him in jail and a mysterious "thin man" who wants him dead.

The Wolf at the Door
1986
as Durand-Ruel
Chronicling a period of time in Paul Gauguin's life, this film follows him through his struggles in love and the financial problems caused by the inab...

The Olsen Gang Long Gone
1981
as Benny Frandsen
Criminal genius Egon Olsen presents his accomplices Benny and Keld with yet another infallible plan that can only end badly. The booty is a red suitca...

The Olsen Gang Jumps the Fence
1981
as Benny Frandsen
As usual, Egon has an ingenious plan. And, as usual, it works just fine until one of the gang members makes some kind of funny error. This time, howev...

The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
1979
as Benny Frandsen
Egon plans to exploit knowledge gained during his latest term of incarceration. By stealing the unmanipulated financial records of DanInvest he obtain...

The Olsen Gang Goes to War
1978
as Benny Frandsen
Some criminal EU ministers plan to turn Denmark into a gigantic fair ground and holiday paradise. Egon gets his hand at some important documents which...

The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
1977
as Benny Frandsen
Egon is starting to be a little forgetful; he forgot the zone number, so he fails to open the strongbox. When he gets out of Vridslose State Prison, K...

Asger Jorn
1977
as Speaker
Portrait about the legendary abstract painter Asger Jorn told by painter and poet Per Kirkeby.

The Olsen Gang Sees Red
1976
as Benny Frandsen
Egon and the gang are hired to stage a robbery of an antique Chinese vase for an economically challenged baron. Naturally they fooled, which infuriate...

Kassen stemmer
1976
Three young men discover a scam that three somewhat older gentlemen from Aarhus' upper class have set up to avoid bankruptcy. The gentlemen directors ...

Den dobbelte mand
1976
Christian is a nice man climbing the career ladder. His brother Mikael, on the other hand, is a petty criminal who hustles his way through life as bes...

Hjerter er trumf
1976
Drama about a man in his thirties who experiences an identity crisis after receiving a heart transplant. He seeks out the donor's widow without explai...

Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde
1976
as Benny Frandsen

The Olsen Gang on the Track
1975
as Benny Frandsen
Egon and his two cronies managed to sneak a fortune with them to Spain. Here they live a life in a whirl of pleasures, but they are not truly happy. W...

Only the Truth
1975
as Ejnarsen
A woman, Ilse Brehmer, finds the body of a dead man, a journalist. He has been murdered, and later when the body turns up in the harbor, the woman den...

The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang
1974
as Benny Frandsen
The Olsen Gang has finally made it. They are in Mallorca, having fulfilled their dream. Almost, that is. They don't have any money, so Egon has to ope...

The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
1973
as Benny Frandsen
When Egon Olsen gets out of Vridlose State Prision once again, his friends Benny and Kjeld do not want to know about his new ingenious plan: they are ...

The Olsen Gang's Big Score
1972
as Benny Frandsen
After his usual stay behind bars, Egon has another cunning plan involving millions. They rob over 4 million from a money transport. The gang keeps a l...

Pelsen
1971
as Lange Aage

The Olsen Gang in Jutland
1971
as Benny Frandsen
The Olsen gang in Jutland. Ones again Egon Olsen has a plan when he gets out of Vridslose State Prison. He has found out that the Germans left a large...

I morgen, min elskede
1971
About five young people and their complicated love affairs. Isabel, the diplomat's daughter, is training to be an actress, Marca is a ballet dancer, M...
En mand
1971

Amour
1970
as Brandmajoren
This three-part movie begins with a young woman married to an older, cold-hearted man in the year 1200. Two rivals have a swordfight over the affectio...

The Olsen Gang in a Fix
1969
as Benny Frandsen
A good looking female social welfare worker makes Egon Olsen forget about crimes for some time, but when an American gangster breaks into a local bank...

The Egborg Girl
1969
as Fuldmægtig hos Mikkelsen
If your name is Kaj Jensen and you live on Frederiksborggade, there is a certain likelihood that you will be confused with Kaj Jensen on Fredriksbergg...

Along Came a Soldier
1969
A soldier seeks justice against a group of men who murdered a prostitute.
Days in My Father's House
1968
as Jens, Kirstens bror
After twelve years in the US, Kirsten returns home to her father with her American husband and their eleven-year-old son. Her father is a tough and co...

