David Dencik

David Dencik

1974-10-31 Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden 66 Credits

Biography

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 and series including Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Top of the Lake (2017), McMafia (2018), Chernobyl (2019), and the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021). Dencik is a two-time Robert Award winner, for Best Actor in a Leading Role for A Soap (2006) and Robert Award for Best ...

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Beginnings

Beginnings

2025

as Thomas

Acting

Ane and Thomas are in the middle of a divorce - when Ane suddenly suffers a stroke. They decide to stay together until Ane gets back on her feet, but ...

Vem fan är Hugo Alfvén?

Vem fan är Hugo Alfvén?

2025

as Dirigent

Acting

The conductor starts a symphony by the Swedish composer Hugo Alfvén in front of a sea of ​​graying heads. But playing to an aging crowd is proving to ...

Don't Be Afraid

Don't Be Afraid

2024

as Magnus Rentorp

Acting

A tormented photographer makes a comeback with freshly taken photos at the very location where his son once disappeared. During the exhibition, visito...

Token

Token

2024

Acting
Together 99

Together 99

2023

as Peter Steen

5.9
Acting

A group of very different individuals who in 1975 lived in a commune called "Together". Now it is 1999, and the collective has turned into the world's...

The Kiss

The Kiss

2022

as Dr. Faber

6.6
Acting

A romantic drama set in Denmark in 1913, the story follows Anton, a noble and conscientious young man whose top priority is to complete his training a...

Attachment

Attachment

2022

as Lev

5.9
Acting

Maja, a Danish actress past her prime, falls in love with Leah, a young Jewish academic from London. Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, and Maja retur...

Diorama

Diorama

2022

as Björn

5.5
Acting

As miscommunication and temptations abound, a couple's once-passionate marriage slowly unravels, narrated through humorous dioramas.

Black Crab

Black Crab

2022

as Colonel Raad

6.2
Acting

To end an apocalyptic war and save her daughter, a reluctant soldier embarks on a desperate mission to cross a frozen sea carrying a top-secret cargo.

Designing Bond

2021

as Self

Acting

Production designer Mark Tildesley and costume designer Suttirat Anne Larlarb, along with cast and other filmmakers, discuss the inspiration, challeng...

No Time to Die

No Time to Die

2021

as Valdo Obruchev

7.4
Acting

Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns ...

Being James Bond

Being James Bond

2021

as Self (archive footage)

7.7
Acting

Daniel Craig candidly reflects on his 15 year adventure as James Bond. Including never-before-seen archival footage from Casino Royale to the upcoming...

The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

2019

as Lars

6.4
Acting

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, t...

The Perfect Patient

The Perfect Patient

2019

as Thomas Quick

6.4
Acting

A true and captivating story about the biggest legal scandal in Swedish history, the story about the reporter who questioned an entire legal system. H...

Waiting for the Barbarians

Waiting for the Barbarians

2019

as The Clerk

5.9
Acting

At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals a...

The Snowman

The Snowman

2017

as Vetlesen

5.2
Acting

Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.

Across the Waters

Across the Waters

2016

as Arne Itkin

7.0
Acting

Fuglene Over Sundet is the gripping tale of the Danish Jews' escape to Sweden in October 1943.

The Day Will Come

The Day Will Come

2016

as Inspektør Hartmann

7.6
Acting

Set in the blooming 1960s, the film centres on two young brothers who are instantly robbed of their lives when they are placed in a boy's home forgott...

Satisfaction 1720

Satisfaction 1720

2016

as Dr. Mabuse

6.1
Acting

Set in the year 1720, the story is about what happens to 29-year-old Tordenskiold when the Great Northern War ends and he doesn't know what to do with...

Regression

Regression

2015

as John Gray

5.6
Acting

Minnesota, 1990. Detective Bruce Kenner investigates the case of young Angela, who accuses her father, John Gray, of an unspeakable crime. When John u...

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

2015

as Ab Doderer

6.0
Acting

The true story of the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, the grandson of the founder of the Heineken brewery, and his driver. They were released after a r...

