Editing Anders Bircow

{{short description|Danish actor and comedian|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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|name = Anders Bircow
|image = Linie 3 (2) (cropped, Anders Bircow).jpg
|caption = Anders Bircow in 2011
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1951|12|15}}
|birth_place = [[Helsinge]], [[Denmark]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
|website = {{url|andersbircow.dk}}
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'''Anders Bircow''' (born 15 December 1951 in [[Helsinge]]) is a [[Denmark|Danish]] actor and comedian. He is best known as a member of the comedy act [[Linie 3]].<ref>Peter Schepelern -Ørkenens Sønner Bogen  2008 - Page 12 "Han var holdkammerat med Anders Bircow, og opmuntret af sanglæreren Niels Pihl fandt de sammen med Asger Reher og Preben Kristensen fra den følgende årgang om at lave en lille sanggruppe."</ref><ref>''Danske filmskuespillere'' 2003 Page 249  "[[Preben Kristensen]]... På teaterskolen dannede han sammen med Anders Bircow, Søren Pilmark og Asger Reher kvartetten Barbershop Harmony, som i 1978 blev til Linie 3 med Kristensen, Bircow samt Thomas Eje."</ref>

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]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nkbooking.dk/?IId=616 | title=Anders Bircow | publisher=NKbooking | accessdate=10 January 2016|language=da}}</ref> 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]] city’s local theatre. In 1979 he formed the comedy group [[Linie 3]] along with [[Preben Kristensen]], with whom he had previously had the four-man group [[Barbershop music|Barbershop]] Harmony, and [[Thomas Eje]]. Linie 3 premiered their first TV show in 1980.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elmerdahl.dk/anders-bircow/ | title=Anders Bircow | publisher=Elmerdahl.dk | accessdate=10 January 2016|language=da}}</ref>

In 2001 Linie 3 appeared in a millennium show called ''Rundrejsen 2001'' that was seen by more than 300,000 people.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://ekstrabladet.dk/vrangen/article4417742.ece | title=Linie 3 taber 25 millioner | work=[[Ekstra Bladet]] | date=10 June 2001 | accessdate=10 January 2016 | author=Michaelsen, Jan|language=da}}</ref> Linie 3 had their 25th anniversary-show in 2004. They then broke up for some years and Eje spent time in the US; they reformed in 2011.<ref name=Help>Jan Eriksen, Esben Skrumsager, Mikkel Gottlieb and James Kristoffer Miles, [http://www.bt.dk/kendte/preben-hjaelper-de-to-venner-i-noed "Preben hjælper de to venner i nød"], ''[[B.T. (tabloid)|BT]]'', 22 March 2011, updated 23 September 2012 {{in lang|da}}</ref> Their comeback show in April 2012 at the Tivoli Theatre in Copenhagen was a success and was followed by a nationwide tour.<ref>Anders Sundling, [http://www.seoghoer.dk/Nyheder/Kendte%20DK/Arkiv/2012/04/Linie%20tre%20tjener%20kassen.aspx "Linie 3 tjener kassen: Den sjove trio kan grine hele vejen hen til banken"], ''Se og Hør'', 28 April 2012 {{in lang|da}}</ref>

Bircow has also appeared in his own one-man-show, 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.<ref>[http://www.danskmusik.com/dmfbook/foredrag/html/anders_bircow.html "Anders Bircow: Finansiel Intelligens"], Musik Formidling, retrieved 22 January 2013 {{in lang|da}}</ref>

In addition to acting and entertainment, he was the chief representative of [[Amway]] in Denmark for many years.<ref name=Amway>[http://ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/samfund/article970969.ece "Bircow tjener fedt på fup"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609105842/http://ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/samfund/article970969.ece |date=June 9, 2009 }}, ''[[Ekstra Bladet]]'', 4 February 2008 {{in lang|da}}</ref> He lodged a successful complaint against a newspaper which characterised this as investment in a [[pyramid scheme]].<ref name=Help/>

Bircow is married to Marion Bircow and has three daughters, Caroline, Julia and Sophia.<ref name=Amway/><ref>Jan Bergman, [http://www.billedbladet.dk/Kendte/Nyheder/2012/7/Anders%20Bircow%20tvunget%20til%20at%20flytte%20fra%20huset.aspx "Anders Bircow tvunget til at flytte fra huset"], ''Billed-Bladet'', 7 July 2012 {{in lang|da}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.andersbircow.dk/ Anders Bircow's personal home page]
* {{IMDb name|nm0083328|name=Anders Bircow}}

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