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.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, a Film Commissioner for television
networks in Scandinavia.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.
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.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, a Film Commissioner for television
networks in Scandinavia.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.
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