Tommy Körberg
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| Born | 4 July 1948 (age 61) |
| Origin | Norsjö, Sweden |
Tommy Körberg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈtɔmːʏ ˈɕɶːrˌbærj]) (Norsjö, 4 July 1948) is a Swedish singer, actor, and musician. In 1969, he won Swedish Recording Industry Award Grammis in a category Best Debut Performance. English-speaking audiences know him best for his role in the Benny Andersson–Björn Ulvaeus–Tim Rice musical Chess. He was the first to play the role of "The Russian" on the 1984 concept album Chess, and performed the same role on stage in the 1986 world première West End production in London, for which he was nominated for Laurence Olivier Award in category Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Musical.
He represented Sweden in the 1969 and 1988 Eurovision Song Contests. In the 1990s and 2000s, he took time off from other projects in order to recreate the role in subsequent productions of Chess, including the 1994 tenth anniversary concert and the 2002 Stockholm production, for the latter winning national Swedish theater award Guldmasken in category Best Actor in a Musical.
He has also appeared in the Swedish productions of other musicals, including The Sound of Music and Les Misérables.
Also, he was a supporting actor in the 1984 Swedish fantasy film Ronia the Robber's Daughter, based on the novel by the same name by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren.
Körberg voiced the Beast in the Swedish dub of Beauty and the Beast and also sang the Swedish version of the title song on the soundtrack.
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| Preceded by Lotta Engberg |
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 |
Succeeded by Tommy Nilsson |
| Preceded by Claes Göran Hederström |
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 |
Succeeded by Family Four |
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