Peter Pilegaard
Known For & Full Filmography12 Titles
Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Rektor, Vestegnens Gymnasium
At a grisly murder scene sits a figurine made of chestnuts. From this creepy clue, two detectives hunt a killer linked to a politician's missing child.
Drama Series - 2007, 16 episodes • as Kriminalassistent
The Killing is a Danish police procedural set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode covering twenty-four hours of the investigation. The series is noted for its plot twists, season-long storylines, dark tone and for giving equal emphasis to the story of the murdered victim's family alongside the police investigation. It has also been singled out for the photography of its Danish setting, and for the acting ability of its cast.
Drama Series - 2004, 16 episodes • as Simic
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey is a Danish police procedural television series produced by Danmarks Radio, created and written by Peter Thorsboe and Mai Brostrøm. The series debuted on 10 October 2004 in Denmark. It won an International Emmy Award from the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for best non-American television drama series in 2005. There were three seasons; the second season premiered in Denmark on 9 October 2005 and the third on 8 October 2006. The last episode originally aired in Denmark on 26 November 2006. The series was filmed on location in various parts of northern Europe, from Berlin and Copenhagen to Oslo and other locations including Iceland. The series has enjoyed particular success in Australia, where it airs on SBS and is available on DVD with English subtitles.
Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as Bent
In 1963, a business adventure begins in a basement in a small Danish town. Within a few years, the company has 3500 employees, many of them women who are experiencing for the first time the joys and challenges of earning their own money.
Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as Bent (ingeniør)
In 1963, a business adventure begins in a basement in a small Danish town. Within a few years, the company has 3500 employees, many of them women who are experiencing for the first time the joys and challenges of earning their own money.
Drama Series - 2006, 16 episodes • as Dieb
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Kenneth
Detective Katrine Ries Jensen and legal psychiatrist Thomas Schaeffer form a special unit at the Copenhagen Police investigating serial killings. A case from Schaeffer’s past crops up. As a young psychologist, he held back from sending a patient, who was manically drawing the details of a traffic accident, to a secure hospital. Now these bloody scenes resurface, enacted as real killings.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Otto
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Flemming Mimer
Young artist Freya, amidst the echoing cries of a baby, finds her apartment consumed by an eerie and malevolent presence.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as Carsten
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • as Arne Haugaard
The fifth Anja and Viktor film. The couple are short of money. They live with their young daughter in their friends' dilapidated rehearsal space in Sydhavnen, but when the zealous municipal official discovers that they are using the rehearsal space as a residence, and they are now facing eviction unless they can secure funds for an apartment, the family finds itself in a challenging situation.
Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • as Fix
The elf population is declining, and there are already several homes that will be without elves this Christmas. Things can't move fast enough—we need more elves! But how do we get them? Pyrus comes up with the solution: children must attend elf school and be trained as reserve elves. Pyrus, Kandis, and Gyldengrød are joined by Fix and Fumle, and together they set about establishing an elf school in the National Archives.