Søren Pilmark

Pilmark was born in Hvidovre, where his father Louis Nielsen was school superintendent, the mother Birte Nielsen was born Pilmark. He graduated from the School of Acting at Aarhus Theater in 1977.

Pilmark started his career at Aarhus Teater 1977-80, then Det Kongelige Teater (The Royal Theatre in Copenhagen) 1981-94, but also as guest at other theatres. He has covered the entire theatre repertoire – the modern, the classical, the musical and the avant-garde. Among his great roles are 'Morten' in "Marx and Coca Cola" (1981), the main role in "Erasmus Montanus" (1983), 'the Pirate King' in "The Pirates of Penzance" (1985), the monologue "Natten før skoven" (1985, Bernard-Marie Koltès: La Nuit juste avant les forêts), 'The Prince' in "Der var engang" (1987), 'Konstantin' in "The Seagull" (1987), 'Johannes' in "Ordet" (1991), the main roles in "Hamlet" (1992) and "Richard III" (1994), 'John" in "Oleanna" (1995), 'Engineer' in "Miss Saigon" (1996), 'Heisenberg' in "København" (1999, Michael Frayn: Copenhagen), "Det store scoop" (2002, David Mamet: Speed the Plow), 'King Philip' in "Don Carlos" (2009), 'Professor Higgins' in "My Fair Lady" (2010), and 'Stockmann' in Henrik Ibsen’s "An Enemy of the People" (2021).

With Per Pallesen he made "The Pallesen Pilmark Show" "[1]" (I-IV, 1984-98), that toured in both in Asia and in the United States. A TV version, which was broadcast on DR, won the 'Silver Rose' at the "Rose d'Or Festival" [2] in 1985.

Since 1991, Pilmark has been part of the musical/comedy group "Ørkenens Sønner" (Sons of the Desert) together with Henrik Koefoed, Niels Olsen and Asger Reher, where he has played the role of 'Omar Papa', who is the lodge’s magical master and technical genius. They have made nine "Ørkenens Sønner" shows (1991-2019), all enormously successful in Denmark with a huge cult following.

Pilmark has worked as stage director, both with the children's classic "Dyrene i Hakkebakkeskoven" (The Danish Theater 1996) and Sam Shepard's in-depth drama "Simpatico" (The Royal Theater 1997).

Pilmark’s first film role was as an extra, a boy in the street, in the comedy Den kære familie in 1962, when he was 6. Later film roles include Flickering Lights (2000) and King’s Game (2004) as well as Roser og persille (1993), Menneskedyret (1995), Lad de små børn (2004), Lotto (2006), Kærestesorger (2009), the Norwegian Kon-Tiki (2012), the American Downsizing (2017) and a recurring role in the Jussi Adler-Olsen thrillers Kvinden i buret, Fasandræberne, Flaskepost fra P, and Journal 64 (2013-2018). In 2006 his short fiction film Helmer & Son was nominated for an Academy Award.

On TV he was 'Krogen' (The Hook) in Lars von Trier’s Riget (The Kingdom I-III, 1994, 1998, 2022). He was in the SitCom Een stor familie (1982-83), in the cult Made-for-TV-movie De skrigende halse (1993), in Gøngehøvdingen (1992), Taxa (1999), Lykke (2011-2012), 1864 (2014), the Norwegian Kampen om det tunge vand (2015) and Atlantic Crossing[3] (2020) as well as in the Netflix series Vikings: Valhalla (2022).

In 2021 Pilmark’s first novel was published. "Varieté" is a historical drama about a magician, set in a provincial vaudeville theater in Denmark in the 1910s.

Pilmark is married to Susanne Rée Pilmark (born 1961) and has three children, Louis, Anton, and Amanda.

"Knight of the Order of Dannebrog".[4] Robert for "Menneskedyret". 'Theater Trophy' (2000) for his role as 'Werner Heisenberg' in "Copenhagen". "Robert Award"'[5]' for the same role. Best actor ("Flickering Lights"), Method Fest Film Festival, Pasadena (2002). "Bodil Award" '[6]' for Best Supporting Actor and a Robert for "King’s Game". In 2008 he got a bronze portrait in a granite tile in Frederiksberg. In 2018 named honorary artist and had a street named after him, Pilmarken, in Østermarie on Bornholm.

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