Dubois grew up in
Solna,
Stockholm. He wasn't very interested in education and liked sports more. He was very talented in
ice hockey and
tennis. He also was a prankster in school, which made him go to a special class. There, he was bullied for being thin. Dubois never continued his studies and took some odd jobs. With the money he made, he went to the United States. At the time,
bodybuilding was very popular and Dubois trained at the same gym as
Arnold Schwarzenegger, gaining a lot of muscles. When he went back home to Sweden, he wanted to pursue a career as a comedian. He entered an
air guitar contest in which he got the third place. Later, he performed a couple of times at the restaurant
Berns. He then went famous and performed at the rock club Alexandra. His performance was very successful and he continued to perform there once a week in one year. It was during this time, 1988, that he got the idea of the character "Svullo". Later in the same year, he met
Hans Crispin. Together they formed the comedic duo "Angne och Svullo". The odd characters became favorites in Sweden, and later they made a movie. Later in his career, Dubois made some more movies, for example the cult film
Svullo Grisar Vidare. In 1990, he recorded the famous song "För fet för ett Fuck" (
Too Fat for a Fuck) with rock band
Electric Boys. The song was a huge hit, and climbed to the top of the Swedish charts in 1990. After recording more albums including
För fet för ett omslag (
Too fat for a cover), he started a tour with Griståget (
The Pig Train), in which
Eddie Meduza performed. During the early 1990s, Dubois created a journalist character named Skägget (
The Beard) who wore a fake
goatee and made a series of home interviews named
Hemma Hos (
At Home) with Swedish celebrities, including
Claes "Clabbe" af Geijerstam,
Anna Lindh and
Alice Timander. In the late 1990s, Dubois starred in some TV productions, for example "Knäppa Klipp" (
Crazy Clips) and "
Robot Wars". He also directed a theatre play called "Hur man lyckas i showbusiness utan att bli utbränd" (
How to succeed in show business without getting burned out). In 2005, he committed suicide by hanging himself in his cellar. He is survived by his wife Gitte Nilsson and their three children. == After death ==