Opening in the seductive style of the sixties, »A Funny Man« uncovers the perennial loneliness that comedian Dirch Passer (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) has found himself in after a fast-tracked rise to fame. He struggles between his own desire to gain critical respect and servicing the audience¿s needs. Costing his kindred friendship to on-stage partner Kjeld Petersen (Lars Ranthe) Dirch takes on Steinbeck's classic »Of Mice and Men«, only for the audience to break out in laughter at his first line. Dirch's Lennie becomes a running joke, and so has, Dirch believes, his own life.
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Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Dirch Passer
Julie Zangenberg as Lone Hertz
Lars Ranthe as Kjeld Petersen
Lars Brygmann as Stig Lommer
Annika Aakjær as Daimi
Laura Christensen as Hanne Passer
Morten Kirkskov as Ove Sprogøe
Laura Bro as Sitter Horne-Rasmussen
Martin Buch as Preben Kaas
Malou Reymann as Bente Askjær
Silja Eriksen Jensen as Judy Gringer
Kristian Halken as Lommers assistent
Frederikke Cecilie Bertelsen as Inge
Peter Reichhardt as Klaus Pagh (scenes deleted)
Sarah Grünewald as Vicky
Marie Dietz as
Alberte Elvira Nørregaard as
Uffe Rørbæk Madsen as
Klaus Bondam as Hjertelæge
Jacob Levin-Christensen as
Anna Helligsøe Haahr as
Sasha Sofie Lund as
Hans Henrik Clemensen as Læge
Esben Pretzmann as Charles Tante, høj mand
Tom Jensen as
Signe Lindkvist as Glædespige
Mads Riisom as Stamherren, høj mand
Tom Hale as
Anders Heinrichsen as
Mads Knarreborg as
Simone Lykke as Suffløse
Per Bruun as
Henriette Charma as
Julie Sven Thalund as
Ole Dupont as Professor Welling (uncredited)
Jesper Riefensthal as
Charlotte Amalie Kirkegaard Kehlet as
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