Anders Bircow

Anders Bircow Helsinge 15 December 1951 is a Danish actor and comedian He is best known as a member of the comedy act Linie 3 Anders Bircow was born in the town of Helsinge and attended schools in Nærum Ramløse and Helsinge He received an education as a bank worker in Helsinge and later worked as a school teacher in Vorgod in Herning He received an education as an actor at Aarhus Theatre and have had roles at most of the teatres in Copenhagen Bircow played guitar and bass in a band called Cokes from the age of 13 until adulthood He joined Skuespillerskolen Drama school at the Århus citys local theatre In 1979 he formed the comedy group Linie 3 along with Preben Kristensen with whom he had previously had the fourman group Barbershop Harmony and Thomas Eje Linie 3 premiered their first TV show in 1980 In 2001 Linie 3 appeared in a millennium show called Rundrejsen 2001 that was seen by more than 300000 people Linie 3 had their 25th anniversaryshow in 2004 They then broke up for some years and Eje spent time in the US they reformed in 2011 Their comeback show in April 2012 at the Tivoli Theatre in Copenhagen was a success and was followed by a nationwide tour Bircow has also appeared in his own onemanshow mostly at company and private events He has directed plays and translated drama and animated cartoons He has voiced many cartoon characters and is the official voice of Mickey Mouse in Denmark In addition to acting and entertainment he was the chief representative of Amway in Denmark for many years He lodged a successful complaint against a newspaper which characterised this as investment in a pyramid scheme Bircow is married to Marion Bircow and has three daughters Caroline Julia and Sophia