Gry Bay

Gry Bay got her breakthrough co-starring in "Dr. Monika Lindt - Kinderärztin, Geliebte, Mutter" (1997-1998), a German TV-series which was aired prime time on RTL. The series led to another co-starring role in the film "Hosenflattern" aka. "Where Did You Last See Your Trousers?" (1998), made for cable TV.

1998 was also the year Gry toured England and USA with Kid Creole as a Coconut and solo singer. In the summer of 2001 she toured as the lead singer in the Danish band Crispy/XPY.

Since 1995 Gry has played bit parts in the main theatres of Denmark, and appeared as a singer and dancer in various musicals such as "West Side Story", "Grease", "Guys And Dolls" and "Crazy For You".

In 1999 Gry showed her versatile talent by leaping to the rescue and taking over the lead role as Sally in "Me And My Girl" on Nørrebros Teater without rehearsals for three nights running when the original actress fell ill. The following year, also at Nørrebros Teater, she played the part of Brooke Ashton in Michael Frayn's acclaimed comedy "Noises Off".

In the cinema, Gry Bay played the female lead in the feature film "Slim, Slam, Slum" aka. "Joystick Nation", a hiphop comedy which opened in Danish cinemas August 2002 and went on to become a top seller on video. She also choreographed the movie and wrote lyrics and music for some of the songs. It was her acchievements as a songwriter that led to her starring role in "All About Anna".

Parallel to her acting career, Gry Bay has studied drama and music at the University of Copenhagen, where she wrote a dissertation on the semiotics of body language in theatre. She received her MA degree in drama in 2003.


FILMS & TV:

BETONHJERTER as the masseuse.
Feature film, Nordic Multimedia Group 2005. Dir. Michael Zile

ALL ABOUT ANNA as Anna.
Feature film, Innocent Pictures & Zentropa Productions 2004. Dir. Jessica Nilsson.

TRO HAD OG KÆRLIGHED as Sonja.
Short film, Objektor Film 2004, Dir. Jan T. Jensen

LAST EXIT as Tanya.
Feature film, Last Exit Productions 2003. Dir. David Noel Bourke

SLIM, SLAM, SLUM as Dit.
Feature film, Wiseguy Production 2002. Dir. Jorge & Marcellino Ballarin

MISTÆNKT as Mia Hviid.
CD-ROM film, Deadline Games 2000. Dir. Kasper Gaardsøe

HOSENFLATTERN aka WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR TROUSERS as Tove.
TV Movie, Regina Ziegler Film Production for ZDF 1997. Dir. Erich Neureuther

DR. MONIKA LINDT as Svenja.
Prime-time TV series, Studio Hamburg for RTL 1997. Dir. Ulrich König


COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS:

NISSAN Commercial, Paradox Productions 2002. Dir. Kasper Wedendahl

ISOVER ISOLERING Commercial, Locomotion 2001. Dir. Jens Mikkelsen

MEULE D’OR Commercial, Bullet Production 2001. Dir. Kasper Wedendahl

SYNOPTIK Commercial, Hundred Percent Film Production 2001. Dir. Niels Thomsen

NATURAL BORN HIPPIES Music Video, Filmbar Filmproduktion 2001. Dir. Alexander Eckert

SPONSORFONEN Commercial, Moland Film 1999. Dir. Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

COSMEA Commercial, Nordisk Film Commercial 1995. Dir. Sandy Grant


THEATRE & TOURS:

NOISES OFF as Brooke Ashton. Nørrebros Teater 2000. Dir. Mogens Pedersen

CRISPY/XPY lead singer, studio recordings and tour Denmark, Iceberg Records 2001

ME & MY GIRL as Sally some of the time – understudy - Jaqueline. Nørrebros Teater 1999. Dir. Lisa Kent

KID CREOLE AND THE COCONUTS as solosinger and coconut, England and American Tour 1998

WEST SIDE STORY as Velma. Det Ny Teater 1998. Dir. Daniel Bohr

CRAZY FOR YOU as Patsy. Det Ny Teater and Aarhus Teater 1997-98. Dir. Lisa Kent

MOULIN ROUGE SHOW as solosinger. Lindenborg Kro 1997.

