Heinz Hopf (actor)

This article is about the Swedish actor. For the German mathematician, see Heinz Hopf.
Heinz Hopf
Hopf performing on stage in 1963
Born
Heinz Willy Gustav Hopf

(1934-11-11)11 November 1934
Stockholm, Sweden
Died23 January 2001(2001-01-23) (aged 66)
Åkersberga, Sweden
OccupationActor
Years active1956-2001

Heinz Willy Gustav Hopf (11 November 1934 – 23 January 2001) was a Swedish actor.

He was born in Stockholm but moved to Lund where he studied at Lund University. He later became a regular actor at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. Internationally, he is best known for playing the pimp in Thriller – A Cruel Picture (1974).

Heinz Hopf died from laryngeal cancer in 2001.[1]

  1. ^ Daniel Ekeroth: SWEDISH SENSATIONSFILMS: A Clandestine History of Sex, Thrillers, and Kicker Cinema, (Bazillion Points, 2011) ISBN 978-0-9796163-6-5.