Ole Thestrup

Thestrup in January 2016

Ole Svane Thestrup (12 March 1948 – 2 February 2018) was a Danish actor. He was born in Nibe, Denmark.

He appeared in many Danish movies, and had a long-standing collaborative relationship with the director Anders Thomas Jensen. He had a recurring role in the Danish television drama series Borgen.

He began working as an actor in the late 1970s, with his early works including Denmark is Closed (1980). Thestrup's early television roles included a role in the comedy series Een stor familie (1982–1983).

Thestrup worked less from 2015. He retired from acting in April 2017 due to a cancer diagnosis and failing health.

Ole Thestrup was married three times. His third marriage, to Hanne Marie Knudsen, was in 1991. They lived on the peninsula Tuse Næs in the Isefjord north of Holbæk, in Denmark. Their marriage lasted until his death in 2018.

Ole Thestrup died of lung cancer on 2 February 2018, in his home in Tuse Næs. He was 69 years old.

Other websites

• Ole Thestrup on IMDb