Men & Chicken

Men & Chicken

2015

as Gabriel

6.6
Acting

Men & Chicken is a black comedy about two outcast brothers who, by getting to know their unknown family, discover a horrible truth about themselves an...

Gentlemen

Gentlemen

2014

as Henry Morgan

6.4
Acting

Beaten up, bruised, and scared, a young writer hides in a Stockholm apartment, writing the story of its disappeared inhabitants: the flamboyant and ch...

Serena

Serena

2014

as Buchanan

5.6
Acting

North Carolina mountains at the end of the 1920s – George and Serena Pemberton, love-struck newly-weds, begin to build a timber empire. Serena soon pr...

The Absent One

The Absent One

2014

as Ulrik Dybbøl

7.0
Acting

Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a loca...

Speed Walking

Speed Walking

2014

as Pelli

6.7
Acting

In a quirky, small town, situated in the outskirts of everything, 14-year-old Martin is getting ready for one of the most formal transitions from boy ...

The Homesman

The Homesman

2014

as Thor Svendsen

6.5
Acting

When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, indepen...

Stockholm Stories

Stockholm Stories

2013

as Coletho

6.5
Acting

The lives of five seemingly unrelated lost souls intertwine in Sweden’s chilly capital in this delicate and wryly funny ensemble film. A precocious ye...

Hotel

Hotel

2013

as Rikard

6.0
Acting

Erika is mentally bruised and starts group therapy with people seeking absolute anonymity.

We Are the Best!

We Are the Best!

2013

as Klara's Father

7.0
Acting

Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band—despite not having any instruments, and being told by everyone that punk is dead.

Odjuret

Odjuret

2012

as Åklagaren

3.0
Acting

A man takes law into his own hands after the search for his daughter's murderer and rapist fails and instead the police go after him.

Call Girl

Call Girl

2012

as Aspen Thorin

6.3
Acting

Stockholm, late 1970s. Within a stone’s throw of government buildings and juvenile homes lies the seductive world of sex clubs, discotheques and priva...

All That Matters Is Past

All That Matters Is Past

2012

as Ruud

5.7
Acting

Reunited after years apart, childhood sweethearts William and Janne are forced to confront the dark secrets of their past-and the menacing presence of...

A Royal Affair

A Royal Affair

2012

as Ove Høegh-Guldberg

7.4
Acting

A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.

Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation

Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation

2012

as Tomas Tideman

6.1
Acting

Carl Hamilton manages to infiltrate an international gang that has stolen advanced Swedish GPS-guided missiles. But the league is subjected to a sudde...

Hinsehäxan

Hinsehäxan

2012

as The King

7.0
Acting

About Lillemor Östlin in the 60s and 70s. Her downfall from the glamorous Stockholm nightlife to drug addiction, crime and prostitution.

War Horse

War Horse

2011

as Base Camp Officer

7.3
Acting

On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey beg...

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2011

as Young Gustaf Morell

7.4
Acting

Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tatto...

Room 304

Room 304

2011

6.4
Acting

In a Copenhagen hotel, disparate lives intersect through accident or fate: A stewardess desperate for intimacy. An immigrant obsessed with revenge. A ...

Happy End

Happy End

2011

as Richard

5.4
Acting

They are people who have important significance for each other, but are not honest with each other. They live in a shadow world of lies and half truth...

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

2011

as Toby Esterhase

6.6
Acting

In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleague...

Rosa Morena

Rosa Morena

2011

as Jacob

5.4
Acting

Thomas, a Danish gay man, is unable to adopt in his home country. He visits a friend in Brazil to explore the possibility of bringing home a child. Ev...

Rebounce

Rebounce

2011

as Marcel

4.6
Acting

REBOUNCE is a colorful, tough and powerful film featuring Frederikke Dahl Hansen in the leading role. She plays opposite Anne Sofie Espersen and Dar S...

Cornelis

Cornelis

2010

as Fred Åkerström

6.1
Acting

”Cornelis” is the unique chronicle about one of Sweden’s greatest music legends - Cornelis Vreeswijk. An honest and gripping account of an exceptional...

