Time and sheer volume of work have made Thure Lindhardt a veteran actor with a career measured in decades rather than seasons. 'Fast & Furious 6' is the title most people reach for first, with Firuz at the center of it. He appears in 'Into the Wild' too. Casting directors have gone to him for drama more than for anything else. A run of 39 years is the headline number here.
Thure Lindhardt
51 years (Dec 24, 1974)Copenhagen, Denmark
50 Movies25 Series
Time and sheer volume of work have made Thure Lindhardt a veteran actor with a career measured in decades rather than seasons. 'Fast & Furious 6' is the title most people reach for first, with Firuz at the center of it. He appears in 'Into the Wild' too. Casting directors have gone to him for drama more than for anything else. A run of 39 years is the headline number here.
Thure Lindhardt is a Danish actor, educated at the drama school at Odense Theater in 1998. Lindhardt was born in Copenhagen and grew up in Roskilde. At the age of 12, he got a part in Bille August's film Pelle the Conqueror. His breakthrough in Denmark came with his portrayal of a boy with autism in A Place Nearby, starring alongside Ghita Nørby. Since then, he has played parts in a variety of movies and series, including Into the Wild, Love in Thoughts, Sugar Rush, Princess, Rejseholdet, and Flame & Citron, a movie about the World War II resistance group Holger Danske, starring alongside Mads Mikkelsen. Most recently, he played a leading role as the young Swiss Guard Lieutenant Chartrand in the 2009 film Angels & Demons, directed by Ron Howard.