Jarl Lage Kulle (28 February 1927 – 3 October 1997) was a Swedish film and stage actor and director, and father of Maria Kulle.
Kulle was born in the village of Truedstorp, outside Ekeby, Sweden, and was the son of the merchant Nils Kulle and Mia Bergendahl. Kulle was one of the leading Swedish stage actors of his generation and often appeared in TV productions, at the Royal Dramatic Theatre of Stockholm as well as in a number of films, several of these directed by Ingmar Bergman. Taking on many star parts of the classical and modern repertory, appearing in contemporary TV drama and musicals and armed with remarkable gifts for both comedy, romantic drama and slightly declamatory but controlled pathos, he was one of Sweden's most loved modern actors.
In 1965 he won the award for Best Actor for his role in drama film Swedish Wedding Night at the 2nd Guldbagge Awards. He won his second Guldbagge Best Actor award for Fanny and Alexander at the 19th Guldbagge Awards in 1983.
In 1960, Kulle married Louise Hermelin (born 1939), daughter of a cavalry captain, Baron Carl-Magnus Hermelin and Ann-Marie Sourander. They divorced in 1968. In 1976, Kulle married the actress Anne Nord. Kulle died in Gregersboda, Sweden in October 1997 of bone cancer.
Awards Kulle received many awards throughout his career. In 1952, he was the second actor to be awarded the Thaliapriset theatre award by the Swedish daily newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. He was also awarded the Gösta Ekman-stipendiet award in 1954, an award established in 1939 in memory of the actor and theatre director Gösta Ekman.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1946 Affairs of a Model Guest at Den Gyldene Tunnan Youth in Danger The Yankee 1950 The Quartet That Split Up Thure Borg 1951 Living on 'Hope' Jalle 1952 Defiance Jerka Love Wilhelm Andreasson Secrets of Women Kaj Lieutenant Fryklund 1953 Barabbas Leper at Death Valley 1954 Karin Månsdotter Eric XIV of Sweden 1955 Smiles of a Summer Night Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm 1956 Last Pair Out Dr. Farell The Song of the Scarlet Flower Olof Koskela 1957 A Dreamer's Journey Dan Andersson No Tomorrow Viktor Aaltonen 1958 Miss April Osvald Berg 1959 Sängkammartjuven Johan Jacob Wenkel 1960 Heart's Desire Baron Patrik Sinclair The Devil's Eye Don Juan 1961 Do You Believe in Angels? Jan Froman Karl Särner 1962 Adventures of Nils Holgersson Mårten Gåskarl (voice) Den kære familie Count Claes af Lejonstam Thomas Glahn 1963 The Girl and the Press Photographer Himself 1964 All These Women Cornelius Hans Ringmar Swedish Wedding Night Hilmer Westlund Dear John John Berndtsson 1966 My Sister, My Love Baron Alsmeden, Charlotte's Fiancé 1969 The Bookseller Gave Up Bathing Corporal Krakow Also director Leif Mix 1970 The Minister 1972 Ture Sventon 1974 Teacher Also director 1981 Rasmus på luffen Hilding Lif 1982 Fanny and Alexander Gustav Adolf Ekdahl 1987 Babette's Feast General Lorens Löwenhielm 1990 Herman Panten 1993 The Telegraphist Mack 1994 Oscar II 1995 Immanuel Nobel Som krossat glas i en hårt knuten hand Himself Final film role
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