David Dencik
Biography
David Dencik is a Swedish-Danish actor who grew up in Denmark after his family moved there from Stockholm, where he was born in 1974, and who trained at the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting from 1999 to 2003. He began in theater, taking a part in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in Stockholm, and his first film appearance was a bartender in Reconstruction (2003). His breakthrough in Sweden came as the serial killer John Ausonius in the mini-series Lasermannen, and he won a Robert Award for Best Actor for A Soap. He went on to English-language films and television, among them Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Top of the Lake, McMafia, Chernobyl, in which he played Mikhail Gorbachev, and No Time to Die (2021). He won a Guldbagge Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Perfect Patient (2019) and a second Robert Award for The Chestnut Man, and is a seven-time Bodil Award nominee.
51years old
Turns 52 on October 31in 19 days
- Born Stockholm
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Karl David Sebastian Dencik (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 19
- Career span
- 19 years2003 to 2022
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A change of course
David Dencik discovered capoeira while studying in Brazil as a teenager, and the dance element of the Brazilian martial art led him to take an interest in theater.
David Dencik movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Tomas Alfredson directed two of these films. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Tomas Alfredson
Also two films together6 more actors
- Peter AnderssonThe Perfect Patient (2019) and Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation (2012)
- Søren MallingMen & Chicken (2015) and A Royal Affair (2012)
- Bodil JørgensenMen & Chicken (2015) and Serena (2014)
- Sofie GråbølAttachment (2022) and The Day Will Come (2016)
- Jonas KarlssonThe Perfect Patient (2019) and The Snowman (2017)
- Sonja RichterThe Day Will Come (2016) and The Homesman (2014)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What David Dencik's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$957 million
13 of the 19 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 19 films: 13 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 4 figure not found.
- 13Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 4Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$774M80.9% of the total
- 2$82M8.5% of the total
- 3$43M4.5% of the total
- 4$18M1.8% of the total
- 5$15M1.5% of the total
- 6$8.2M0.9% of the total
- 7$5.1M0.5% of the total
- 8$4.8M0.5% of the total
$7.2 millionfrom the other 5 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
Awards
Four awards and honors from 2007 to 2024.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2024 | Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Television Role | Prisoner | Won |
| 2022 | Robert Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Television Role | The Chestnut Man | Won |
| 2008 | Kurt Linders stipendium | Won | |
| 2007 | Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role | En Soap | Won |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.