14 Facts About Claes Bang

Claes Bang is best known for playing the leading role of Christian in Ruben Ostlund's 2017 film The Square, which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and for the role of Fjolnir in Robert Eggers's 2022 film The Northman.

Claes Bang was born in Odense on the Danish island of Funen.

Claes Bang was unsuccessful but applied again the next year and was accepted five days before his 25th birthday.

Claes Bang attended the school in 1992 and graduated with a diploma in 1996.

Claes Bang has worked mainly on stage and television in Denmark.

Claes Bang has performed the monologue almost 400 times, including an English language version in Denmark, Sweden, the UK, Germany, and South Africa.

Claes Bang starred in numerous Danish television series and films early in his career.

Claes Bang played the leading role of the art museum curator Christian in Ruben Ostlund's 2017 film The Square, which won the Palme d'Or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.

Claes Bang won the European Film Award for Best Actor, being the first Dane to do so.

In November 2018, Claes Bang was cast to play Count Dracula in the BBC mini-series Dracula, created by the film-makers involved in Sherlock.

Claes Bang started composing music for fun with a recording studio on his computer in 2002.

Claes Bang chose the alias This Is Not America to circumvent DR's policy of not broadcasting tracks by actors, and to prevent his acting career from influencing how people perceive his music.

Two of Claes Bang's co-stars have featured on some This Is Not America tracks.

Claes Bang is stepfather to Lis' two children, Sarah and Bella.