Jan Malmsjö

Jan Malmsjö, born May 29 1932 in Lund, Sweden, is a highly acclaimed Swedish stage actor, musical star and singer.

Biography

Jan Malmsjö trained at the prestigious Dramatens elevskola (The Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school) 1950-53 and one of his first parts at the national stage was as Paris in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" (1953).

Malmsjö has an incredibly great range as an actor spanning from the title role in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" (Dramaten, 1974) and Reverent Manders in Ibsen's "Ghosts" over to Henry Higgins in the popular musical "My Fair Lady" and leading roles in musicals such as "La Cage aux Folles" and "Victor/Victoria". He has a great singing voice and he has also recorded several music records in his native Sweden. In the musical world, his Swedish language recording of "Willkommen"; "Välkomna till Cabaret" (from Malmö City Theatre's success production of "Cabaret" 1970; where Malmsjö played the part of The Emcee) is considered a masterpiece and treasure on CD.

Aside from his stage work he has filmed sporadically, but successfully, in his life: one of his most famous film parts is as the evil "Bishop Edvard Vergérus" in Ingmar Bergman's film "Fanny and Alexander" (1982). One of his most legendary stage performances to date is as The Captain in Strindberg's "The Dance of Death" in the 1993 Dramaten-production, directed by Lars Norén (adapted for TV in 1996).

Malmsjö is still as active as ever and could last be spotted on stage in the title role of "John Gabriel Borkman" by Henrik Ibsen at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, spring/autumn 2006.

Jan Malmsjö is married to actress and fellow colleague of the Royal Dramatic Theatre; Marie Göranzon. His son, Jonas Malmsjö, is also an actor (and acted opposite his father in Ingmar Bergman's staging of "The Ghost Sonata" by August Strindberg, in 2000).

In December, 2007, Malmsjö participated in the swedish reality show "Stjärnorna på slottet" along with Peter Stormare, Arja Saijonmaa, Britt Ekland and Magnus Härenstam.

elected filmography

* 2006 - "Wellkåmm to Verona"
* 1998 - "Den tatuerade änkan" (TV)
* 1996 - "Dödsdansen (The Dance of Death)" (TV-theatre, SVT)
* 1993 - "Drömkåken" (aka The Dream House)
* 1987 - "Jim & piraterna Blom (aka Jim and the Pirates)
* 1986 - "Kulla-Gulla" (mini series)
* 1986 - "Peter the Great" (mini series)
* 1982 - "Fanny and Alexander"
* 1975 - ""Släpp fångarne loss, det är vår!"
* 1973 - "Scenes from a Marriage"
* 1966 - "Torn Curtain" (uncredited as the Swedish reporter in final scene of this Hitchcock movie)
* 1964 - "Älskande par (1964)" (aka Loving Couples)
* 1962 - "Vita frun" (aka Lady in White)
* 1960 - "Mälarpirater" (aka Pirates on the Malonen)
* 1960 - "Tärningen är kastad"
* 1959 - "Pojken Winslow" (aka The Winslow Boy) (TV theatre)
* 1959 - "Den inbillade sjuke" (aka The Imaginary Invalid) (TV theatre)

Photographs

* [http://www.ingmarbergman.se/services/image.asp?guid=29E48A3E-DDED-4025-ACF1-8509404982EF&formatid=5 Jan Malmsjö as Hummel in Strindberg's "Ghost Sonata", directed by Ingmar Bergman (2000; left Gunnel Lindblom as The Mummy)]
* [http://web.telia.com/~u41014270/kandisny-filer/jan.jpgJan Malmsjö in the 1970s]
* [http://www.varbostad.se/vab/2001/dec/jan.jpgJan Malmsjö - 2001 portrait]
* [http://www.jora.info/teater/recensioner/geng%E5ngare1.jpgJan Malmsjö as Manders in "Ghosts" by Henrik Ibsen (left: Pernilla August as Mrs. Alving)]
* [http://www.dramaten.se/Global/Medverkande12/CF9C1DEF-82F7-4082-B483-2DD7DB788816.malmsjö.ja.K.jpgPhoto from Dramaten.se]

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