Nis Bank-Mikkelsen is equipped with a voice, most can recognize. Friday the 10. april fills the actor 75 years.
Not everyone knows the name of him, but most know the sound, when they hear Nis Bank-Mikkelsen on the tv or on the radio.
The Danish actor has given voice to a sea of well-known cartoons, audiobooks, and programs.
He reached the age of 75 years the 10. april.
Nis Bank-Mikkelsen was finished at the theatre school in Aarhus in the shelter of the youth uprising in 1969, and he quickly gained roles in several pieces.
And even then people could like his voice. He was thus an often-used singer in the stage plays he appeared in.
“Sweeney Todd” and “My Fair Lady” among other things. Well-known setups, which Nis Bank-Mikkelsen was a part of in the 1970s and 1980s.
Famous cartoon, where Nis Bank-mikkelsen’s voice can be heard, include, among others, “Aladdin”, where he played the villain Jafar, as he can be heard as the donkey in “Winnie the Pooh”.
Although the oratorical talent has been his trademark, he has also been physically present on screen in many episodes.
You have been able to experience him in “the Matador”, “Taxi” and “the Chronicle” as well as several Pyrus-julekalendere.
today know him for his role in the satireprogrammet “Rytteriet” on DR.
It was not, however, given that the Nis Bank-Mikkelsen had to go skuespilvejen. Initially he had a thought that he should be a priest.
He was inspired by the poet-pastor Kaj Munk, he told Kristeligt Dagblad.
– As a young man I contemplated heavily inspired by the poet-pastor Kaj Munk and his plays, to read theology and become a priest, but instead, I chose the second part of Munk’s cultural heritage, namely teatervejen.
– although The existential issues are a big part of Munk’s writings, so there is a big difference between being a priest and being an actor.
– A priest uses his own words to preach the gospel, while an actor interprets the others ‘ words, he said a few years ago.
Now, he has interpreted the word in the skuespilbranchen in over 50 years – the anniversary, he celebrated in 2016.
His voice he will keep in time, when he travels around and keeps oplæsningskoncerter.
He has three children and resides in copenhagen with his wife Ulla Lunn.
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