GREASE as Cha-Cha and Susan, understudy Sandy. Aalborg Teater 1996. Dir. Morten Hovman

GUYS AND DOLLS as Dolly. Folketeatret 1996. Dir. Morten Hovman

MØD MIG PÅ CASSIOPEIA as Solveig. Amager Scenen 1995. Dir. Jan Hertz

CIRKUS REVYEN as dancer & singer. Bakken 1995. Dir. Lisbet Dahl

HOLSTEBRO REVYEN as dancer & singer. Holstebro 1994. Dir. Steen Springborg

LINIE 3 - HVOR ER DE TO ANDRE? dancer/chorus, Denmark tour, Wenkens Management, 1993

All About Anna biographies

Anna is played by GRY BAY, who got her breakthrough playing one of the main characters in the German TV-series “Dr. Monika Lindt”. In Denmark, she played her first female lead in the hip-hop comedy feature “Slim Slam Slum” (aka: “Joystick Nation”), for which she also composed several songs. At the Venice Biennale in 2005 she co-starred in Pipilotti Rist's video-installation "Homo sapiens sapiens", and she recently co-starred in the theatrical feature films “Betonhjerter” and “Grønne hjerter”.

Gry Bay has sung and danced in such shows as “West Side Story”, “Grease”, “Guys and Dolls” and “Crazy For You”. When the original star was taken ill, Gry Bay took over the leading part - without rehearsals - in “Me And My Girl” at Nørrebros Teater. The following year, also at Nørrebros Teater, she played the part of Brooke Ashton in Michael Frayn’s acclaimed comedy “Noises Off”, and most recently she co-starred in “Battle of Denmark”, a musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “King Lear”, which opened at Baggaard Teatret. Additionally, as lead singer for the band Crispy (aka XPY) and as one of the Coconuts in Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Gry Bay has toured in Denmark, England, Italy and the US.

In October 2003, by readers of Danish magazine "M!", Gry Bay was voted into spot 32 of the Top 100 Sexiest Girls in the World. In July 2004, by the readers of the Danish edition of FHM, she was voted into spot 97 at the Top 100 Sexiest Girls in the World. She has studied drama at the University of Copenhagen, where she wrote a dissertation on the use of body language in dramatic arts and later a paper on the works of William Shakespeare, graduating at MA level.

Johan, the male lead in “All About Anna”, is played by the English actor MARK STEVENS, recently seen as Sven the driller in Paul Anderson’s sci-fi/horror/action box-office hit “Alien Vs. Predator”, and opposite Mandy Moore in Andy Cadiff’s romantic comedy “Chasing Liberty”.

Born in Zimbabwe, Mark Stevens graduated from Birmingham University and trained at The Birmingham Theatre School. Theatre roles include Ton in “Gotcha”; Turner in “The Waiting” and Harris in “Testimony” at the Swan Theatre, Worcester; Gerardo in “Death and the Maiden”, Friar Laurence in “Romeo and Juliet” and the title role in “Macbeth” for C’est Tous Theatre in Preston; Duke Senior/Duke Frederick in “As You Like It” and Orsino in “Twelfh Night” for Open Hand Productions in Cambridge.

Mark Stevens also performed as Mark Anthony in a national tour of “Julius Caesar” with MDCC, and as Hector in a national tour of “Troilus and Cressida” with Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Other recent theatre credits include a national tour of “Naked Flame” and a national tour of John Godber’s “On the Piste” for Hull Truck Theatre. Previous films include “The Waiting”, “Platinum Souvenir”, “Journey to the Centre of the Earth” and the comedy thriller “Nine Dead Gay Guys” with Steven Berkoff.

Co-starring as Anna’s friend Camilla is British model, singer and actress EILEEN DALY, who also performs one of the songs from her CD-album “Forbidden Fruit”. In her native England, Eileen Daly is a Goth fetish cult icon best known for her close association with Redemption Video. Standing out among her many feature films is her starring role as Lilith Silver in Jake West’s “Razor Blade Smile”. As Lilith Silver, a leather-clad, gun-wielding vampire, Eileen Daly introduced a new species of cinematic action heroine, fashioning a look later used by Carrie-Anne Moss in “The Matrix”, Leonor Varela in “Blade II” and Kate Beckinsale in “Underworld”, among others.

