Anton Glanzelius (born 11 April 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Swedish actor widely known for My Life as a Dog (1985), for which he won the Best Actor at the 21st Guldbagge Awards. As of 2014, Glanzelius worked as an executive producer at Swedish TV4 AB. On March 26, 2015, Glanzelius became the new channel manager for TV4 Play. At the same time, he retained his role as deputy channel director for TV4 Group. Early life Glanzelius was born in Copenhagen to father Ingmar Glanzelius (1927-2021), a journalist and a freelance music critic, and mother Margita Ahlin, an actress and a director. Glanzelius has an older brother, Jacob. His maternal grandfather was actor Harry Ahlin. He grew up in Gothenburg, Sweden. Glanzelius is of Danish descent from his father's side. Acting career Glanzelius's first role was in a television movie at age eight, as a messenger in a theatrical production of Antigone that starred his mother, and appeared four times on a Swedish television series. My Life as a Dog and recognition 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 young actors. At first, Glanzelius was told that he was too young and too small for the part, but received another call a week later. "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." Filming challenges included Glanzelius having to spill a glass of milk on his face in one scene, which took 26 takes to film, as well as having to lose in a boxing match with an older tomboy character in another scene. Film director Hallström described Glanzelius, who was 11 at the time of filming, as "very intuitive. It was like working with an adult." Glanzelius later noted, "I just play(ed) myself." In 1985, Glanzelius became the youngest person to win the Swedish Film Critics Award for Best Actor, Sweden's equivalent to the Oscar for the same category, for his role in My Life as a Dog. My Life as Dog was a surprise hit in the United States,