Johannes Brost

Johannes Brost
File:Johannes Brost på Guldbaggegalan 2013..jpg Brost in 2013.
Born	Edvard Johannes Brost Forssell (1946-09-25) 25 September 1946 Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1973–present
Parent(s)	Sven Forssell, Gudrun Brost

Edvard Johannes Brost Forssell (born September 25, 1946) is a Swedish actor.

He grew up in the Skåne province in southern Sweden. His mother, actress Gudrun Brost, worked at the Malmö City Theater. He followed in his mother’s footsteps and became a stage actor, working both in Malmö and Stockholm, and later starred in several movies and on TV. He biggest claim to fame in Sweden was the role of Joker, the bartender in the TV soap opera Rederiet, a long running drama show about a shipping company which conducts passenger traffic on the Baltic Sea. Brost has also starred as a villain in two Jönssonligan films. In 1991 he started doing stand-up comedy. Although mostly known as a comedic actor, Brost has been in some more serious dramatic films.

Johannes Brost is sometimes credited as John Frost.

In terms of Johannes Brost's personal life he is a long-time friend with Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones. In 1965, The Rolling Stones had a gig in Malmö and they didn't have any hotel to stay at. Instead they slept in the home of Radio Syd's owner, Britt Wagner. Wagner's daughter was friend with Brost and convinced The Stones to go to the club that Brost was running at the time (West End Club). Jagger and Brost immediately became friends and they still meet every time Stones are on tour and they come to Sweden.

Filmography

Partial filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1981	Beware of the Johnson Gang	Robber
1981	The Fox and the Hound	Swedish voice of Copper
1981	Stjärnhuset	Astro	Tv-series
1982	Gräsänklingar	Robber
1982	Kalabaliken i Bender	Officer
1983	Mickey's Christmas Carol	Swedish voice of Ebenezer Scrooge
1983	Den tragiska historien om Hamlet – prins av Danmark	Gyldenstern	Tv-series
1986	Min pappa är Tarzan	Curt
1986	The Johnson Gang Resurface	The Man with the Iron Arm
1987	Fadern, Sonen och Den Helige Ande...	The Seventh Man
1988	The Visitors	Allan Svensson
1990	Black Jack	Lennart
1992	House of Angels	Fanny's American Friend
1992-2000	Rederiet	Joker	Tv-series
1994	Good Night Irene	Eddie
2000	102 Dalmatians	Swedish voice of Waddlesworth
2009	Bröllopsfotografen	Claes
2011	Avalon	Janne	Won the Guldbagge for best actor
2012	Sean Banan inuti Seanfrika	The Ambassador
2012	Wither	Gunnar
2013	Death of a Pilgrim	Mr. Persson	Tv-series
2013	Lilyhammer	Stanley	Tv-series
2013	Maria Wern: Först när givaren är död	Lennart
2013	Studentfesten	Zacke' Father
2013	Inarticulate Speech of the Heart	Joe
2014	Min så kallade pappa	Frank's dad
2014	Another Time, Another Life	Mr. Persson
2015	Beck: The Family	Rimfors
2015	Jordskott	Koljonen

External links

• Johannes Brost at the Internet Movie Database