In other supporting parts, as Anna’s frustrated suitors, “All About Anna”, features Danish actors THOMAS RAFT, who has appeared in the Emmy Award winning TV-series “Rejseholdet” (aka: “Unit One”), and MORTEN SCHELBECH, a Shakespearean actor with a rich theatrical background in such plays as Martin Tulinius' "Århundredet". Also appearing is Canadian filmmaker THOMAS LUNDY, writer-director of such short films as “Nude Not”.

In a special guest-starring role appears French hardcore actress and author OVIDIE, a former philosophy student widely regarded as France’s first pro-sex-feminist. With the publication of her critical book “Porno Manifesto”, she became one of the most discussed people in France. Ovidie, the only person in the cast with an adult film background, plays Sophie, a French stage actress who reads Anna’s heart and helps her find the path towards true love. During shooting of Ovidie's sex scene in “All About Anna”, Lars von Trier visited the set, and these two famous provocateurs were able to discuss their views on films and manifestos.

“All About Anna” is helmed by Swedish director JESSICA NILSSON, since 1988 based in Copenhagen, where she graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and later from the National Film School of Denmark.

Recently, Jessica Nilsson has received critical acclaim for a series of outstanding radio plays written and directed for Denmark's Radio. In 2005, the Danish Association of the Blind awarded her its Radioplay Award for her erotic radio play “Burning Desire”, produced by Denmark’s Radio. In its motivation, the Jury wrote: ”Jessica Nilsson is a woman not afraid of going off the rails to follow a story to its extreme consequence. She wholeheartedly relates to dangerous subjects and genres which nice girls normally leave to others.”

Jessica Nilsson is however best known for her unique music videos and award winning short films such as “The Sausage”, which won First Prize at the 1998 Oslo Short Film Festival, and “Spotless”, which was in competition at Sundance 2001 and won the Special Jury Prize at Flickerfest 2001 in Sydney. At the Odense Film Festival 2000, in connection with her short film “Spotless”, she received the Danish Directors’ Prize of Merit.

“All About Anna” was directed by Jessica Nilsson according to the rules of the Puzzy Power Manifesto, originally developed for Zentropa Productions’ feature film “Constance”. In a neat twist of fate, the song “For a While”, which was featured in the AVN Award-nominated score for “Constance”, had lyrics by Jessica Nilsson.

The music in “All About Anna” is composed by American producer and songwriter M. MAURICE HAWKESWORTH. Founder of the record label Invisible Wave, Hawkesworth originally made his mark as A&R Creative Manager for Mega Records, where he worked with major bands like Ace of Base and Savage Rose. Approximately 25 of the music videos he commissioned at Mega Records have been shown on MTV Europe, and his song “Marie”, performed by Solveig Sandnes, became a #1 hit in Japan.

Recently, Denmark’s biggest radio and television station DR chose Hawkesworth's CD album “Windermere: The World Is Here” as one of the ten most important Danish records of 2004, and his CD album “Said the Shark: Always Prattling on About Wolves” as one of the ten best Danish records of 2006.

For “All About Anna”, M. Maurice Hawkesworth has created an original score of great stylistic diversity, including two original songs and a new arrangement of the yearning folk ballad “Once I Had a Sweetheart”, performed for the film by Maria Køhnke.

Since teaming up with Lars von Trier and in 1992 founding Zentropa Productions, executive producer PETER AALBÆK JENSEN has become the most powerful figure in Danish cinema. His film and television productions come close to a hundred, and in 1998 he established Filmbyen, a huge film studio complex just outside of Copenhagen.

Amongst Zentropa’s best known feature films is Lars von Trier’s Oscar-nominated "Breaking the Waves", which also took the Grand Prix at Cannes, his musical "Dancer in the Dark", which won the Golden Palms for Best Film and Best Actress, and "Dogville", starring Nicole Kidman and James Caan.

Zentropa is also famous for the Dogme-manifesto, which demands that directors refrain from use of camera dollies, musical underscoring, artificial light, etc. Though initially ridiculed, use of the Dogme-concept has continually resulted in critically acclaimed films with international box-office success.

