1. David Dencik has acted in both Swedish and Danish films, his break-through in Sweden being his role in the mini-series Lasermannen and has then had major roles in English-language films and series including Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Top of the Lake, McMafia, Chernobyl, and the James Bond film No Time to Die.
David Dencik won a Guldbagge Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Perfect Patient.
Karl David Sebastian Dencik was born 31 October 1974 in Stockholm, Sweden, to Swedish parents: Lars Dencik, a social psychologist and Kerstin Allrot, a former film historian and producer.
The family moved to Denmark in 1976, where David Dencik spent his childhood.
In 1999 David Dencik moved to Stockholm to study at the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting, where he graduated in 2003.
David Dencik first performed on stage, including a role in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.
David Dencik's first film appearance was a bartender in the 2003 film Reconstruction by Christoffer Boe.
The whole cast received praise but especially David Dencik's acting was called "uniquely brilliant".
David Dencik portrayed Fred Akerstrom in the 2010 biographical film Cornelis.
David Dencik starred in the gay-themed Brotherhood and the Dimension Films thriller Regression.
In 2019 David Dencik played Mikhail Gorbachev in HBO's miniseries Chernobyl.
David Dencik then portrayed a rogue scientist, Valdo Obruchev, in the James Bond film No Time to Die.