Thure Lindhardt

Lindhardt grew up in Roskilde.^[1][2] At the age of 12, he got a part in Bille August's film Pelle the Conqueror. He was educated at the drama school at Odense Theatre in 1998.^[2] His breakthrough in Denmark came with his portrayal of a boy with autism in A Place Nearby, co-starring with Ghita Nørby.^[1]

Since then, he has played parts in a variety of movies and series, including Into the Wild, Angels in Fast Motion aka Nordkraft, Brotherhood, Love in Thoughts, Sugar Rush, Princess, Rejseholdet, Byzantium and Flame & Citron, a film about the World War II resistance group Holger Danske, in which Lindhardt played Bent Faurschou-Hviid, co-starring with Mads Mikkelsen.^[3]

He also played a role as the young Swiss Guard Lieutenant Chartrand in the 2009 film Angels & Demons, directed by Ron Howard.^[4]

He co-starred in Ira Sachs's film Keep the Lights On, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2012. Later in 2012, he was nominated for a Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor as well as an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead.^[5]

In the third season of Showtime's The Borgias, Lindhardt starred opposite Jeremy Irons, playing Rufio, a ruthless assassin working under Catherina Sforza (portrayed by Gina McKee) to bring about the Borgias' downfall.^[6]

In 2012, Lindhardt played a role in the European-Scandinavian TV series The Spiral,^[7] and in 2013 he appeared in the feature film Adieu Paris.^[8]

In 2014, he received the Lauritzen Award.^[9]

In 2015, he played the Danish detective Henrik Sabroe opposite Sofia Helin in season 3 of the Danish-Swedish TV police series The Bridge. He replaced Kim Bodnia as a lead.^[10] He reprised the role in the show's fourth and final season, broadcast in early 2018.^[11]

In May 2010, he broke up with Silas Holst, his boyfriend of two years.^[12] In 2017, he became a father to a daughter.^[13]