On “All About Anna”, Peter Aalbæk Jensen shares his executive producer credit with NICOLAS BARBANO and CLAUS SØRENSEN, with whom he founded Innocent Pictures.

Jessica Nilsson

Director and screenwriter Jessica Nilsson was born in Sweden, 1965, but has lived in Denmark since 1988. She is best known for her unique music videos and award winning short films, such as "Loser" and "The Sausage", which won First Prize at Oslo Short Film Festivel 1998. Most recently, she has received critical acclaim for "Till Death Do Us Part" and other outstanding radio plays written and directed for Denmark's Radio. She is a graduate from the Danish Film School. At Odense Film Festival 2000, in connection with her short film "Spotless", she received the Danish Directors' Prize of Merit.

2003
* ALL ABOUT ANNA (feature film; director).
Prod: Innocent Pictures / Zentropa.

2002
* ABSOLUTE PARTYTERAPI (60 minutes musical; writer/director).
Prod: Danish Ministry of Culture's Development Fund / Danish Film Workshop.
* LIVET SKAL LEVES (theatrical feature, in development; writer/director).
Prod: Crone Film Produktion / The Danish Film Institute.
* MØGUNGER (theatrical feature, in development; script consultant).
Prod: Crone Film Produktion.
* STRESSLESS (15 minutes; writer/director).
Prod: The Danish Film Workshop / The Danish Ministry of Culture's Development
Fund / The Danish Actors' Association / Danish Film Directors.
* TIL DØDEN OS SKILLER (65 minutes radio drama, scheduled for fall 2002;
writer/director).
Prod: Denmark's Radio.
* ØNSKEBABY (short, in development; writer/director).
Prod: S.Film / Short Fiction Film Denmark.

2001
* HULLET (65 minutes radio drama; writer/director).

2000
* LIVET GÅR VIDERE, PART 2 (improvisational project; writer/director).
Prod: The Danish Actors' Association.
* Danish Directors' Honorary Award at Odense Film Festival.
* Guest teacher at Oslo Fotokunstskole.

1999
* SPOTLESS (5 minutes thriller portrait; writer/director).
Prod: Zentropa / Vaudeville Production , The Danish Film Workshop.
Special Jury Prize at Flickerfest 2001 (Sydney); also in competition at Sundance 2001.
* PSYKOLOGENS DAGBOG (66 minutes; writer/director).
Prod: The Danish Actors' Association / The Danish Film Workshop.
* LIVET GÅR VIDERE, PART 1 (improvisational project; writer/director).
Prod: The Danish Actors' Association.
* DIE JODELADIES GOES SENNHEISER (infomercial; writer/director)
* Director of segments on the children's TV program FJERNSYN,
and on the TV comedy talk show JAGTEN PÅ SANDHEDEN.

1998
* TABER! [aka: Loser!] (40 minutes drama; writer/director).
Prod: Angel Films / Short Fiction Film Denmark).
* DE KLASSISKE BØRNESANGE (60 minutes music video; writer/director).
Prod: Sony / Denmark's Radio.
* JODELADIES GOES BAUERNHOFF (music video; writer/director).
First Prize at Oslo Short Film Festival 1999.
* Idea and research on documentary about two Danish girls in prison.
Prod: Denmark's Radio - dokumentargruppen.

1997
* PROFORMA (25 minutes TV movie; writer/director).
Prod: Denmark's Radio.
* Songwriter for the Danish band KYED.
The CDs “Pusher” and “Dance & More Music from Denmark".

1996
* FOR A WHILE (short; writer/director).
Prod: BABYfilm / Feltwave.
* LILLE S-KAT (short; writer/director).
Prod: BABYfilm / Feltwave.
* GNAGS: GØSTA HAMMERFEDT (music video; writer/director).
Prod: EMI.
* AXEL BOISEN: DUBI-DUB (music video; writer/director).
Prod: Harder Productions.

