Pelle Hvenegaard
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Pelle Hvenegaard is a Danish actor and writer, best known for his role in the award-winning film Pelle the Conqueror (1987). Hvenegaard is named after the title character of Pelle from Danish author Martin Andersen Nexø's 1910 novel Pelle the Conqueror. At age 11, director Bille August chose Hvenegaard to play the character he is named for, after the crew auditioned 3,000 children. August decided on Hvenegaard, who he said demonstrated concentration, patience and self-control. Since 2008, Hve...
Known For
Filmography
Den gule sofa med Allan Sindberg
2025
as Sig selv
Lige i skabet
2017
as Sig selv
Tag pengene og løb
2015
as Host
Krejlerkongen
2015
as Sig selv
Krejlerkongen
2015
as Holdkaptajn
Klipfiskerne
2013
as Sig selv
Vild med Comedy
2011
Kender du typen
2011
as Sig selv
Zulu Gumball
2010
as Self
Zulu kvægræs
2010
as Vært
Til middag hos...
2010
as Sig selv
Dagens mand
2008
as Self - Host
A Christmas Too Many
2007
as Danish Director
Comedy fight club
2007
as Self - Host
ZULU Djævleræs
2007
as Sig selv
2900 Happiness
2007
as Jens Erik Von Bech
Foreign Fields
2000
as Jacob
Pelle the Conqueror
1987
as Pelle Karlsson