Anton Glanzelius

Anton Glanzelius (born 11 April 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Swedish actor mainly known for My Life as a Dog (1985). For his role in My Life as a Dog he won the award for Best Actor at the 21st Guldbagge Awards.

As of 2014, Glanzelius currently works as an executive producer at Swedish TV4 AB. On March 26, 2015, Glanzelius was announced the new channel manager for TV4 Play. At the same time, he will retain his role as deputy channel director for TV4 Group.

Glanzelius was born in Copenhagen to father Ingmar Glanzelius, a journalist and a freelance music critic, and mother Margita Ahlin, an actress and a director. Glanzelius also has an older brother, Jacob. His maternal grandfather was fellow actor Harry Ahlin. He grew up in Gothenburg, Sweden. Glanzelius is of Danish descent from his father's side.

At the age of eight, Glanzelius got his first role in a television movie, appeared as a messenger in a theatrical production of Antigone that starred his mother, and appeared four times on a Swedish television series.

Film director Lasse Hallström discovered Glanzelius from the television series and asked him to try out for the lead role of Ingemar of the film, My Life as a Dog, along with about 1,000 other boys. At first, Glanzelius was told that he was too young and too small for the part. One week later, however, he received another call. "They said they couldn't find anyone better to do it than me," Glanzelius says. "I thought it would be fun and exciting. And it was. But we worked from morning to the night for 80 days. It was very hard. I was happy to get even a 5-minute break."

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