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Rikard Wolff
12+ albums
swedishmale vocalistssinger-songwriterSwedennordic
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Jan Rikard Wolff (8 April 1958 – 17 November 2017) was a Swedish stage and screen actor and singer. His career included both film roles in House of Angels and its two sequels and theatre roles such as in Waiting for Godot at Royal Dramatic Theatre, and A Chorus Line at The Göteborg Opera. He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour for his work with French music. He had also been awarded a Grammis, and received the Swedish Academy's 2017 prize for theatre. Wolff grew up in Gubbängen in Farsta and moved to Karlstad at the age of ten. He started to study acting at Skara skolscen in 1978 and then began his professional career in the theatre group Vågspel in Södertälje. He worked at Teater Aurora from 1980 to 1982, where he played the lead role in Friedrich Schiller's play Don Carlos. He toured with several successful song repertoires performing French chanson, with his inspirations Édith Piaf, Jacques Brel and Barbara. He voiced Scar in the Swedish dub of The Lion King. He also starred in the movie House of Angels, and its two sequels, among other films. Wolff had also done various plays, such as Midsommarnatts Dröm (a Swedish version of A Midsummer Night's Dream), and solo acts such as Chanson Suicide and music tours. His albums included Pojken på månen and Du får mig (om jag får dig). He took part in Melodifestivalen 2013 with the song "En förlorad sommar", written by Tomas Andersson Wij, in a bid to represent Sweden during Eurovision Song Contest. He performed the song o
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Allt du kan önska! Det bästa från: Rikard Wolff
Pojken på månen
Desemberbarn
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The Lion King: Special Edition Original Soundtrack (Swedish Version)
Melodifestivalen 2013
Min Allra Största Kärlek
Den Flygande Holländaren
Stjärnklara Nätter
En förlorad sommar
Big-5 : Rikard Wolff
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Chanson Suicide
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The Lion King: Special Edition Original Soundtrack