Thure Lindhardt


Thure Frank Lindhardt is a Danish actor.
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Life and career

Lindhardt grew up in Roskilde. At the age of 12, he got a part in Bille August's film Pelle the Conqueror. He was educated at the drama school at Odense Theatre in 1998. His breakthrough in Denmark came with his portrayal of a boy with autism in A Place Nearby, co-starring with Ghita Nørby.
Since then, he has played parts in a variety of movies and series, including Into the Wild, Angels in Fast Motion aka Nordkraft, Brotherhood, Love in Thoughts, Sugar Rush, Princess, Rejseholdet, Byzantium and Flame & Citron, a film about the World War II resistance group Holger Danske, in which Lindhardt played Bent Faurschou-Hviid, co-starring with Mads Mikkelsen.
He also played a role as the young Swiss Guard Lieutenant Chartrand in the 2009 film Angels & Demons, directed by Ron Howard.
He co-starred in Ira Sachs's film Keep the Lights On, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2012. Later in 2012, he was nominated for a Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor as well as an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead.
In the third season of Showtime's The Borgias, Lindhardt starred opposite Jeremy Irons, playing Rufio, a ruthless assassin working under Catherina Sforza to bring about the Borgias' downfall.
In 2012, Lindhardt played a role in the European-Scandinavian TV series The Spiral, and in 2013 he appeared in the feature film Adieu Paris.
In 2014, he received the Lauritzen Award.
In 2015, he played the Danish detective Henrik Sabroe opposite Sofia Helin in season 3 of the Danish-Swedish TV police series The Bridge. He replaced Kim Bodnia as a lead. He reprised the role in the show's fourth and final season, broadcast in early 2018.

Personal life

In May 2010, he broke up with Silas Holst, his boyfriend of two years. In 2017, he became a father to a daughter.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987Negerkys og labre larverPostbud
1987Pelle the ConquerorStudent
2000Her i nærhedenBrian
2000JulianeCykellærling
2001Far from ChinaJeremy
2002One Hell of a ChristmasMike
2002Slim Slam SlumSlim
2002Nude, Descending...RW-
2002Unit OneKore2 episodes
2004Love in ThoughtsHans
2004Julian
2005NordkraftSteso
2005Bag det stille ydreCharlie
2006PrincessAugustVoice
2007PistolerosKrelle
2007Into the WildMads
2007Daisy DiamondActor
2008Reise nach Amerika
2008Flame & CitronBent Faurschou-Hviid / Flammen
2008Blå mændJesper Jensen
2008Lille soldatJohn
2009Angels & DemonsLieutenant Chartrand
2009De vilde svanerPrins Albrecht
2009BrotherhoodLars
2009JulefrokostenFrans
2010Truth About MenMads
2011Freddy FrogfaceVictorVoice
2011The IslandDaneel
2012Keep the Lights OnErik Rothman
2012FormenteraBenno
2012Eddie: The Sleepwalking CannibalLars
2012Gummi TIvan OlsenVoice
2012ByzantiumWerner
20133096 DaysWolfgang Přiklopil
2013Fast & Furious 6Firuz
2013Adieu ParisMika
2013 The BorgiasRufio10 episodes
2014Itsi BitsiEik's Father
2015–2018The BridgeHenrik Sabroe18 episodes
2016Despite the Falling SnowDimtri
2016Kill CommandDamien Bukes
2017Light ThereafterPiri
2017The Last KingdomGuthred4 episodes
2018Hodja fra PjortHodja
2018Ditte & Louise
2018A War WithinHansen
2018X&Y
2019ASTRUP - Flammen over JølsterNikolai Astrup
2024Jana: Marked for LifeLeo Hansen