S�ren Pilmark is a Danish actor. With Natasja Crone Back, he is notable for hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 in a seemingly endless string of rhyming couplets. His best-known works internationally are the film Blinkende Lygter, directed by Anders Thomas Jensen, and the mini-series Riget, directed by Lars von Trier. He has also written and starred in comedy productions; firstly in the "Pallesen-Pilmark Show" in 1984, and then in the "�rkenens s�nner" series. He has also dubbed Rocky in Chicken Run and O'Malley in The Aristocats in Danish. He was nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best Short Film" in 2007 for the film "Helmer og s�n". Currently he is starring as Bahnsen in commercials for DSB together with Harry, a purple puppet with red hair. 

October 16th, 1955 in Copenhagen (Age 69)