Heinz Hopf (actor)

{{Short description|Swedish actor (1934–2001)}}

{{about|the Swedish actor|the German mathematician|Heinz Hopf}}

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| name = Heinz Hopf

| image = File:Heinz hopf.jpg

| caption = Hopf performing on stage in 1963

| birth_name = Heinz Willy Gustav Hopf

| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|11|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|1|23|1934|11|11|df=y}}

| death_place = Åkersberga, Sweden

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1956-2001

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Heinz Willy Gustav Hopf (11 November 1934 – 23 January 2001) was a Swedish actor.

He was born in Stockholm but moved to Lund where he studied at Lund University. He later became a regular actor at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. Internationally, he is best known for playing the pimp in Thriller – A Cruel Picture (1974).

Heinz Hopf died from laryngeal cancer in 2001.Daniel Ekeroth: SWEDISH SENSATIONSFILMS: A Clandestine History of Sex, Thrillers, and Kicker Cinema, (Bazillion Points, 2011) {{ISBN|978-0-9796163-6-5}}.