1991-1995
* Student at The Danish Film School (directing).
* BRYLLUPSREJSEN (comedy short; writer/director).
Graduation-film from The Danish Film School.
* TV-ANSJOSEN (segments of satirical TV program; writer/director).
Prod: Denmark's Radio.
* PØLSEN (short; writer/director)
Prod: BABYfilm / Feltwave.
First Prize at Oslo Short Film Festival 1998.

1988 -1991
* Student at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.

Ovidie

The daughter of French left-wing intellectuals, Ovidie joined a communist feminist movement at ripe old age of 14 - and created an anarchist activist group at age 15!

Where do you go from there? As a feminist, she frequently in speeches and articles lashed out against the woman-degrading world of porn videos. Until she realised she had never actually seen one.

As she turned 16, the man who was to become her husband gave Ovidie a copy of Michael Ninn's trendsetting hardcore video "Latex" (1995). It completely changed her opinion of adult films, which she now started watching in secret. Soon after, she met legendary adult actress Annie Sprinkle and realised she could embrace the world of hardcore sex without giving up any of her ideals. Thus Ovidie, at this time studying philosophy at the University, became interested in taking active part in the world of porn.

Ovidie's debut as a performer in hardcore videos was an event which rocked France. Appearing in French talk-shows watched by millions, she spoke out against what she perceived as hypocrisy and lies about the adult industry. She became, in effect, France's first pro-sex feminist. In 2002, the publication of her book "Porno Manifesto" created a similar sensation. She is today one of the most famous people in France.

Since her debut as an adult actress, Ovidie has appeared in over fifty hardcore films, including Martin Cognito's "Claudine" (2002), where she plays a dominatrix caught in a cat-and-mouse-game with a police inspector, played by her frequent co-star Hervé Pierre-Gustave. She has also directed several adult films, most notably "Lilith" (2001), starring Liza Harper, Nomi and Hervé Pierre-Gustave.

Outside the world of porn, acting opposite her husband Désir Clinique, Ovidie has appeared in the French thriller-comedy "Mortel transfert" (2000) by acclaimed director Jean-Jacques Beineix ("Diva"; "Betty Blue").
Afterwards, she appeared in Bertrand Bonellos mainstream feature "Le pornographe" (2001), a drama starring Jean-Pierre Léaud as a director who yearns for the lost idealism of his youth in the 1960s.

Following that, she made a special appearance playing the French stage actress Sophie in Jessica Nilsson's romantic comedy "All About Anna" (2003), an adult-mainstream crossover feature film produced by Innocent Pictures in co-production with Zentropa.

Filmography

La Fête à Gigi
Tournage X
Second Plan
XYZ
XYZ : Les dessous
Divines
Mortel Transfert
Une Américaine à Paris
Sex Me
Worl Wide Sex 2
Blowjob
XXX Files
La nuit de la perversion
Hommes sous influence
Rebecca Prod
Le Pornographe
Orgie en Noir
Max
Regarde Moi
Focus
Ovidie mène l'enquête
La doctoresse a des gros seins 4
Lilith
Ce que pensent les femmes
Les coiffeuses, le patron et l'apprentie
La revanche des connes
Dans la peau d'Ovidie
Duplex Story
Graines de Championnes
Paris Pigalle
Les factrices
Les routières sont sympas
La fille du bâtelier
Sex Killer
Sottopaf et Saccapine font leur Cinéma
Belles Garces Empoisonnées
Claudine
La Boom
Digital Sex Ovidie
Les 24 heures du Gland
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Ovidie
Il clan dei siciliani
V.T.T.
Explicite
Xperiment
Orgasmus n°2
Luxure
Le Conte de la Crypte
Plaisirs mode d'emploi Vol 1
Plaisirs mode d'emploi Vol 2
Plaisirs mode d'emploi Vol 3
Absolut Sex
Baise-moi si tu peux
All About Anna
Les secrétaires
Le palais des fantasmes
Le Couloir des Fantasmes
Les Plombiers
Mes meilleures copines
Les célibataires

Thomas Lundy

Thomas Lundy, born 22 May 1972 in Canada, is a writer, filmmaker, actor and musician based in Amsterdam.

He has spent the last 30 years observing the absurdity of life and is now near to finishing off a book about it. A cardless member of the International Bohemian Club, Lundy is a drifter and flows in and out of various ports of the world, moving when his surroundings begin to pale.

