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Claes Kasper Bang (; born 28 April 1967) is a
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actor and musician. He is best known for playing the leading role of Christian in
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's 2017 film '' The Square'', which won the
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at the
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, and for the role of Fjölnir in
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's 2022 film ''
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''. 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
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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.


Early life

Bang was born in
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on the Danish island of
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. After his parents’ divorce, he mostly lived with his father and moved home frequently; he ended up attending several different schools while growing up. During his third year of high school, Bang participated in the musical '' Hair'' which sparked his interest in acting, and after he left school, he continued to do amateur theatre. At the age of 23, he made an application to the Danish National School of Theatre after discovering that the age limit for applying is 25. He was unsuccessful but applied again the next year and was accepted five days before his 25th birthday. He attended the school in 1992 and graduated with a diploma in 1996. His first theatre role after graduation was at Børneteatret Skægspire in the play ''Tudseakvariet'', and he received his first breakthrough role in the Danish 1997 television show ''
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''. He has worked mainly on stage and television in Denmark.


Acting career

From 2001 to 2004, he was a permanent member of the cast at
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. In 2002, he asked the theatre director for permission to perform a monologue called ''Ondskaben'', which is based on
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’s novel ''
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''. After leaving the theatre in 2004, Bang bought the rights to the work so he could perform the monologue at other theatres. He has performed the monologue almost 400 times, including an English language version in Denmark, Sweden, the UK, Germany, and South Africa. Bang starred in numerous Danish television series and films early in his career. From 2006 to 2008, he gained wide recognition (particularly in Germany) for his role in the Danish police drama '' Anna Pihl''. He subsequently starred in several German language roles both on television (''
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'', ''
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'', ''Sibel & Max'', and ''
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'') and in film ('' Jungle Child'', ''Rettet Raffi!'', ''Alle unter einer Tanne'', and ''Überleben an der Scheidungsfront''). He played the leading role of the art museum curator Christian in
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's 2017 film '' The Square'', which won the
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at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. He also won the European Film Award for Best Actor, being the first Dane to do so. In November 2018, Bang was cast to play
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in the
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mini-series '' Dracula,'' created by the film-makers involved in '' Sherlock''. In an interview for ''
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'', it was observed that, while "sexy" and "insatiable", it is also "a very witty performance" from Bang. On 14 April 2020, it was announced that Bang would be working on the pilot of ''Little Room'' (previously called ''The Agoraphobics Detective Society''), which was produced by Maggie Montieth and directed/written by his ''Dracula'' co-star
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, with Suzi Ewing and Heidi Greensmith. Bang and the other cast members filmed themselves from home on
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, and were responsible for the props, wardrobe, hair and makeup, and sound. The pilot was released online by Pinpoint Presents on 27 May 2020, and viewers were asked to donate to The Film and Television Charity and the
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, to help those in the film, TV and cinema industries who have been financially impacted by the
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.


Music career

This Is Not America is the name of Bang's musical side project. He describes it as "a sanctuary and a creative playground where there is no director making the decisions." Bang writes and composes the songs himself, and his musical style can be described as a mix of
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, Pet Shop Boys and Depeche Mode. Music videos and album art for This Is Not America are produced with help from his wife Lis Kasper Bang, née Louis-Jensen, who does the filming and photography. Bang started composing music for fun with a recording studio on his computer in 2002. He records the piano and guitar pieces himself (he learnt these instruments when he was younger) and then programs them with other sounds on his computer. 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. The name comes from a
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by
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, who is one of Bang's great role models. His first three singles "Don't Come Crying", "Shameless", and "Run" were played on P3 for a year before the station found out that they were made by the actor, however his songs were still played on various DR radio stations for a few more years. These singles were later released on the debut album ''Dislocated'' on 7 April 2010. Two of Bang's co-stars have featured on some This Is Not America tracks. In 2015, he released the single "Still of the Night", featuring
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, his co-star in the Danish police drama '' Anna Pihl''. While filming ''The Square'', Bang discovered that co-star and musician
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shared the same taste in music, so he showed her some of his music and sent her a few demos. Once filming finished, they recorded five songs together in his home studio in
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. So far, the duo has released "Who Am I", "I Don't Care" and "Here We Go".


Personal life

Bang met stylist and photographer Liz Louis-Jensen in 2006 while they were both working on the play ''Den grønne elevator'' at Kanonhalløj. Louis-Jensen proposed to Bang on New Year's Eve 2007, and they got married on 25 September 2010 on a canal boat in Copenhagen. Bang is stepfather to Liz's two children, Sarah and Bella. The pair have lived together in
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, Copenhagen since 2008.


Filmography


Film


Television


Podcasts


Theatre credits


Discography


Albums

* 2010: ''Dislocated''


EPs

*2011: ''EP1 *2014: ''Keep on Dancin’'' *2015: ''Still of the Night'' *2020: ''Here We Go'' *2020: ''Butterflies in December'' *2020: ''You & I (Forever Live or Die)'' *2020: ''No Song Left Unsung'' *2020: ''Your Love Is Wasted on Me'' *2020: ''Take It on the Chin'' *2021: ''Late to the Party''


Singles


Music videos

* 2009: "Run" * 2014: "No One" * 2015: "I'm Not Ready Yet" * 2018: "Who Am I (feat. Marina)"


Other

Bang has also performed a number of songs as himself: * 2007: Claes Bang - "Når En Sailor Går I Land" (Otto Brandenburg cover) * 2014: Nogen Andre - "September" (feat. Claes Bang) * 2014: Martin Valsted - "Bilist" (feat. Claes Bang) * 2017: Claes Bang - "Party at the Castle" (''The Square'' Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) * 2019: Jacob Gurevitsch - "Motivo Loco" (Bang featured in the music video)


Bibliography


Audiobooks


Afterwords

* 2020: '' Dracula'' by Bram Stoker, translated to Danish by Benny Andersen, published by
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Awards and nominations


References


External links

*
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at the Danish Film Database
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at the
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