Henrik Malberg

Henrik Malberg was a Danish actor of theater and Danish cinema who played his most noted role at the age of 80the stoic authoritative farm owner in the Carl Th. Dreyer classic film Ordet.

Henrik Martin Marinus Malberg was born in Aarhus Denmark onDecember 1873. Originally trained as a mechanic, Malberg made his stage debut at the rhus Teater in 1896. Malberg worked with a touring company for several years but between 1902 and 1905 he was based with the Aarhus Theater. While playing the role of Arv in Masquerade, Malberg was noticed by the Danish actor Olaf Poulsen who brought him to Copenhagen. For the next five years, Malberg was the principal actor at the Dagmar Theater in Copenhagen. In 1910, he became director for a Danish touring company, then once again returned to the Dagmar and afterwards, the Alexander Theater . In his later years, Malberg was employed at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen.

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