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My Take
David Dencik is one of those actors I keep spotting in the corner of big international productions, and once you notice him you cannot unsee him. Born in Stockholm and working across both Swedish and Danish cinema, he broke through at home in Lasermannen before slipping into English-language heavyweights like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The Robert Awards he collected in 2007, 2022 and 2024 confirm what I suspect watching him: he is a quiet chameleon who keeps getting better with age. I find that kind of unflashy, decade-spanning consistency far more impressive than overnight fame.
Overview
Karl David Sebastian Dencik (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈdentʂiːk]; born 31 October 1974) is a Swedish-Danish actor. He 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 (2011), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Top of the Lake (2017), McMafia (201…
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- David Dencik
- Name (Japanese)
- ダーヴィッド・デンシック
- Reading
- だーゔぃっど・でんしっく
- Born
- October 31, 1974 (age 51)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Tiger
- Origin
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2008 Kurt Linders stipendium
- 2007 Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
- 2022 Robert Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Television Role
- 2024 Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Television Role
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Voice actor — see all → · More people from Sweden →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.