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Danish-Swedish actor
A.K.A.
Karl David Sebastian Dencik
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Stockholm, Sweden
Age
50 years
Family
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Education
Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting
(1999-2003)
Awards
bourse Kurt Linders
(2008)
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Biography

Karl David Sebastian Dencik (born 31 October 1974) is a Swedish-Danish actor. He has acted in both Swedish and Danish films, and has also had major roles in English-language films including Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, McMafia, Top of the Lake, Chernobyl, and the upcoming James Bond film No Time to Die .

Early life

Dencik was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His family moved to Denmark when he was very young. As a teenager, he spent his youth studying in Brazil, where he discovered Capoeira, the Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance and music. The dance aspect of Capoeira made him take an interest in theatre. He later moved back to Sweden and attended Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts. His wife is a lawyer who works in Copenhagen. He uses Denmark as his base, but since his work takes him to Sweden he also has an apartment in Stockholm. His father is Lars Dencik, Professor of Social Psychology at Roskilde University, born in 1941 of Jewish parents from Slovakia, who escaped the Holocaust by finding refuge in Sweden. His mother was Kerstin Allroth-Dencik.

Career

After having had minor roles in different films, David Dencik became an established actor in Sweden for his role as the killer John Ausonius in the three-part TV mini-series Lasermannen in 2005.

In 2006, he starred in the comedy Everything About My Bush (known as Allt om min buske in Swedish). In 2007, he appeared in the Danish feature film Daisy Diamond directed by Simon Staho.

He portrayed Fred Åkerström in the biographical film Cornelis, starring Hank Von Helvete as Cornelis Vreeswijk. In 2011, he appeared in the Hollywood-adaption of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and played Toby Esterhase in the film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. He also starred in the gay-themed Brotherhood and the Dimension Films thriller Regression. In 2017 he played brothel owner Alexander "Puss" Braun, in Jane Campion's acclaimed Top of the Lake. McMafia (2018) saw Dencik play Russian Boss, Uncle Boris Godman, inspired by the book McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld (2008) by journalist Misha Glenny.

Selected filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003ReconstructionBartender
2007All About My BushHenning
Daisy DiamondJens
2008Not Like OthersTaxi Driver
2009The Girl with the Dragon TattooJanne DahlmanSwedish version
BrotherhoodJimmy
2010Rosa MorenaJakob
2011War HorseGerman Base Camp Officer
Room 304Martin
RebounceMarcel
Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyToby Esterhase
The Girl with the Dragon TattooYoung MorellEnglish version
2012A Royal AffairOve Høegh-Guldberg
All That Matters Is PastRuud
Hamilton: In the Interest of the NationDeputy Prime Minister of Sweden
2013We Are the Best!Klara's father
2014The Absent OneUlrik Dybbøl
SerenaMr. Buchanan
2015RegressionJohn Gray
Men & ChickenGabriel
2016Across the WatersArne Itkin
2017Backstabbing for BeginnersRasnetsov
The SnowmanDr. Idar Vetlesen
2019Waiting for the BarbariansThe Clerk
The Perfect PatientThomas Quick
2020No Time to DieValdo Obruchev

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005LasermannenJohn Ausonius3 episodes
2011–12LykkeProfessor Anders Assing18 episodes
2016The BorgiasCardinal Orsini2 episodes
Follow the MoneySimon Absalonsen10 episodes
2017Top of the Lake: China GirlPuss6 episodes
2018McMafiaBoris Godman2 episodes
2019QuicksandPeder Sander6 episodes
ChernobylMikhail Gorbachev3 episodes
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