Henrik Birch

{{short description|Danish actor}}

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| name = Henrik Birch

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|9|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bjergby, Denmark

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| occupation = Actor

| years active = 1986-present

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Henrik Birch (born 5 September 1956) is a Danish actor.{{cite news |last=Kastrup |first=Kim |url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/underholdning/filmmagasinet/Filmnyheder/article4669107.ece |title=Dansk skuespiller i dykker-ulykke |language=Danish |work=Ekstra Bladet |date=2014-03-06 |accessdate=2024-01-22 }} He is best known for his performance as Kesse in The Sunfish for which he won the Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.{{cite news |url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/kultur/film/ECE7408705/Skuespiller-fra-lille-film-vinder-stor-Robert-pris/ |title=Skuespiller fra lille film vinder stor Robert-pris |language=Danish |work=Jyllands-Posten |date=2015-02-01 |accessdate=2024-01-22 }}

Selected filmography

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2001

|Kira's Reason: A Love Story

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2010

|Nothing's All Bad

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2013

|The Hour of the Lynx

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2014

|The Sunfish

|Kesse

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2015

|The Idealist

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2006-2008

|Anna Pihl

|Ole

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2012

|The Killing

|Anders Ussing

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2020

|The Rain

|Hans

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References

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