Tommy Kenter

Tommy Osvald Charlie Kenter (born 15 April 1950 in Copenhagen) is a Danish actor.

He had his debut already when he was 11 years old in Cirkus Buster, performing under the name Tommy Kanter. He later appeared as "fru Christoff" in the satirical TV-show Dansk Naturgas working together with Per Pallesen. He has performed in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix together with Lise Dandanel and Hanne Boel with his own song "Piano". He was played Kjeld Jensen in the Olsen-Gang film The Olsen Gang's Last Trick after the death of Poul Bundgaard during filming.

He has said that he only has one more role he needs to play before retiring as an actor, which is Molières Tartuffe^[1]

Private life

In 2008 Kenter bought a thatched house on 200 m² in Nærum north of Copenhagen for 7,65 mill DKK. In 2018 he tried to sell it for 8,25 mill. DKK.,^[2] but house was not sold until December 2019. It was sold for 7,4 mill DKK^[3]

Filmography

Below is a selection of roles from Tommy Kenter's career as an actor.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1961	Cirkus Buster	Hans Nielsen
1966	Once There Was a War	Pupil
1975	Girls at Arms	Fritz
	Familien Gyldenkål	waiter
1976	Julefrokosten	The cook Marius
1977	Going for Broke	TV-interviewer
1980	Attentat	Detective
	Undskyld vi er her	Viggo
1981	Kniven i hjertet	Postal worker
	Slingrevalsen	Car salesman
	Olsen-bandens flugt over plankeværket	Gravel pit worker
1985	Walter og Carlo – op på fars hat	Criminal
1986	Take it Easy	The bartender Victor
	Mord i mørket	Ole Kok
1987	Strit og Stumme
1989	The Miracle in Valby	Svens father (voice)
1990	Dance of the Polar Bears	Father
	War of the Birds
1998	I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now?	Sam
	The Olsen Gang's Last Trick	Kjeld Jensen (stand-in for Poul Bundgaard)
2000	Fruen på Hamre
2001	Chop Chop	Anton
2005	Allegro	professor Fromberg
2007	Anja og Viktor – Brændende kærlighed	brandmajor Larsen
	Hvordan vi slipper af med de andre?	The artist Ole
2008	Det perfekte kup	kriminalinspektør Jansen
	Anja og Viktor – i medgang og modgang	Larsen
2010	Bob bob Bølle Bob – Alletiders helt	Chief of Police Quist
2011	Noget i luften	Larsen
2012	The Passion of Marie	Lawyer Lachmann
	A Caretaker's Tale	Gregers
2014	Krummerne – alt på spil	Caretaker Svendsen
2016	Rosemarie og Gartnerens Hemmelighed		Norwegian film
2018	A Fortunate Man	Philip Salomon	Bille August-film
2019	Jagtsæson
	Kollision	Harald
2020	Into the Darkness (De forbandede år))

Series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977–80	En by i provinsen	Detective Poulsen	episode 1–9
	Ude på noget
1978	Ret beset	Per	episode 3
1982	Mille og Mikkel	drycleaner Madsen
	Opfinderkontoret	Jørgensen	episode 1–6
1984	Niels Klim's Underground Travels	Qvamit	episode 3
1990–92	Parløb	narator	episode 1–6
1992	Kald mig Liva	Hans Kauffmann "Kuf"	episode 2–4
	Skibet i skilteskoven		Christmas calendar
1993	Jul i Juleland	music
1994	Flemming og Berit	different roles
1996	Charlot og Charlotte	Chief of Police Orson
1998	Hjerteflimmer	himself
	Sailor Moon
2001–03	Langt fra Las Vegas	Casper's father	episode 32
2004–07	Krøniken(Better Times)	singer
2008	Sommer	Anna's father	episode 15
2009–10	The Protectors (Danish TV series)	Jørgen Boas
2011	Vild med dans	himself	Kenter and Marianne Eihilt was pair no. 3
2012	Live fra Bremen		season 6
2012–17	Rita (TV series)	schoolteacher Erik	episode 9–16
2016–19	Follow the Money (Danish TV series)	Helge Larsen	episode 15–20
2017	Below the Surface (Danish TV series)	Leon	episode 1
2018	Hånd i hånd	Tage	season 1, episode 1–7

Voiceacting (Cartoons)

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1961	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	Puppy
1975	The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
1987	Strit og Stumme(Dreaming of Paradise)	Blånæse
1988	Oliver & Company	Fagin
1990	War of the Birds	The owl
1995	Aberne og det hemmelige våben	Weissmüller
1998	A Bug's Life	Heimlich
	H.C. Andersen og den skæve skygge	Meisling Öehlenschläger
2000–02	Thomas & Friends	Narrator (Michael Angelis in the UK/Alec Baldwin in the US)	season 5 & 6
2000	Cirkeline – ost og kærlighed	Jordrotte
2003	The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear	Raven
2004	Garfield: The Movie
2006	Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
	Cars	Ramone
2011	Cars 2
2012	Marco Macaco
2013	Otto the Rhino	Chief of police

Theatrical plays

Year	Theatre	Play	Role
1998	Østre Gasværk Teater	Slutspil
2005 & 2006	Nørrebros Theater	Elling og Kjell Bjarne
2007	Copenhagen Opera House	Matador musical	Larsen
2019	Det Ny Teater	Fiddler on the Roof	Tevye the Dairyman

Discography

• 1982: Nattens sidste cigaret (Live album with Niels Jørgen Steen and others)
• 1990: Uden hat og briller

Awards

• 1982 – Årets Dirch
• 1991 – Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in the movie Dance of the Polar Bears
• 1991 – Robert for male leading role of the year in the movie Dance of the Polar Bears
• 1994 – Teaterpokalen
• 2002 – Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in the movie Chop Chop

References

1. Westfall, Christian. "Tommy Kenter fylder 70 år". iscene (in Danish). Retrieved 7 April 2021.
2. "Tommy Kenter sælger stråtækt idyl". Se&Hør (in Danish). 2 October 2018. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
3. "Farvel til Nærum: Tommy Kenter har solgt huset". B.T. (in Danish). B.T. 3 December 2019. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

External links

• Tommy Kenter at IMDb