21 Notable alumni of
Danish National School of Performing Arts
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The Danish National School of Performing Arts is 854th in the world, 299th in Europe, and 4th in Denmark by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 21 notable alumni from the Danish National School of Performing Arts sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
- Enrolled in the Danish National School of Performing Arts
- Studied in 1989-1993
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm actorfilm producerplaywrightscreenwriter
- Biography
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Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau is a Danish actor and producer. He graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 1993, and had his breakthrough role in Denmark with the film Nightwatch (1994). He played Jaime Lannister in the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
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Lars Mikkelsen
- Occupations
- film actormime artisttelevision actorstreet artistjuggler
- Biography
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Lars Dittmann Mikkelsen is a Danish actor. He is best known for his roles as Copenhagen mayoral election candidate Troels Hartmann in the Danish police procedural The Killing, the character Charles Augustus Magnussen in the third series of the BBC programme Sherlock, fictional Russian president Viktor Petrov in the American political thriller TV series House of Cards, the mage Stregobor on the Netflix series The Witcher, and Grand Admiral Thrawn in Star Wars Rebels and Ahsoka. In 2011, he won the Reumert Prize of Honour for his contributions to Danish theatre.
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Pilou Asbæk
- Occupations
- television actorvoice actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Johan Philip "Pilou" Asbæk is a Danish actor, best known for his role as troubled spin doctor Kasper Juul in the Danish television political drama Borgen, and as Euron Greyjoy in the television series Game of Thrones.
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Kim Bodnia
- Occupations
- television actorstage actorscreenwriterfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Kim Bodnia is a Danish actor. He became widely known for his role as police detective Martin Rohde in the Scandinavian crime drama series The Bridge. He became internationally known for his lead role as drug dealer Frank in Nicolas Winding Refn's 1996 directorial debut Pusher. Today he is best known as Konstantin in Phoebe Waller-Bridge's 2018 BBC America spy thriller TV series Killing Eve.
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Claes Bang
- Enrolled in the Danish National School of Performing Arts
- In 1996 graduated with actor
- Occupations
- television actorstage actorfilm actoractorvoice actor
- Biography
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Claes Kasper Bang is a Danish actor and musician. He is best known for playing the leading role of Christian in Ruben Östlund's 2017 film The Square, which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and for the role of Fjölnir in Robert Eggers's 2022 film The Northman. In 2019, he played the role of Sasha Mann for the final season of The Affair, and he rose to further international recognition by starring as Count Dracula in the BBC/Netflix series Dracula (2020). For his role in The Square, he became the first Dane to win the European Film Award for Best Actor. Bang has also developed a music career under the moniker of This Is Not America.
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Birgitte Hjort Sørensen
- Occupations
- stage actorvoice actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Birgitte Hjort Sørensen is a Danish actress. She has been nominated for three Robert Awards and one Bodil Award. Born in Hillerød and raised in Birkerød, Sørensen aspired to an acting career after watching the West End production of the musical Chicago while at school. She graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts. Her acting debut was in a minor role in the television series The Eagle in 2005. She followed this by playing Roxie Hart in a Copenhagen production of Chicago, and later on the West End. Sørensen's breakthrough role was as journalist Katrine Fønsmark in the television political drama Borgen (2010–2013, 2022).
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Ulrich Thomsen
- Occupations
- film actorfilm producerscreenwriterdirectoractor
- Biography
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Ulrich Thomsen is a Danish actor and filmmaker, known for his role of Christian in the 1998 film The Celebration and for the role of Kai Proctor in the Cinemax original series Banshee (2013–2016).
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Trine Dyrholm
- Occupations
- voice actorsongwriteractorsinger
- Biography
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Trine Dyrholm is a Danish actress, singer and songwriter. Dyrholm received national recognition when she placed third in the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix as a 14-year-old singer. Four years later, she again achieved national recognition when she won the Bodil Award for Best Actress in her debut film: the teenage romance Springflod. Dyrholm has won the Bodil Award for Best Actress five times and a Bodil award for Best Supporting Actress twice as well as six Robert Awards in her acting career.
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Mikkel Følsgaard
- Occupations
- film actorvoice actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Mikkel Boe Følsgaard is a Danish actor. In 2012 he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival for his portrayal of King Christian VII in A Royal Affair, his feature film debut, while still studying at the Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance.
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Danica Curcic
- Occupations
- stage actorvoice actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Danica Curcic is a Serbian-Danish actress.
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Jakob Cedergren
- Occupations
- film actorstage actor
- Biography
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Jakob Cedergren is a Swedish-born Danish actor. He has appeared in more than 40 films and television shows since 1998. He starred in the film Dark Horse, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
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Nicolas Bro
- Occupations
- actorvoice actor
- Biography
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Nicolas Bro is a Danish actor born in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Anette Støvelbæk
- Occupations
- actorvoice actor
- Biography
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Anette Støvelbæk is a Danish actress. She was born in Copenhagen and is married to actor Lars Mikkelsen.
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Esben Smed
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorvoice actor
- Biography
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Esben Smed is a Danish actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Sommeren '92 (2015), A Fortunate Man (2018), and Daniel (2019), as well as the television series Follow the Money (2016–2019).
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Dejan Čukić
- Occupations
- television actorscreenwriterfilm actoractorvoice actor
- Biography
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Dejan Čukić is a Serbian-Danish actor. He appeared in the Wallander TV film series as Lars in The Ghost, based on the novel by Henning Mankell. He also played Cardinal Giulano della Rovere in the TV drama series Borgia.
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Morten Suurballe
- Occupations
- actorvoice actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Morten Sasse Suurballe is a Danish actor, best known for playing Detective Chief Inspector Lennart Brix in the three television series The Killing (Danish: Forbrydelsen, “The Crime”) in which he played alongside Sofie Gråbøl.
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Marie Tourell Søderberg
- Enrolled in the Danish National School of Performing Arts
- Studied in 2012
- Occupations
- voice actorwriterfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Marie Tourell Søderberg is an actress known for 1864 (2014) and Itsi Bitsi (2015). She graduated from Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York in 2007 and finished her education at the Danish National School of Performing Arts in June 2012.
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Lars Bom
- Occupations
- actorvoice actor
- Biography
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Lars Bom is a Danish actor, educated at The Danish National School of Theatre in 1985. Lars Bom has worked in various roles in Theatre, Film and Television, and won the Best Actor award at the Italian Fantafestival in 1999, for his starring role in the cyberpunk-thriller Skyggen (1998). However, he is best known for his roles in Strisser på Samsø and Rejseholdet.
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Stine Fischer Christensen
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Stine Fischer Christensen is a Danish actress. She has appeared in more than fifteen films since 1997. For her performance as Anna Louisa Hansson in After the Wedding she won the Bodil and Robert Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
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Charlotte Sieling
- Enrolled in the Danish National School of Performing Arts
- Studied in 1985
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwriterfilm actoractorvoice actor
- Biography
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Charlotte Sieling is a Danish actress and film director. She began her career as an actress in the mid-1980s. In the 2000s, she turned to film directing, working on a number of successful DR TV series such as the Emmy-winning Unit One, The Killing, The Bridge and the BAFTA-winning Borgen. She had her feature film debut with Above the Street, Below the Water in 2009. Her success as a director of TV series has more recently brought her to the US where her work includes directing two episodes of Homeland.
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Ole Lemmeke
- Enrolled in the Danish National School of Performing Arts
- Studied in 1981-1984
- Occupations
- actorvoice actor
- Biography
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Ole Lemmeke is a Danish actor. He is known for his work in Besat, Magnetisøren's femte vinter and Den russiske sangerinde.