While residing in Canada, he made two unique films, "Nude Not" and "The Man Who Never Had a Girlfriend"; the first told of a sleepless woman believing herself to be surrounded by nude people in her house; the second told of a Woody Allen-esque man arranging Q&A dates with some 40 women, attempting to solve the riddle of his inability to get a girlfriend.

Lately Thomas has become a Beatles maniac and is trying to start a rock band. Other than the films and book mentioned here, Lundy's lived in seven countries, learned seven languages, done useless degrees and worked countless useless jobs. Now he is wondering if "All About Anna" will be his greatest moment, as he gets to show his manhood. Or just another useless job.

THOMAS LUNDY FILMOGRAPHY


NUDE NOT
6 minutes, Canada 2000.

Synopsis:
Jodie enters into a strange world when the house she moves into seems to be full of perpetually nude people. Is it a dream, a drug induced illusion, a prank or weird paradox?

Festivals/Public Screenings/Broadcast:
Molodsist (Kiev, Ukraine), Dahlonega (USA), Anza Celluloid Social Club & Pacific Cinematheque (Vancouver), Salt Spring Island film festival, Hart House Film Board Screening Gala & Clinton's Comedy Cafe (Toronto), aired on Canal+ television in 2001 in France, Switzerland, Monaco and Mauritius; and on Inside Entertainment (CTV, Canada.)

Credits:
Directed, produced and written by Thomas Lundy.
Starring: Jane Antoni, Alexis Lundy, Kelsey Brown and Thomas Lundy.
Cinematography by Richard Fox.
Edited by Michael Dorn.
Music by Tony Vieira.


ALL ABOUT ANNA
Feature film, Denmark 2003.

Synopsis: Girl Meets Boy. Girl Loses Boy. Girl Gets Boy. Maybe.

Credits:
Produced by Innocent Pictures.
Directed by Jessica Nilsson.
Starring: Gry Bay, Mark Stevens, Eileen Daly, Thomas Raft, Thomas Lundy, Ovidie, Morten Schelbech.


THE MAN WHO NEVER HAD A GIRLFRIEND
Expected premiere: 2003.

Synopsis:
An autobiographical documentary about a single man's quest to tap into the female mind. Thomas Lundy interviews dozens of women about the mysterious world of human romance, relationships and sex.

Credits:
Directed, produced and written by Thomas Lundy.
Starring: Thomas Lundy and his forty women.

Morten Schelbech

"Theatre and acting has always been part of my life", explains actor and singer Morten Schelbech. "Since I can remember I've been entertaining my family with magic, singing and acting. Although making a living as an actor is tough, I have no choice: Acting is my life. Working with some of the best talent in Denmark has made it even better. I love a challenge and hate censorship. I'm headstrong but with a soft heart. And I'm always game!"

Born: April 29, 1971.

Theatre:

”On this planet” (2002).
Play by Martin Tulinius.
Part: Dancer And Stunt. Director: Martin Tulinius

”Measure for Measure” (2002).
Play by William Shakespeare. In the convent at Esrum and Krudttønnen.
Part: Escalus. Director: Lars Kaaber

”K” [Franz Kafka] (2001).
Play by Martin Tulinius & Mikkel Harder-Munk Hansen. Theatre Kaleidoskop.
Tour in Denmark. Parts: Stunt, Doctor, ect. Director: Martin Tulinius.

”K” [Franz Kafka] (2000).
Play by Martin Tulinius & Mikkel Harder-Munk Hansen. Baltic Circle Theatre festival. Parts: Stunt, Doctor, ect. Director: Martin Tulinius.

”As you like it” (2000).
Play by William Shakespeare. In Gilleleje.
Part: Touchstone. Director: Lars kaaber.

”Satie” (2000).
Play by Martin Tulinius & Pete Livingstone. Theatre Kaleidoskop.
Part: Shadow to Satie. Music by Katrine Gislinge. Director: Martin Tulinius.

”Twelfth Night” (1999).
Play by William Shakespeare. In Gilleleje.
Part: Malvolio. Director: Lars Kaaber.

