Joen Steensen Bille (born 11 April 1944 in

Frederiksberg Frederiksberg () is a part of the Capital Region of Denmark. It is an independent municipality, Frederiksberg Municipality, separate from Copenhagen Municipality, but both are a part of the region of Copenhagen. It occupies an area of less tha ...

) is a Danish actor. He is a member of the noble

Bille family Bille may refer to: * Bille (given name) * Bille (surname) *Bille (Elbe), a river in Germany * Billé, a French commune *Bille (noble family) The Bille family (also spelled ''Bilde'') is a Danish noble family. Its members have played a promin ...

, and is also a great-grandson of

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright, poet and actor. Ibsen is considered the world's pre-eminent dramatist of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama." He pioneered ...

and

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson ( , ; 8 December 1832 – 26 April 1910) was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished ...

. He is the son of Irene Ibsen and grandson of Norwegian Prime Minister

Sigurd Ibsen Sigurd Ibsen (23 December 1859 – 14 April 1930) was a Norwegian writer, lawyer and statesman, who served as the prime minister of Norway in Stockholm (1903–1905) and played a central role in the dissolution of the union between Norway an ...

. He is married to art historian

Bente Scavenius Bente Christina Brønnum Scavenius (born 12 December 1944, in Stockholm) is a Danish art historian, art critic and author. She has taught at the University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University, and has written more than 20 books. She has also been ...

and is the father of actress Beate Bille. Joen Bille has been a theatre actor in Denmark since the early 1970s, and has had roles in a number of TV series.

''Villa Ibsen''

In 2014, he published the book ''Villa Ibsen'', which deals with his famous family. The book received mixed reviews, particularly highlighting portraits of the author's grandparents Sigurd and Bergliot Ibsen as interesting. In the depiction of the great-grandparents, Bille adds little new and largely builds on older portrayals and popular perceptions of Ibsen, which have been criticized in recent historical Ibsen scholarship. Thus, the biography conveys myths about Henrik Ibsen's difficult childhood, conflict-ridden relationship with his father or

Knud Ibsen Knud Plesner Ibsen (3 October 1797, in Skien – 24 October 1877, in Skien) was a Norwegian merchant from the city of Skien and the father of the playwright Henrik Ibsen. He is widely considered the model for many central characters in hi ...

as a tyrannical alcoholic, myths that were refuted in Jørgen Haave's book ''Familien Ibsen'' he Ibsen Family(2017). Contrary to Bille's claims, Haave notes that Ibsen had a comfortable childhood, was pampered by his father and was an arrogant child with a strong patrician identity. Jørgen Haave, ''Familien Ibsen'', Museumsforlaget, 2017

Filmography

* '' Mazurka på sengekanten'' as Torben, 1970 * '' Pigen og drømmeslottet'' as Bruno Børgesen, 1974 * '' Blind makker'', 1976 * '' Kassen stemmer'' as Bent, 1976 * '' Carmen og Babyface'', 1995 * '' Kun en pige'', 1995

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* 1944 births Living people Danish male stage actors 20th-century Danish nobility 21st-century Danish nobility 21st-century Danish male actors Ibsen family Danish male television actors Male actors from Frederiksberg Bille family {{Denmark-actor-stub