Per Andersson (actor)

Per Johan Andersson (born 17 November 1976) is a Swedish actor, comedian and director. He is one of the founders of the comedy group Grotesco. He has also been part of several of Sweden's best known television shows like Allsång på Skansen and Parlamentet.

Per Andersson
Per Andersson in 2014
Born
Per Johan Andersson

(1976-11-17) 17 November 1976
Mölndal, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Occupation(s)Actor, Comedian, Director

Career

Andersson is one of the founders of the comedy group Grotesco who has had their own show on SVT.[1] He has also appeared in shows like Parlamentet, Time Out, Allsång på Skansen and Lotta på Liseberg.[2]

He has had roles in Rock of Ages production at Rondo and Chinateatern, as well as appearing in Diggiloo tour, La Cage aux folles at Oscarsteatern and Zpanska flugan at Chinateatern.[3][4] He also directed his self written Dixie Comedy Cabaret.[5]

Andersson has also done dubbing work as Art in Monsters University and Fear in the film Inside Out.[6] Per Andersson has had roles in films like Bröderna karlsson and I rymden finns inga känslor.[7] In 2019, Andersson had a leading role as Santa in Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar, Panik i tomteverkstan, opposite Pernilla Wahlgren.[8]

In the winter of 2020, Andersson and Måns Zelmerlöw did a Christmas show together called Tomen och Bocken - En slags julshow at Hamburger Börs directed by Edward af Sillén, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic only a few days of the show was able to be done before it had to be cancelled.[9][10]

References
  1. "Hyllade Grotesco-avsnittet hämtat från verkligheten". SVT Nyheter. 20 November 2017. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. "Per Andersson får Lisebergsapplåden". Dagens Nyheter. 11 August 2020. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  3. "Per Andersson – en ny fluga". Dagens Nyheter. 18 May 2011. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  4. Törnqvist, Thomas (25 November 2019). "Ronneby: Här är artisterna till sommarens Diggiloo". Sydöstran. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  5. Engström, Emma (16 March 2011). "Dixie comedy cabaret | Lisbergsteatern". Göteborgs Posten. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  6. "Insidan ut - Svenska röster och credits". Dubbningshemsidan. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  7. "MovieZines julkalender lucka 24: Per Andersson". MovieZine. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  8. Radio, Sveriges. "Per Andersson och Pernilla Wahlgren i årets julkalender - Kulturnytt i P4". Sveriges Radio. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  9. "Måns Zelmerlöw och Per Anderssons julshow ställs in: "Det gör ont"". Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  10. "Zelmerlöw och Andersson gör julföreställning". Barometern. 22 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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