Jan Rippe

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Jan Rippe
Rippe in September 2015
Born (1955-04-26) 26 April 1955 (age 69)
Lyrestad, Sweden
Occupation(s)Actor, singer, comedian

Jan Torbjörn Rippe (born 26 April 1955) is a Swedish actor, singer, and comedian. He is known as a member of the comedic groups Galenskaparna and After Shave.[1] He also had a role in the comedy series Macken.

Early life[edit]

Rippe was born in Lyrestad. During his youth, he was an active competitive swimmer and participated in several district and Swedish national championships.[2] He studied at Chalmers and was a member of the Elektroteknologsektionens tidningsförening.[3]

Career[edit]

In Gothenburg he met and befriended the other members of the group After Shave and participated in Galenskaparna och After Shave's revue Skruven är lös.[4] He became widely known to Swedish audiences from his role as Roger in the 1986 television comedy series Macken which was broadcast on SVT.[5] He also voiced the part of Pumbaa in the Swedish language version of the Disney film The Lion King.[6] He did not reprise his role in the sequels and spin-offs in the 90's, due to Peter Rangmar's death of melanoma in May 1997. Rangmar was Timon's Swedish voice and he and Rippe had a close friendship. Rippe reprised the role in The Lion King 1½. Timon were now voiced by Per Fritzell.

Rippe often plays characters that are confused, slow people that make everything the wrong way and have low self-confidence as a result of this.[7] Amongst Rippe's roles are Kennet Aalborg in the TV-series En himla många program, the producer Viggo Florin in the film Monopol, and Ernst Ivarsson in Stinsen Brinner.[8] One of the characters that he often plays is that of Goja, an individual that tells rambling stories without an ending or point.[8] Jan Rippe participated in SVTs television broadcasts of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin as a tittarombudsman.[9]

In October 2016, a theater version of Macken was made at the Lorensbergsteatern, with Rippe playing his original role.[10]

Personal life[edit]

In 2009, Rippe suffered a heart attack.[11]

Filmography[edit]

  • 1986 – Macken (TV-series)
  • 1986 – The Castle Tour
  • 1987 – Leif
  • 1989 – En himla många program
  • 1989 – Hajen som visste för mycket
  • 1990 – Macken – Roy's & Roger's Bilservice
  • 1991 – Stinsen brinner... filmen alltså
  • 1991 – Luigis Paradis
  • 1993 – Tornado
  • 1994 – The Lion King (Voice of Pumbaa)
  • 1996 – Monopol
  • 1998 – Åke från Åstol
  • 2000 – Gladpack
  • 2004 – The Lion King 3 – Hakuna Matata (Voice of Pumbaa)
  • 2005 – En decemberdröm
  • 2006 – Den enskilde medborgaren

References[edit]

  1. ^ ""Vår humor är efterlängtad"". Corren. 18 October 2014. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  2. ^ Lundvall, Marianne (6 January 2012). ""Vi har fortfarande studieuppehåll"". Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  3. ^ "After Shave firar 30 år". Expressen. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Jan Rippe – Kulturtuben". kulturtuben.se. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Tv-klassikern Macken kommer tillbaka". Göteborgs-Posten. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Mitt i all skit behöver varje människa relaxa". Expressen. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Lyckad nedfrysning av herr Moro – Huvudtext". Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Jan Rippe". Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  9. ^ "Ett ögonblick, Jan Rippe..." Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  10. ^ ""Det ska bli jättekul att återse alla figurerna"". Expressen. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  11. ^ "Jan Rippe drabbad av hjärtinfarkt". Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.

External links[edit]

  • Media related to Jan Rippe at Wikimedia Commons
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