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Ernst-Hugo Alfred Järegård (born 12 December 1928, Ystad – died 6 September 1998, Lidingö) was a Swedish cult actor and horror host. ==Biography== From 1962 Järegård was an actor in Sweden's prominent Royal Dramatic Theatre, where he came to perform a number of much celebrated parts: his eccentric Hitler in ''Schweik in the Second World War'' by Bertolt Brecht (1963), Estragon in the legendary 1966 Dramaten-staging of Samuel Beckett's ''Waiting for Godot'', Thersites in Shakespeare's ''Troilus and Cressida'' 1967, Orgon in Molière's ''Tartuffe'' 1971, Hjalmar Ekdahl in Ingmar Bergman's 1972 production of Ibsen's ''The Wild Duck'', Nero in Jean Racine's ''Britannicus'' (1974), a spot-on portrayal of August Strindberg in play ''Tribadernas natt'' (The Night of the Tribades) by Per Olov Enquist, the title role in ''Richard III'' by Shakespeare (1980) and the extremely creepy - and slightly perverted - boss Sven in ''VD'' ("CEO") by Stig Larsson in 1985, among others. Järegård had a taste for villainous and dark characters, and enjoyed playing them. But he also had a very lyrical and soft side to him as an actor, something he showed in the TV production of ''Hans Christian och sällskapet'' (where he plays a village priest who suffers a great personal tragedy as his wife loses her mind after having a baby) and in the TV adaptation of Birger Sjöberg's ''Frida och hennes vän'' (based on Sjöberg's ''Frida's Book'') where he plays the light-hearted, daydreaming early 1900s love-struck suitor of Frida. Adding the fact that Järegård also had a beautiful and expressive singing voice (he performed in a number of stage musicals during his career) gave him an incredible range and versatility as an actor. He originated the role of Guido in the first European staging of the musical ''Nine'', for example (Oscarsteatern, Stockholm, 1983). His distinct and original voice (with traces of the unmistakable Skåne-dialect) also made him a much appreciated and beloved narrator of children's cartoons and audio books. Particularly popular are his audio book (originally radio) recordings of Roald Dahl's ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'', Robert Louis Stevenson's ''Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'', and the narration of Sergei Prokofiev's ''Peter and the Wolf''. Järegård went on to play the villainous character Elaka Måns(Mean Mike in the English dub) in the Swedish animated movie Peter-No-Tail and its sequel Peter-No-Tail in Americat. He also lent him voice for the Swedish dub of the film Valhalla, playing the Norse God Loki; god of mischief. Järegård gained international attention when he took on the role of Doctor Helmer in Lars von Trier's highly acclaimed mini-series ''Riget'' and ''Riget II'' (aka ''The Kingdom I & II''). He also appeared in von Trier's ''Europa''. He participated in about 20 movies and 40 TV productions: aside from the ''Riget''-series; some of his greatest roles are in the ''Skånska mord''-series, in the 1975 Hasseåtage comedy ''Släpp fångarne loss, det är vår! (Release the Prisoners to Spring)'', in the 1962 cult movie ''Raggargänget'', in ''Kådisbellan'' (aka The Slingshot) in 1993 and as the pompous old drag queen Ragnar Rönn in the teleplay ''Cheek to Cheek'' (written and directed by Jonas Gardell), 1997. Also in 1997 he appeared in CHOCK as the series' host and presented each episode. Usually he would make elaborate philosophical and mystical statements regarding the plot of each episode. For his acting work, he was awarded with the ''Thalia prize'' (1967) and the ''Eugene O'Neill Award'' (1975), two of Sweden's finest and most prestigious theatre awards. Järegård married Karin Nordström (b. 1923) in 1950. They had a son called Johannes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ernst-Hugo Järegård」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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