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Peter Steen

Date of birth: 1936-01-22

Place of birth: Randers, Danmark

Known for: Acting

Also known as:

Peter Steen

Biography

​Peter Steen blev født i Randers i 1936. Han blev student i 1954 og studerede medicin et par år. I 1960 blev han optaget på Det kongelige Teaters elevskole, og i 1963 blev han ansat på teatret. I 1974 blev han freelance og spillede en lang række roller bl.a. på Rialto Teatret, Folketeatret og Odense Teater. Siden slutningen af 1970'erne har han været iscenesætter af en række teaterstykker. Han har været gift fire gange, bl.a. med væversken Kim Naver og skuespilleren Lisbet Lundquist. Hans erindringer "Tak skæbne" giver et klart indblik i hans liv og karriere.  

Movie Credits

My Sister's Kids In Egypt
2.5

My Sister's Kids In Egypt

2004-10-08

Five young siblings deal with a reluctant chaperone when they wind up stranded on a trip to Egypt.

Otto Is a Rhino
3.4

Otto Is a Rhino

1983-03-25

The boy Topper is bored. He finds a pencil that proves to have magical powers. Draw a rhino, and rig

The Olsen Gang in Jutland
3.5

The Olsen Gang in Jutland

1971-10-08

The Olsen gang in Jutland. Ones again Egon Olsen has a plan when he gets out of Vridslose State Pris

The Olsen Gang
3.5

The Olsen Gang

1968-10-11

The first of 14 Olsen Gang films presents us with Egon Olsen, head of the gang, and his friends Benn

Going for Broke
3.2

Going for Broke

1977-02-18

Three out of work actors breaks into a bank through the toilet of a railroad station.

The Parallel Corpses
1.4

The Parallel Corpses

1982-03-05

About a businessman who murders his stepdaughter after having an affair with her. A crematorium work

The Olsen Gang in a Fix
3.3

The Olsen Gang in a Fix

1969-10-03

A good looking female social welfare worker makes Egon Olsen forget about crimes for some time, but

The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
3.4

The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders

1979-12-26

Egon plans to exploit knowledge gained during his latest term of incarceration. By stealing the unma

Reconstruction
3.4

Reconstruction

2003-05-17

Late one evening Alex suddenly abandons his girlfriend, Simone, to pursue the beautiful Aimee. In hi

The Inheritance
3.2

The Inheritance

2003-02-21

A young Danish man, Christoffer, lives a life of joy and happiness with his wife Maria in Stockholm.

Young Andersen
3

Young Andersen

2005-03-11

A powerful modern film narrative, set in a historical framework, about the crucial encounter between

The Girl and the Viscount
3

The Girl and the Viscount

1966-11-25

Susanne is going to the countryside to visit Ditmar. Ditmar has been abroad for over a year, and in

Gone with the Fish
2.5

Gone with the Fish

1999-09-03

Based on director Lotte Svendsen's own memories of her childhood on the Baltic island of Bornholm, b

Sofies skolegang
0

Sofies skolegang

1977-08-16

TV drama about Christen Kold and his ideas for independent schools, by Bent Grasten and Kirsten Sten

Bertram og Lisa
3.3

Bertram og Lisa

1975-01-02

Bertram is very happy with his life, but is encouraged to seek new challenges. Bertram is tasked wit

Den sidste hjælp
0

Den sidste hjælp

1980-01-19

The Gangster's Apprentice
3

The Gangster's Apprentice

1976-07-30

Crime film about a Copenhagen social worker who, out of boredom, seeks away from his environment and

Think of a Number
3

Think of a Number

1969-03-28

The story opens just before Christmas, when solitary, apathetic bank clerk Flemming Borck uncovers a

The Marksman
3.3

The Marksman

1977-12-26

A man decides to perpetrate a series of killings and publicise them as political acts in an attempt

Den ubetænksomme elsker
2.4

Den ubetænksomme elsker

1982-10-15

Psychological drama about a doctor who, after taking over a practice in a small community, becomes e

Kassen stemmer
2.5

Kassen stemmer

1976-08-02

Three young men discover a scam that three somewhat older gentlemen from Aarhus' upper class have se

Lenin, You Rascal, You
2.1

Lenin, You Rascal, You

1972-02-15

A comedy based on partially authentic events. The year is 1917, World War I is raging and dividing G

Præsten i Vejlby
3.8

Præsten i Vejlby

1972-09-11

In the early 17th century, the tyrannical parish priest in Vejlby, Søren Jensen Quist, tries to forc

Mirror, Mirror
5

Mirror, Mirror

1978-02-24

Heavily influenced by the French stage sensation La Cage Aux Folles (which was filmed the very same

Jeg er sgu min egen
5

Jeg er sgu min egen

1967-06-30

Being yourself – and above all your own master – that is what the film is about. After a short stay

Der var engang
3.1

Der var engang

1966-10-01

The princess of Illyria, who has rejected all the fine suitors who have proposed to her, begins to t

Mord for åbent tæppe
2.5

Mord for åbent tæppe

1964-08-10

The action takes place in a theater, where actor and theater director Poul Bech is shot by his co-st

Når enden er go'
2

Når enden er go'

1964-07-23

Claudius is a journalist who loses his job and is in love with Dorte. Her father refuses to give his

Det var en lørdag aften
3.3

Det var en lørdag aften

1968-06-27

One Saturday evening, Trine prepares dinner for her boyfriend Hans. Unfortunately, Hans is delayed,

Et fjernsynsmareridt
0

Et fjernsynsmareridt

1964-10-12

Danish TV theater from 1964. Ernst Bruun Olsen's absurd farce about a married couple whose perceptio

I den grønne skov
5

I den grønne skov

1968-03-29

"Modern vaudeville," where the entire story takes place at Dyrehavsbakken. In an impressionistic sty

300 Miles to Heaven
3.5

300 Miles to Heaven

1989-10-30

Based on a true story dating back to 1985 when two Polish boys, a teenager and his little brother, e

The First Circle
3

The First Circle

1973-11-10

The story of the life of a political prisoner in a Russian gulag. Based on the book by Aleksandr Sol

The Misanthrope
2.8

The Misanthrope

1974-05-10

This television film records Ingmar Bergman’s Copenhagen stage production of Molière’s The Misanthro

Bella, min Bella
0

Bella, min Bella

1996-02-23

Bella's father died tragically, and now the teenage girl lives in close proximity to her mother, Maj

Revolution My A..
3.1

Revolution My A..

1970-10-09

A comedy about a Danish private detective, normally just occupied with cases about unfaithful spouse

That Brief Summer
3

That Brief Summer

1976-01-23

Kirsten gets divorced in her early 40s and moves with her son to her parents' home in Hjørring. Here

Neighbors
3

Neighbors

1966-03-07

Taking place on a small villa road: The two neighbors Gormsen and Sandelund have been at a dispute f

Danmark er lukket
2.8

Danmark er lukket

1980-10-31

In the future, Denmark has been made a nuclear waste dump and the Danish language is banned.

To
2.5

To

1964-08-26

In this romantic drama, Niels (Jens Osterholm) is a petty thief and irresponsible lout who meets Lon

The Mad Dane
0

The Mad Dane

1969-11-17

An adventurous Danish sailor falls in love with the beautiful French singer Christine in this romant