Miss Remarkable & her Career

Miss Remarkable & her Career

2010

as Boyfriend (voice)

5.0
Acting

Miss Remarkable's struggle with her own demons, crushing parental expectations and a career meltdown.

Wallander: The Collector

Wallander: The Collector

2010

as Leo

4.9
Acting

A young woman is killed and robbed in her apartment. The trail leads to her indebted ex-boyfriend, a bouncer. In the investigation, the police officer...

Brotherhood

Brotherhood

2009

as Jimmy

7.0
Acting

Former Danish servicemen Lars and Jimmy are thrown together while training in a neo-Nazi group. Moving from hostility through grudging admiration to f...

Original

Original

2009

as Jon

7.0
Acting

Henry has been acting the human chameleon all his life - a pale reflection of other people's expectations. One day Henry's best friend Jon talks him i...

Love and Rage

Love and Rage

2009

as Christian A. Madsen

6.3
Acting

Daniel is a very talented piano student and loves Sofie, but he is terrified by the thought of losing her and accuses her of seeing another man. Every...

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2009

as Janne Dahlman

7.5
Acting

Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a mi...

Boy Meets Girl

2008

as Kasper Schmidt

Acting

A writer pitches a film to a producer.

Not Like Others

Not Like Others

2008

as Taxidriver

3.0
Acting

Vera and Vanja, two vampire sisters, are forced to run for their lives, when Vera kills the leader of a biker-gang in a night club. While escaping fro...

The Candidate

The Candidate

2008

as Michael

5.4
Acting

Jonas Bechmann, a defense attorney, is a man of the system. Until the day he himself is accused of murder. Taking matters into his own hands, he throw...

The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1

The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1

2007

as Zelko

4.5
Acting

Erik Nietzsche is an intelligent but in many ways inexperienced shy young man who is convinced that he wants to be a film director. In the late 1970s,...

Daisy Diamond

Daisy Diamond

2007

as Jens

5.7
Acting

A tragic story about Anna who dreams of one thing only: making it as an actress. She moves from Sweden to Copenhagen to pursue her dream. But fate has...

Lögnens pris

Lögnens pris

2007

as Josef

1.0
Acting

Helena lives with her husband and children but secretly has a lover. She has decided to end the relationship, but her last meeting with her lover come...

Outside Love

Outside Love

2007

as Shmuli

Acting

Shmuli is alone with his 5 years old son and lives with his parents. He works as security guard to make money to fulfill his dream of moving to USA. H...

All About My Bush

All About My Bush

2007

as Henning

3.6
Acting

All About My Bush is a romantic comedy set in a garden environment, about unexpected love affairs and abysmal jealousy. The beautiful and wealthy coup...

Emmalou

2006

as Eric

Acting

Emmalou works as a waitress on a cruise ship filled with lonely people. She mourns the loss of her boyfriend who died in an accident the previous year...

Istedgade

2006

Acting

Istedgade is told in four stories that take place on the same day in or around Istedgade in Copenhagen and together form a lyrical portrait of the cit...

A Soap

A Soap

2006

as Veronica

5.2
Acting

32-year-old Charlotte could have it all, but she doesn't want any of it. When she moves away from her boyfriend, she happens to become the upstairs ne...

Bare Holger

2005

as Holger

3.0
Acting
The Babylon Syndrome

The Babylon Syndrome

2004

as Stefan

5.1
Acting

When Maja's boyfriend travels to India for a couple of months, she is left with no place to stay. She begins lodging with Mattias, a young unemployed ...

Reconstruction

Reconstruction

2003

as Bartender

6.7
Acting

Late one evening Alex suddenly abandons his girlfriend, Simone, to pursue the beautiful Aimee. In his encounter with Aimee time and place dissolve for...

En midsommarnattsmardröm

En midsommarnattsmardröm

N/A

as Håkan

Acting

A dark and funny celebration of midsummer where a bunch of old friends get together.

Idioten

N/A

as Furst Mysjkin/Idioten

8.0
Acting