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name: "Ole Thestrup"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ole-thestrup"
roles: []
born: "12 March 1948"
died: "2 February 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T14:16:41.449130+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ole Thestrup

Actor. Born 12 March 1948 in Nibe,Danmark. Died 2 February 2018.

## Details

- **Born:** 12 March 1948, Nibe,Danmark
- **Died:** 2 February 2018
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Thestrup, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323563, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0857663/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15085

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Borgen*](https://film.one/tv/borgen.md) (84)

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## Biography

Ole Thestrup (1948–2018) was a Danish actor. He trained at Aarhus Theatre, completing his acting education there in 1976, and went on to work in theatre, film and television.

Thestrup appeared in numerous Danish films, including several directed by Anders Thomas Jensen: *Election Night* (1998), *Flickering Lights* (2000), *The Green Butchers* (2003), *Adam's Apples* (2005) and *Men & Chicken* (2015). He had a recurring role across all three series of the political drama *Borgen* (2010–2013) as the right-wing politician Svend Åge Saltum. His other notable credits include *Ronal the Barbarian* (2011) and *Small Town Killers* (2017).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Borgen* (2010), Fi1m 84, as Svend Åge Saltum — [page](https://film.one/tv/borgen.md)

## Complete filmography (60)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Small Town Killers* (2017), as Advokat
- *Men & Chicken* (2015), as Flemming Abbott
- *Tam Tam i Glassalen* (2014), Acting
- *Mini and the Mozzies* (2014), as Knud
- *Seaside Hotel* (2013), series, as Julius Andersen
- *Pendlerkids* (2012), series, as Ole
- *Ronal the Barbarian* (2011), as Oraklet (stemme)
- *All for One* (2011), as Positiv betjent
- *My Sister's Kids in Jutland* (2010), as Entreprenør
- *Borgen* (2010), series, as Svend Åge Saltum — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/borgen.md)
- *Oldboys* (2009), Acting
- *Winnie & Karina - The Movie* (2009), as Fængselsinspektør
- *Det perfekte kup* (2008), Acting
- *Frode and All the Other Rascals* (2008), Acting
- *A Tale of Two Mozzies* (2007), as Soldatermyren Knud
- *The Black Madonna* (2007), as Victor
- *Adam's Apples* (2005), as Dr. Kolberg
- *The Sun King* (2005), as Leif
- *Fakiren fra Bilbao* (2004), as Moony
- *Cirkeline: Little Big Mouse* (2004), as Mustafa (voice)
- *Better Times* (2004), series, as Aksel Frederiksen
- *Jesus & Josefine* (2003), series, as Centurion
- *Defense* (2003), series, as Freddy Jensen
- *The Green Butchers* (2003), as Holger
- *Someone Like Hodder* (2003), as Trainer
- *Nikolaj and Julie* (2002), series, as Directør
- *Slim Slam Slum* (2002), Acting
- *Olsen Gang Junior* (2001), Acting
- *Jolly Roger - Jagten på den forsvundne fremtid!* (2001), as Guds hippieven 1
- *Count Axel* (2001), as Ridefogeden
- *Flickering Lights* (2000), as Alfred
- *Unit One* (2000), series, as McCloud
- *Fruen på Hamre* (2000), Acting
- *The Spider* (2000), series, Acting
- *Election Night* (1998), as Taxi Driver 1
- *Taxa* (1997), series, as Kunden
- *Skat, det er din tur* (1997), as Tillidsman
- *Forsmåelse* (1995), as Narrator
- *Kærlighed ved første desperate blik* (1994), Acting
- *Landsbyen* (1991), series, as Jørgen
- *Camping* (1990), as Fængselsbetjent
- *Station 13* (1988), series, as Hr. Poulsen
- *When Lotte Became Invisible* (1988), series, as Direktør Mikkelsen
- *Jul på slottet* (1986), series, as Magnum
- *Anthonsen* (1984), series, Acting
- *Buster's World* (1984), as PE Teacher
- *Med Lill-Klas i kappsäcken* (1983), as Portiern
- *Forræderne* (1983), Acting
- *Kurt & Valde* (1983), Acting
- *May* (1983), as Kurt's Colleague
- *One Big Family* (1982), series, as Erik Jensen, Ejendomsinspektør
- *Opfinderkontoret* (1982), series, as Valdemar Knudsen
- *Your Money or Your Life* (1982), as Entreprenør
- *Rubber Tarzan* (1981), as Elevatormand
- *Krigsdøtre* (1981), series, as Mand på Kursus
- *Danmark er lukket* (1980), Acting
- *Matador* (1978), series, as Medlem af modstandsbevægelsen
- *Winterborn* (1978), Acting
- *Firmaskovturen* (1978), Acting
- *Lars Ole, 5c.* (1973), Production Assistant

## Gallery

- ![Ole Thestrup, Pelle Emil Hebsgaard and Sonja Oppenhagen in the Copenhagen theater Folketeatret's production of the play "Jean de France" by Ludvig Holberg. (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/850698/gallery-d42246c2042a.jpg) Ole Thestrup, Pelle Emil Hebsgaard and Sonja Oppenhagen in the Copenhagen theater Folketeatret's production of the play "Jean de France" by Ludvig Holberg. (2014) — Gudmund Thai, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Jean_de_France.jpg/1280px-Jean_de_France.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ole Thestrup in The Copenhagen theater Folketeatret's production of the play "Jean de France" by Ludvig Holberg. (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/850698/gallery-beef8c26caeb.jpg) Ole Thestrup in The Copenhagen theater Folketeatret's production of the play "Jean de France" by Ludvig Holberg. (2016) — Gudmund Thai, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Jean_de_France_04.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ole Thestrup](https://film.one/media/person/850698/gallery-827adb36c131.jpg) Ole Thestrup — Gudmund Thai, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Jean_de_France_04_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ole Thestrup and Anette Støvelbæk in the Copenhagen theater Folketeatret's production of the play "Min far" (Le Père) by Florian Zeller. (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/850698/gallery-095b931ca0ec.jpg) Ole Thestrup and Anette Støvelbæk in the Copenhagen theater Folketeatret's production of the play "Min far" (Le Père) by Florian Zeller. (2015) — Gudmund Thai, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Min_Far%3B_Anette_St%C3%B8velb%C3%A6k%2C_Ole_Thestrup.jpg/1280px-Min_Far%3B_Anette_St%C3%B8velb%C3%A6k%2C_Ole_Thestrup.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ole Thestrup in the Copenhagen theater Folketeatret's production of the play "Min far" (Le Père) by Florian Zeller. (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/850698/gallery-df26cf604426.jpg) Ole Thestrup in the Copenhagen theater Folketeatret's production of the play "Min far" (Le Père) by Florian Zeller. (2016) — Thomas Petri, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Min_far_01.jpg/1280px-Min_far_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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