Biography
Troels Lyby is a Danish actor. He was born on 15 October 1966 in Solbjerg, Denmark, and trained at the acting school at Odense Theatre from 1990 to 1994.
He appeared as Henrik in Lars von Trier's The Idiots (1998). His breakthrough came with the role of Jørgen in Hella Joof's Shake It All About (2001). He has since appeared in films including Accused (2005), The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013) and What We Become (2015), and in the television series The Killing (2007) as Erik Salin.
Lyby won the Robert Award for best supporting actor in 2002 for Shake It All About and the Robert Award for best actor in 2006 for Accused. He has also worked extensively in theatre.