”K” [Franz Kafka] (1999).
Play by Martin Tulinius & Mikkel Harder-Munk Hansen. Theatre Kaleidoskop.
Part: Stunt, Doctor, ect. Director: Martin Tulinius.

”The Winter's Tale” (1998).
In Gilleleje. Part: Polyxenes. Director: Lars Kaaber.

”A Midsummer Night's Dream” (1996).
Play by William Shakespeare. In Gilleleje.
Parts: Oberon and Aigeus. Director: Lars Kaaber.

”Blue men and one Girl” (1996).
Play by 4 men and one girl going nuts. Tour in Denmark.

”The Iliad” (1994-95).
Nakskov Teater. Part: Hector and Philoctet. Writer/Director: Lars Kaaber.

”Columbus” (1993).
In Gilleleje. Part: Columbus. Writer/Director: Lars Kaaber & Anders Thomas Jensen.

”The Obscene Show” (1993).
Play by 5 guys going nuts. Tour in Denmark.


Films:

”All About Anna” (2003).
Feature Film. Innocent Pictures & Zentropa Productions. Part: Pierre. Screenplay: Anya Aims & Loretta Fabiana. Director: Jessica Nilsson.

”Mefisto” (1999).
Short subject. Part: The Devil. Director: Philli.

Thomas Raft

Thomas Raft was adopted by a Danish family and has 2 brothers and 2 sisters. His biological mother is from Germany while his father, half Native American Indian, was a soldier in Korea and stationed in Germany.

From 1982 til 1990, Thomas Raft studied classiscal ballet, modern ballet and jazz ballet in Copenhagen and London, and danced with the Alvin Ailey Ballet. He has an Ashihara Karate Green Belt with brown dash. "Expressing myself with my body has been a great part of my life", he explains. Thomas Raft is also a versatile actor with experience in movies and television, performing in both Danish and English language.

Drama Education

1990-91: Studied with acctress Rebecca Saire in London.

1992: Studied with actress Lissi Lykke, Aarhus. Attended a course of drama and theatre sport with director Pia Michaelsen, Aarhus.

1993: Drama and improvisation course for actors with director Jonas Elmer, at the Mammut Theatre, Copenhagen.

1993-94: The Michael Chekov Actor Course, Aarhus.

1999: Course in Method Acting, with actor Iben Hendel.

2000: Acting workshop with director Katrine Wiedemann and set designer Christian Friländer, at the network theatre "The Nice Lady".


Short Subjects

„Pjerrot som hustrumorder" [Pjerrot as wifekiller] (1991): Main role in a film about love and passionate obsession, from a novel by Stephane Mallermé. Director: Åge Rais.

„En kvindes skygge" [shadow of a woman] (1992): Supporting role in a film based on the novel „Dødens dunkle veje" [the dark roads of death] by Kirsten Holst. Director: Ulf Torlyn.

„Psykiateren" [the psychiatrist] (1995): Leading role in a film about a person's psychotic and violent behavior towards the opposite sex. Director: Marianne Husum.

„Alle Sjæles Dag" [all soul's day] (1995): Part as a novice in a film about Niels Ebbesen. Director: Niels Willum Andreasen.

„Genfødsel" [rebirth] (1996): A solo part, playing a person who decides to commit suicide but regrets in the nick of time and is reborn. Director: Rune Skov.

„Vaskeriet" [the laundromat] (1996): Supporting role in a film about three people and their grotesque and beastly attitude towards other people.. The title „The Laundomat" symbolises all the evil that is washed out of their bodies as they are punished in a very humiliating way. Student assignment. Director: Dennis Petersen.

"Underwear and Something About It" (1998): English-language film about life as a circle: The way you treat other people dictates the way you end up being treated yourself. Student Assignment. The European Film College, Denmark.

"Illumination" (1999): Suporting role in English-language film from The European Film College, Denmark.

"F for Fear" (1999): Suporting role in English-language film about conspiration and paranoid person in an office. Shot on digital video in co-production with Zentropa, Denmark. Director: Dan Hoffmann.

"Necklace" (1999): Leading role as the lover, in a 16mm film about a love triangle. Nominated for a Film Arte Award in Slovakia. Director: Emma Balcázar.

