Birthday of David Dencik who plays Valdo in No Time To Die
By: Anders Frejdh
Published:
2020-10-31
A birthday celebration of the award-winning and much loved Swedish-Danish actor David Dencik who divides his time between Stockholm and Copenhagen since many years. No Time To Die (2021) is David's first James Bond film.
With this special page,
From Sweden with Love would like to celebrate
David Dencik on his birthday.
“Dear David, happy birthday and keep up the great work.”
About David Dencik
David Dencik (born in Stockholm on October 31, 1974) is an award-winning actor.
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 Sofie is a lawyer who works in Copenhagen. He uses Denmark as his base, but since his work takes him to Sweden they also have an apartment in Stockholm.
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 opposite
Ola Rapace. 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 Hell as Cornelis Vreeswijk. In 2011, he appeared in the Hollywood-adaption of
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo starring
Daniel Craig and played Toby Esterhase in the film
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2010) directed by
Tomas Alfredsson. He also starred in the gay-themed
Brotherhood (2009) and the Dimension Films thriller
Regression (2015) opposite
Ethan Hawke.
In 2017 he played brothel owner Alexander "Puss" Braun, in Jane Campion's acclaimed tv series
Top of the Lake.
Last year's
McMafia saw Dencik play Russian Boss, Uncle Boris Godman, inspired by the book
McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld (2008) written by journalist Misha Glenny.
For more information about David Dencik, check out his IMDB profile.
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