{{Short description|Danish actor and writer}} thumb|Stephan Heger '''Stephan Heger''' (17 September 1769 – 8 March 1855) was a Danish actor and writer. He was married to the actress Eline Heger.
==Biography== Heger was born on 7 September 1765, the son of judge and brewer Hans Heger and Anna Louise Drewsen. He was the elder brother of librarian Carl Heger and Kamma Rahbek. He completed his secondary schooling in 1788. He attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and worked as a private tutor before deciding to pursue a career in acting. Heger had his debut at the Royal Danish Theatre on 14 April 1796 as Figaro in Beaumarchais’ ''Figaros Giftermaal''. His last performance took place on 21 April 1817 as Oakly in ''Den skinsyge Kone''.<ref name="DBL">{{cite web|title=Stephan Heger|url=https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/11/0133.html|accessdate=6 January 2018|publisher=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|language=da}}</ref>
In his long retirement Heger published a number of writings on educational and ethical subjects. He was a co-founder of Rysensteen Bath House.<ref name="DBL"/> Heger was married to Eline (Ellen Marie) Schmidt (1774–1842). They lived at the corner of Nytorv and Rådhusstræde at the time of the 1801 census.
==List of roles== Heger made the following appearances at the Royal Danish Theatre:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://danskfilmogteater.dk/jens-stephan-heger/|title=Jens Stephan Heger|language=da|website=danskfilmogteater.dk|access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref> * ''Armod og højmodighed'' as Claus (1796, 1798, 1801, 1802, 1804, 1806, 1807, 1808, 1816) * ''Barselstuen'' as Advokat (1796, 1798, 1799, 1801, 1804, 1805, 1808, 1809, 1810, 1811, 1813) * ''Den pantsatte bondedrenge'' as Raadsherre (1796) * ''Den politiske kandestøber'' as Advokat (1796, 1799) * ''Den stundesløse'' as Leander (1796, 1799) * ''Emilie Galotti'' as Kammertjener hos prinsen (1796, 1799) * ''Figaros giftermaal'' as Figaro (1796) * ''Gamle og nye sæder'' as Louis (1796) * ''Han blander sig i alt'' as Plumper (1796) * ''Jægerne'' as Anton (1796) * ''Kun seks retter'' as Fritz (1796) * ''Kuren'' as Clitander (1796) * ''Rejsen til byen'' as Ernst (1796, 1800) * ''Ringen'' as Feu (1796, 1799) * ''Strelitzerne'' as Soldat (1796) * ''Søofficererne'' as Glitter (1796) * ''Vinhøsten'' as Wenzel (1796) * ''Bagtalelsens skole'' as Sir Benjamin Backbite (1797) * ''De pæne piger'' as Henrik (1797) * ''Den døve elsker'' as Johan, tjener (1797) * ''Den gerrige'' as Simon (1797) * ''Den pantsatte bondedrenge'' as Leander (1797) * ''Den sanseløse'' as Carlin (1797) * ''Embedsiver'' as Jagtjunker (1797, 1802) * ''Fejltagelserne'' as Tony Lumpkin (1797, 1801, 1805) * ''Gert Westphaler'' as Apotekersvend (1797) * ''Hekseri'' as Hans Frandsen (1797) * ''Ja eller nej'' as Hr. Erast (1797) * ''Jacob von Tyboe'' as Jens (1797) * ''Lykkens hjul'' as Sydenham (1797) * ''Myndlingerne'' as Friederich (1797, 1799) * ''Niels Ebbesen af Nørreris'' as Hans Frost (1797) * ''Sammensværgelsen mod Peter den Store'' as Fyrst Serdjukow (1797) * ''Vejen til ødelæggelse'' as Kontorbetjent (1797) * ''Venskab paa prøve'' as Notarius (1797, 1800) * ''Den ellevte Juni'' as Knud (1798) * ''Den skinsyge kone'' as Sir Harry Beagle (1798, 1799, 1804) * ''Fætteren i Lissabon'' as Tjener (1798) * ''Heckingborn'' as Niclas (1798) * ''Pagen'' as Kammertjener (1798) * ''Peters bryllup'' as Bonde (1798) * ''Armod og høimodighed'' as Claus (1799) * ''Den ellevte Juni'' as Henri (1799) * ''Jeppe paa Bjerget'' as Kammertjeneren (1799, 1800, 1802 * ''Købmanden i Smyrna'' as Andre (1799) * ''Tro ingen for vel'' as Ernst (1799) * ''Udstyret'' as Tjener (1799) * ''Det lykkelige skibbrud'' as Henrik (1800) * ''Fætteren i Lissabon'' as Retsbetjent (1800) * ''Landsbyteatret'' as Frank (1800) * ''Serenaden'' as Lars (1800) * ''Skumlerne'' as Prunk (1800) * ''Vejen til ødelæggelse'' as Jacob (1800) * ''Barberen i Sevilla'' as Figaro (1801, 1803, 1808, 1815) * ''De aftakkede officerer'' as von Fannenberg (1801) * ''De to grenaderer'' as Armand (1801) * ''Gert Westphaler'' as Henrik (1801) * ''Gulddaasen'' as Lars (1801) * ''Hvad vil folk sige?'' as Andrew (1801) * ''Ægtefolkene fra landet'' as Johan (1802) * ''De to dage'' as Officer (1803) * ''Den værdige fader'' as Ferdinand (1803) * ''De to dage'' as Skildvagt (1805, 1807) * ''Jeppe paa Bjerget'' as Advokat (1805, 1813) * ''Jacob von Tyboe'' as Magister Stygotius (1806, 1809, 1816) * ''Besøget'' as Overforstmester Arlstein (1809, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1816) * ''Herman von Unna'' as Anklager (1809) * ''Syv tusinde rigsdaler'' as Kaptajn Hennings (1809) * ''Sølvbrylluppet'' as Dalmer, forpagter (1809) * ''Axel og Valborg'' as Vilhelm (1810, 1813, 1814, 1815) *''Den skinsyge kone'' as Oakley (1810, 1817) * ''Embedsiver'' as Justitsraad Listar (1810) *''Emilie Galotti'' as Grev Appiani (1810, 1815) * ''Fætteren i Lissabon'' as Albert (1810) * ''Jeppe paa Bjerget'' as Advokat (1810) * ''Spøgelset med trommen'' as Baron (1810) * ''Indianerne i England'' as Kaberdar (1811) * ''Kvindelist'' as Destival (1811) * ''Myndlingerne'' as Købmand Drave (1811) * ''Octavia'' as Ventidius (1811) * ''Rejsen til byen'' as Hr. Traut (1811) * ''Falsk undseelse'' as Justitsraad Heldmand (1812) * ''Niels Ebbesen af Nørreris Marqvard'' as Brokdorp (1812) * ''De to brødre'' as Doktor Sommer (1813) * ''Hamlet'' as Hotario (1813) * ''Hjemkomsten'' as Foged (1813) * ''Kun seks retter'' as Hofraad Reinhard (1813) * ''Ærlighed varer længst'' as Henrik (1813) * ''Pigen fra Marienborg'' as Alexander Menzikoff (1814) * ''Ringen'' as Kaptajn von Selting (1815) * ''Kong Lear'' as Albanien (1816)
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