Tomas Pontén

Tomas Pontén (born Carl Axel Thomas Pontén;^[1] 29 January 1946 – 15 September 2015) was a Swedish actor and director.

Tomas Pontén
Born	Carl Axel Thomas Pontén (1946-01-29)29 January 1946 Skövde, Sweden
Died	15 September 2015(2015-09-15) (aged 69) Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation	Director
Years active	1975–2004
Partner	Suzanne Reuter (1983–2000)
Children	3

Biography

Pontén was born in Skövde, Sweden and was the son of colonel Birger Pontén and Ellen, née Nordlöf.^[2] He was younger brother to the doctor Jan Pontén and fashion designer Gunilla Pontén. He was also the nephew of engineer Ruben Pontén and cousin of actor Gunvor Pontén.^[3][4] He passed his student examination in 1967 and studied at Statens scenskola in Stockholm from 1969 to 1972.^[2] Pontén worked at the Royal Dramatic Theatre ("Dramaten") from 1972.^[5]

Personal life

Pontén never married but was partners from 1983 to 2000 with Suzanne Reuter.^[6] They had three sons. Pontén died on 15 September 2015 after a long illness.^[7]

Selected filmography

Film

• 1975 - The White Wall
• 1976 - Near and Far Away
• 1979 - Gå på vattnet om du kan
• 1994 - Sommarmord
• 1999 - Dödsklockan
• 2001 - Sprängaren
• 2002 - Olivia Twist (TV)
• 2004 - Hotet

TV

• 1977 - Ärliga blå ögon
• 1979 - Selambs
• 1980 - Zoo Story
• 1983 - Colombe
• 1983 - Profitörerna
• 1989 - Det var då...
• 1992 - The Emperor of Portugallia
• 1995 – Radioskugga (also in 1997)
• 1999 - Browalls
• 2000 - Skärgårdsdoktorn
• 2002 - Olivia Twist

Plays

• 2005 – The Provost in Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare, directed by Yannis Houvardas, Royal Dramatic Theatre

References

1. http://www.birthday.se/person/c073436c-9729-ae65-c60c-a9528377dd78 ^{[dead link]}
2. Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1992). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 895. ISBN 91-1-914072-X.
3. Davidsson, Åke, ed. (1966). Vem är vem?. 4, Skåne, Halland, Blekinge [Who is Who?. 4, Scania, Halland, Blekinge] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem. p. 679.
4. Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1962). Vem är vem? 1, Stor-Stockholm [Who is who? 1, Greater Stockholm] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem. p. 1061.
5. Frime, Monica (29 January 2006). "Tomas Pontén fyller 60 år den 29 januari" [Tomas Pontén turns 60 on January 29]. Helsingborgs Dagblad (in Swedish). TT Spektra. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
6. Öhrström, Kerstin; Andersson, Sigrid, eds. (1988). Vem är hon: kvinnor i Sverige: biografisk uppslagsbok [1988] [Who is she: women in Sweden: biographical reference book [1988]] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 384. ISBN 91-1-863422-2.
7. Elmervik, Linn (2015-09-16). "Skådespelaren Tomas Pontén är död" [The actor Tomas Pontén is dead]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 September 2015.

External links

• Tomas Pontén at IMDb
• Tomas Pontén at the Swedish Film Database