Peter Malberg

Peter Malberg was a Danish actor best known for his role as Onkel Anders in the Far Til Fire movies. Peter was originally educated as a painter, but his job at rhus Theatre as a scenic painter along with the fact that his older brother Henrik was an actor, eventually led to him being in theater and later filmindustry.

Peter Malberg was born in Arhus, Denmark. He wasyears younger than his brother, the actor Henrik Malberg, who cared for Peter throughout his life. Their father was a haulage contractor, while their mother was of fragile health and was ill during long periods of Malbergs childhood. In 1904, when Malberg wasyears old, his parents agreed that he was to be a painters apprentice with master C. Christian Nielsen. Peter had talent as a painter and desired a formal education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. However, after serving his twoyear apprenticeship, he was hired at rhus Theatre as a scenic painter. When Malberg saw how skillful his older brother was as an actor, he too wanted to try acting.

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