Cyron Bjørn Melville (born 1 July 1984) is a

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actor and musician.

Early life

Melville was born in

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, Denmark, to Scottish comedian

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and Dane Elizabeth Bjørn Nielsen.

Career

At the age of ten, Melville gained his first lead role as Frederik in ''

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'', a feature drama written and directed by . As child actor he has since appeared in several local movies and TV series such as ', ''Kik'n Rush'' and '' Jul i Valhal''. In Denmark, his fame was cemented after playing Oliver Schandorff in the Emmy-nominated local series '' The Killing''. For his supporting role in Natasha Arthy's '' Fighter'', Melville was nominated at the

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2008 and as Idol of the Year at the Boogie Awards. A year after he won the

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at the

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. In 2009, Melville received an award as Best Actor at the Marrakech International Film Festival and at the

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for his performance in Danish movie '' Love and Rage'' produced by Zentropa. The same role of Daniel earned him multiple nominations at

2010, at the Robert Awards and at the . In 2012 Melville is Enevold Brandt in the historical drama ''

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''. In the same year he starred in music videos ''In Love with the World'' by

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and ''Tomgang'' by

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. Recently he joined the cast of Showtime period drama '' The Borgias'', created by

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and renewed for a third season in 2013. In addition to his career as actor, Melville is a musician. From 2002 to 2006 was a drummer in Danish

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band '.

Personal life

Melville speaks Danish, English, Swedish and German.

Filmography

References

External links

Cyron Melville at www.shooting-stars.eu
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