Allan Hyde

Allan Hyde (born 20 December 1989) is a Danish actor.[1] He is best known for his role as the 2000-year-old vampire Godric on HBO's True Blood. He has performed in multiple Danish films and television series. Hyde and his wife Marie welcomed their son Walter into the world on 19 December 2019. 21 minutes before his 30th birthday.

Allan Hyde
Born (1989-12-20) 20 December 1989
Copenhagen, Denmark
OccupationActor, singer, writer, director, editor
Years active2002–present
Spouse(s)Marie Hvidt Hyde

Early life

Hyde was born and raised in Denmark to a Danish mother and English father from London. He started acting as a "fairytale-child" student in the Danish theater school, Eventyrteatret. Hyde starred in bigger theater productions, starting in 2002 with the musical,"Les Misérables". Hyde recently starred in the Danish theater version of Grease as 'Kenickie' in 2014.

Career

Hyde began his acting career in Danish television in 2008 that started with roles in "2900 Happiness"and "Album". In the same year he did the short films, Implosion and En Forelskelse (The Awakening). In 2009, his big break came when he was cast in the HBO series True Blood as Godric, a very powerful vampire. His character appears in four episodes in the second season. The character proved to be popular with viewers and with creator Alan Ball that Hyde returned as Godric for Season 3, Season 4, and Season 5 appearing in flashbacks and as visions to Eric and his sister Nora Gainesborough.

Hyde is also a singer. He sang on one track of the Danish version of the soundtrack Camp Rock. Hyde also sings the love song in the film "Far Til Fire" (Du Ved Det Godt). Hyde will also provide a new song for the new "Far Til Fire" film that comes out the Autumn of 2015. He provided the voice dubbing for Ron Weasley in all the Danish releases of the Harry Potter films. He is the voice of many cartoon characters on Danish television and dubs voices many characters in American films in Danish. Hyde currently lives in Denmark after his character, Godric, was killed off on True Blood in 2012.

GourmetFilm

Hyde started a production company in 2008 called Gourmet Film with his good friend Aske Bang. Under Gourmet Film, the web comedy series Alla Salute! premiered on 11 April 2011, and with English subtitles on 13 April 2011. At Gourmet Film, they are dedicated to unite Gourmet and Films by creating small and sophisticated films while drinking fine wines and eating extravagant meals, as explained by Hyde. To date, they have made several films and New Year videos on the GourmetFilm YouTube channel.

Select filmography

Television
  • 2900 Happiness (2008) ... Max
  • Album (2008) ... Martin
  • True Blood (2009–12) ... Godric
  • Lærkevej (4 episodes, 2010) ... Jonas
  • Den som dræber (2011) ... Andreas
  • Kødkataloget (2013-) ... Jonas
  • Limbo (2013) ...Vikar
  • Heartless (2013-) ... Pieter
  • Dicte II (2 episodes, 2014) ... Simon Østergaard
  • Juleønsket (2015) ... Michael
  • Silas (2015) ... Anton

Movies
  • Implosion (2008) ... Thomas
  • En Forelskelse (Awakening) (2008) Written and directed by Christian Tafdrup ... Carsten
  • Sidste Kys (Last Kiss) [Short Film] (2009) ... Søren Grinderslev Hansen
  • Franky, Frankly (2010) ... Madison
  • Exteriors (2010) ... Allan
  • You & Me Forever (2012) ... Tobias
  • Miraklet (The Miracle) (2012) ... Young Jakob
  • Marionette (2012) ... Policeman
  • Mommy (2013) ... Lucas
  • Far Til Fire - Onkel Sofus Vender Tilbage (2014) ... Peter
  • Kolbøttefabrikken (2014) ... Frank
  • Danny's Dommedag (2014) ... Fisker
  • Mig Og Kærligheden (2014)... Kevin
  • Hundeliv (2015) ... William
  • Dryads (2015) ... Thomas
  • The Shamer's Daughter (2015) ... Davin
  • Far Til Fire - Vilde Ferie (2015) ... Peter
  • Sommeren '92 (2015) ... Flemming Povlsen
  • TYRON (2015)
  • Askeladden - I Dovregubbens Hall (The Ash Lad - In the Hall of the Mountain King) (2017) ... Prince Frederik

GourmetFilm
  • Dværgen og Luderen (2008)
  • The Friendly (2010)
  • ALLA SALUTE (2010) ... Patrik
  • Stupid Clown (2011)
  • Trail Of Broken Hearts (2012) ... Kevin
  • Fly on the Wings of Love (2013)

Theatre
  • Les Misérables (2002) ... Gavroche
  • Sound Of Music (2004) ... Friedrich
  • Ugly Duckling (2005) ... Lead Role- Ugly Duckling
  • Peters Christmas (2005–2006) ... Rasmus
  • Uncle Danny (2006) ... Dan
  • Grease (2014) ... Kenickie

Dubbing
  • 'The Danish version of "Camp Rock" (2008)
  • All Harry Potter movies - Danish voice of Ron Weasley
  • Danish version of "Ginga Densetsu Weed" (2008) ... Weed
  • Det Ukendtes Skov - Wirt

Teen Beach Movie - Danish voice of Tanner

Scriptwriter-SUPER16
  • 'B' (2014)
  • 'Jeanne d'Arc' (2015)

References
  1. Profile: Allan Hyde, imdb.com; accessed 16 August 2016.
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