The Olsen Gang
1968
as Benny Frandsen
The first of 14 Olsen Gang films presents us with Egon Olsen, head of the gang, and his friends Benny and Kjeld, who want to become the best known gan...

Friends at Arms: On a Bear Run
1968
as Læge
The German bear Fido from Münich is sweet, easygoing and nice, and just loves Danish soldiers. Thus, the bear marches together with the recruits and e...

Det var en lørdag aften
1968
as Hans
One Saturday evening, Trine prepares dinner for her boyfriend Hans. Unfortunately, Hans is delayed, as on his way between Frihavnen and Valby, he enco...

I den grønne skov
1968
"Modern vaudeville," where the entire story takes place at Dyrehavsbakken. In an impressionistic style, it tells the story of the waiter Mowitz, who p...

Life with Daddy
1967
as Herbert Nielsen
Herbert and Bitten live in a lovely house, happily married with two children. Herbert is a teacher at a secondary school, and he writes poetry in his ...

Martha
1967
as Knud Hansen
The oldest ship in the fleet, Martha, and her jolly crew, must race Harald and win, or it's the scrappers next.

Pretty-Arne and Rosa
1967
as Arne Herluf Jensen
Denmark, 1967. In the midst of a cultural renaissance, all cultured people want to support Danish cinema, especially when it receives funding from the...

Det er ikke appelsiner - det er heste
1967
In inner Copenhagen, in the real old town, in greengrocer Mortensen's property right under Tagskægget, live three good friends: painter Richard Hansen...

I Stykker
1966
as Jan
Open marriages, friends and lovers, secrets and lies are all coming to light after a fatal accident during a party. Was it murder? Early Leif Panduro ...

Nu stiger den
1966
as Pehtersen - hans assistent
A folk comedy loosely based on the career of Danish inventor and aviation pioneer Jacob Christian Ellehammer. We follow Ellehammer, his loyal assistan...

Relax Freddy
1966
as Frede Hansen
A Chinese diplomat is kidnapped from a conference in Genève and the world peace is at risk. The trail leads to a hiding place in Denmark and the Danis...

Dyden går amok
1966
as Niels, fisker
Hidden among the dunes on the west coast of Jutland lies HU, where fishermen struggle to earn a living. The hard and dangerous work combines HU's smal...

Strike First Freddy
1965
as Frede Hansen
Frede Hansen, a game salesman, is mistaken for a secret service agent on a ferry and kidnapped by enemy agents. He escapes and now the secret service ...

Een pige og 39 sømænd
1965
as Peter Eberhardt
This festive comedy has a theme song that was incredibly popular in its day – but which is missing a verse! The penultimate verse ends as follows: ".....

Landmandsliv
1965
as Frits Triddlefitz - Marias tilbeder
The landowner couple Von Rambow are experiencing significant financial difficulties and are therefore forced to leave their residence and their happy ...

En ven i bolignøden
1965
as Harry Olsen
Among the residents of the boarding house on Fredhvilevej are Børge Blom, a civil servant, the feisty Nelly Smith, and taxi driver Ib Nielsen. Because...

Five men and Rosa
1964
as 'Smukke-Arne' Arne Herluf Jensen
In a hospital's five-bed room—room number 13—there are five very different men with very different backgrounds: District Court Judge Winther, fashion ...

Death Comes at High Noon
1964
as Bertel Lindberg
A dark evening, a crime writer Peter Sander, drives through a forest when his car runs out of petrol . A little distance from the road there is a hous...

Selvmordsskolen
1964
as Søn
Bizarre satiric tale about an ordinary Danish man disappointed in life and the welfare system. Close to a total collapse he decides to take the easy w...

The Sword in the Stone
1963
as Sir Hectors Søn Kaj (stemme)
Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him...

Hvad med os?
1963
as Iwan
Martin has just returned home from Africa and meets Lis at an anti-nuclear demonstration. They begin a relationship, but it is disrupted by his memori...

En af dagene
1963
as Mogens
Depiction of ordinary everyday life. The action takes place in an office, with the characters Tom, Norman, and Carl as the focal points.

Jetpiloter
1961
Two brothers, Ras and Jan, have always been together during the long training to become jet pilots in the Danish Airforce. They both join squadron 79...

Løgn og løvebrøl
1961
An unsuccessful animal impersonator wants publicity and feeds an overly eager journalist a story. The impersonator says he is going to Africa to roar ...