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Jan Rippe
Jan Torbjörn Rippe, born on april 26th 1955 in Lyrestad, is a swedish revue asrtist, singer and comedian. He is famous for being a member of the revue group Galenskaparna & After Shave.

Biography
During his youth Jan Rippe was an active competitive swimmer and raced in many national championships. During his time as a student at Chalmers tekniska högskola Jan was a member of Elektroteknologsektionens tidningsförening Elektra. In Gothenburg Jan met the other members of the Singing group After Shave and took part of Galenskaparna och After Shaves revy Skruven är lös

He became famous nationwide through his role as Roger on the TV-series Macken and he also did the swedish voiceover for the warthog Pumbaa in Disney movie The Lion king. Jan often plays confused and slow characters with low self esteem and never gets anything right. Among his many roles, especially worthy of mention would be liqour fanatic Kenneth Aalborg in En himla många program, TV-producer Viggo Florin in Monopol and Ernst Ivarsson in Stinsen brinner. Some recurring characters are Goja', the peculiar man who constantly tells funny stories with no punhline or point, Jolo with the banlo who we can see in the revues Cyklar, Kabaré Kumlin and Falkes Fondue and the 70's brother Rett Falke in the Falke family from Jul Jul Jul'' with many more worth mentioning.

Jan also worked as viewer ombudsman during SVT's broadcasting of Olympic games 2006 in Turin

Filmography

 * 1986 - Macken (TV-series)
 * 1986 - The Castle Tour
 * 1987 - Leif
 * 1989 - En himla många program
 * 1989 - Hajen som visste för mycket
 * 1990 - Macken – Roy's & Roger's Bilservice
 * 1991 - Stinsen brinner... filmen alltså
 * 1991 - Luigis Paradis
 * 1993 - Tornado
 * 1994 - Lejonkungen (Swedish voice for Pumbaa)
 * 1996 - Monopol
 * 1998 - Åke från Åstol
 * 2000 - Gladpack
 * 2004 - Lejonkungen 3 - Hakuna Matata (Swedish voice for Pumbaa)
 * 2005 - En decemberdröm
 * 2006 - Den enskilde medborgaren

Extern links

 * Jan Rippe IMDb
 * Kulturtuben – Jan Rippe