Ole Lemmeke

Hair Color: Dark Blonde/GreyEye Color: BlueHeight: 181Weight: 80

Languages:Mother Tongue: DanishFluent in: EnglishFamiliar with: German

Biography

Ole Lemmeke graduated from Statens Teaterskole in 1984. Just two years later he had his big breakthrough at Rialto Theatre in Copenhagen in the play “Orphans” (“De efterladte). This let to numerous engagements at most of the major theatres in Denmark, where Ole Lemmeke played a great variety of both serious and comical roles in the modern as well as the classical repertoire. Frank McGuinness’ Tony-nominated play “Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me” (“Gidslernes nat”) brought more acclaim to Ole Lemmeke in the role of a British hostage at Det Danske Teater in 1995. Ole Lemmeke has also made important contributions to several classic plays by Shakespeare, Moliere, Tjekhov, Brecht, Wilde, Anouilh, and Gorkij. At Aalborg Theatre he gave an award-winning performance in the challenging title role (Albert) “Speer” written by David Edgar and directed by Jan Maagaard. 

Ole Lemmeke has appeared in several productions at The Royal Theatre in plays by Botho Strauss, Howard Baker, Lars Norén, Yasmina Reza and Christopher Hampton. He has toured The National Theatres in Scandinavia with an international co-production of Henrik Ibsen’s “The Pretenders” (“Kongs-Emnerne”). In 2012 scored what is generally considered his greatest stage success as the controversial gay author and director Herman Bang in the Danish play “Bang & Betty” at Hippodromen, Folketeatret in Copenhagen. For this he received the two highest theatrical honors in Denmark – The Reumert Award and Teaterpokalen – an achievement unsurpassed by any actor.

Most recently he received yet another Reumert for his stand-out performance as the mayor in Gogol’s timeless “The Government Inspector” (also known as “The Inspector General” due to a Danny Kaye-movie loosely based on the play).

In 2007 Ole Lemmeke received a Knighthood of the 1st Class (Ridder af 1. grad) by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II.

Ole Lemmeke made his TV-debut in the forgettable sitcom “Sådan er det bare” followed by a supporting turn in a vintage Danish mini-series named “To som elsker hinanden”. The following year Ole Lemmeke won the Danish Film Critic’ Bodil Award for Best Actor in a leading role due to his stunning film debut as a bisexual man in Morten Arnfreds “Heaven and Hell” (Himmel og helvede) based on Kirsten Thorups acclaimed novel).

Ole Lemmeke then starred in “Dagens Donna”, a modern love story, before entering into two World War 2 dramas: An English Language-production called “A Day in October” (En dag i Oktober) and Morten Henriksen’s acclaimed “The Naked Trees”. The latter won Mr. Lemmeke The Best Actor Award at the Cairo Film Festival, The Danish Academy Award (Robert) and a second Bodil Award for a leading role. 

Mr. Lemmeke showed his diversity in films like “Clash of Egos” (Sprængfarlig bombe), “White Night” (Hvid nat) og “The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1” (De unge år: Erik Nietzsche sagaen del 1) before returning to director Morten Henriksen in a documetary named “Karen Blixen – Behind Her Mask” (Bag Blixens maske) in 2011.

Most recently Mr. Lemmeke was reunited with Oscar- and Palme d’Or-winner Bille August, who directed Lemmeke on stage at The Royal Theatre 20 years earlier. Bille Augusts filmversion of “A Fortunate Man” (Lykke-Per), one of the very best danish novels of all time, is among the biggest Danish productions of 2018.

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