Nils Asther: Nils Asther. Actor: The Man in Half Moon Street. Nils Asther was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1897 and raised in Malmö, Sweden, by his wealthy Swedish parents. After attending the Royal Dramatic Theater School in Stockholm, he began his stage career in Copenhagen. His film debut came in 1916 when the director Mauritz Stiller cast him in the lead role (as an aspiring actor, appropriately enough) in the Swedish...
Known For: The Man in Half Moon Street (Dr. Julian Karell), The Sea Bat (Carl), Night Monster (Agor Singh), Dream of Love (Prince Maurice de Saxe)