Jesper Klein
Born	(1944-11-13)13 November 1944 Næstved, Denmark
Died	22 August 2011(2011-08-22) (aged 66) Frederiksberg, Denmark
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1968–2011

Jesper Klein (13 November 1944 – 22 August 2011)^[1][2] was a Danish actor. He appeared in over 80 films and television shows since 1968. He starred in the 1969 film Ballad of Carl-Henning, which was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival. Klein received the 1984 Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role in Nils Malmros' Beauty and the Beast.^[3]

From 1970 to 2006 he was married to Lykke Nielsen, they have a son Sebastian. Lykke died in 2006. Jesper Klein died on August 22, 2011, after a short battle with cancer at the age of 66.

Selected filmography

• Det kære legetøj (1968)
• Ballad of Carl-Henning (1969)
• Tough Guys of the Prairie (1970)
• Benny's Bathtub (1971)
• Gold for the Tough Guys of the Prairie (1971)
• Sunny Beach Revolution [da] (1971)
• Prince Piwi (1974)
• Trællene (1978)
• Beauty and the Beast (1983)
• The Man Who Wanted to Be Guilty (1990)
• The Great Day on the Beach (1991)
• Jungledyret Hugo (1993)
• Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner (1994)
• Jungledyret Hugo 2 – den store filmhelt (1996)
• Circleen: City Mouse (1998)
• A Tale of Two Mozzies (2007)
• Jungledyret Hugo 3 - fræk, flabet og fri (2007)

Staff filmography

• Farlig sommer [da] (1969) – Music Composer
• Vinterbyøster [da] (1973) – Writer
• Jullerup Færgeby [da] (1974) – Writer
• Ungdomsredaktionen (1975) – Writer
• Kaptajn Klyde og hans venner vender tilbage [da] (1980) – Writer, director
• Eldorado for dyr [da] (1985) – Writer
• Valhalla (1986) – Voice Director