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Quick facts for kids David Dencik
Dencik in 2014
Born	Karl David Sebastian Dencik (1974-10-31) 31 October 1974 (age 50) Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present
Spouse(s)	Sofie Dencik
Children	2

Karl David Sebastian Dencik (born 31 October 1974) is a well-known Swedish-Danish actor. He has starred in many films and TV shows in both Sweden and Denmark. He also has had big roles in English-language movies and series.

Some of his most famous roles include parts in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Chernobyl (2019), and the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021).

David Dencik has won several awards for his acting. He has won the Robert Award twice, once for Best Actor in a Leading Role and once for Best Actor in a Supporting TV Role. He also won a Guldbagge Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Early Life and Learning

David Dencik was born on October 31, 1974, in Stockholm, Sweden. His father, Lars Dencik, was a social psychologist, who studies how people think, feel, and behave in social situations. His mother, Kerstin Allrot, used to study and produce films.

His family moved to Denmark in 1976, and David grew up there. When he was a teenager, he lived in Brazil for a while. There, he discovered capoeira, which is a Brazilian martial art that mixes dance and music. Learning capoeira made him interested in acting and theater.

In 1999, David moved back to Stockholm to study acting. He went to the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting and finished his studies in 2003.

Acting Career

David Dencik started his acting career on stage. One of his first roles was in a play called A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.

His first movie role was in 2003, as a bartender in the film Reconstruction. A big moment for his career in Sweden was his role in the TV mini-series Lasermannen in 2005. Critics praised his acting in the show.

In 2006, he starred in the film A Soap, for which he won the Robert Award for Best Actor. He also appeared in the comedy All About My Bush and the Danish film Daisy Diamond.

David played the musician Fred Åkerström in the 2010 film Cornelis. In 2011, he appeared in two big Hollywood movies: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

He also acted in the film Brotherhood and the thriller Regression. In the 2018 TV series McMafia, David played a Russian character named Uncle Boris Godman. This show was inspired by a book about global crime.

In 2019, David Dencik played Mikhail Gorbachev, a famous political leader, in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl.

He then played a scientist named Valdo Obruchev in the James Bond movie No Time to Die (2021).

In 2024, it was announced that David Dencik would join the cast of a new TV series called The Assassin.

Personal Life

David Dencik is married to Sofie Dencik, who is a lawyer. They live in Copenhagen, Denmark, and have two children.

Selected Film and TV Roles

Dencik in Mission 1325

Films

Television Shows

Awards and Nominations

• 2006: Won the Danish Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for A Soap.
• 2020: Won the Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for The Perfect Patient.
• 2021: Won the Robert Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Television Role for The Chestnut Man.
• He has also been nominated for many other awards, including the Guldbagge Award and the Bodil Award.