"Setup" (1999): Supporting role in a film about the nature of power.

"ManÝana" (1999): Supporting role in a film about despondency and doubt for young human beings.

"Things We Like to See" (2000): Leading role in a film about ethics and morals. Released on CD-ROM with 5 different, optionable endings, so the ending depends on your own moral values.

"Medhør" [monitoring], "Kærlighed er en Guldfisk" [love is a goldfish] and "Biblioteket" [the library] (2000): Suporting role in three short films, made as part of the film competition Close-Up 2000.

"Time Is" (2001): Leading role in a 16mm film about loneness. Nordisk Film and TV2.

"Sound in the Night" (2001): Supporting role in a film about suspicion and paranoia.

2002: Suporting role in a student production for the Danish Film School.

"What's Up in Heaven" (2002): Leading role as Jesus Christ in English-language comedy short about divine attitudes to drugs. Director: Pierre Deshamps.


Feature Films

"All About Anna" (2003): Supporting lead in a romantic comedy with explicit erotic scenes, about a young woman suffering from a broken heart but being offered a second chance. Produced by Innocent Pictures. Director: Jessica Nilsson.


TV Movies

„Fra en sindsygs grænseland" [from the borderline of insanity] (1996): Leading role in film about a deeply psychotic man who, against his free will, is discharged from a mental hospital. The film asks the question: "What has gone wrong in district psychiatry?" Director: Maria Juul.

„Sinans bryllup" [Sinan's wedding] (1996): Small supporting part as an Italian agent in film about an arranged wedding and the consequences it has for a second generation immigrant. Produced by Nimbus Film. Director: Ole Christian Madsen.

"Tulip Nights" (1998): Supporting role as an Arabic brother, in this film starring Helle Virkner. Director: Vibeke Muasyc.


TV-series

"Taxa" (1998): Guest role as a riot policeman, in episode #38 of Danmarks Radio' popular series, starring Pernille Højmark and Zlatko Buric. Director: Birger Larsen.

"Rejseholdet" [the travel team] (2000): Supporting role as a French/Moroccan dance teacher, in episode #6 of Danmarks Radio's Emmy Award-winning TV-series. Director: Peter Flinth.


TV Hosting

„Teentown" (1992): Hosting a TV program for teenagers, at a local TV channel in Aarhus, Denmark.

„Kulturchok" (1992-93): Hosting five shows about culture, at a local TV channel in Aarhus, Denmark.

„Think If It Was You" (1998): Hosting a documentary program about discrimination, shown on national television DR and several other channels.


Readings

1992-93: Reading stories and fairytales for kids at the main library in Aarhus, Denmark. One hour every Saturday.

„Ingenting er stille" [nothing is quiet] (1992): Part in a theater reading for Dramastudio, Aarhus, Denmark. Director: Max Madsen,

„Hvor kragerne vender" [where the crows turn back] (1995): Part in a drama reading of the play, performed during Aarhus Theatre Festival. Director: Jens Kruse.

„Himlen over Danmark" [heaven above Denmark] (1995): Part in a theater reading of the play, for Dramatiker Studio. Director: Ulf Torly.

„Når du ser et stjerneskud" [when you wish upon a star] (1995): Part in a theater reading of the play. Director: Jens Kruse.

„Felix Emil", (1995): Part as „Death" in a theatre workshop reading of a play about suicide. Director: Nicolaj Papaduke.

December 1999: Reading christmas stories for children on Station Amager, Denmark.


Theatre

2000: Role in a Vampire performance with the theatre group Terra Nova, arranged as part of the annual Kulturnat (Night of Culture) in Copenhagen.


Music Videos

Mercy (1992): Part in a music video with the rockgroup Mercy. Director: Lenia Coles.

Aqua (1997): Performed in the music video „Lollipop" together with Danish pop group Aqua. Shown on MTV-Europe etc. Director: Peder Pedersen.

Cartoons (1998): Title role in the music video "Witch Doctor" with the pop group Cartoons. Shown on MTV Europe etc. Director: Peter Bækkel.

Performed with Aqua at the Danish Grammy Awards 1998.