Birth Place Matching "Copenhagen, Denmark" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Mads Mikkelsen
Actor | Hannibal
Mads Mikkelsen's great successes parallel those achieved by the Danish film industry since the mid-1990s. He was born in Østerbro, Copenhagen, to Bente Christiansen, a nurse, and Henning Mikkelsen, a banker.
Starting out as a low-life pusher/junkie in the 1996 success Pusher (1996), he slowly grew ...
2. Giancarlo Esposito
Actor | Breaking Bad
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to an Italian carpenter/stagehand father from Naples, Italy, and an African-American opera singer mother from Alabama. His parents, working in Europe at the time of his birth, settled in Manhattan by the time he was 6, and ...
3. Sidse Babett Knudsen
Actress | Borgen
Sidse Babett Knudsen was born on November 22, 1968 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is an actress and producer, known for Borgen (2010), Westworld (2016) and Inferno (2016).
4. Pilou Asbæk
Actor | Ghost in the Shell
Pilou Asbæk graduated from The Danish National School of Performing Arts in 2008. In the same year, he played the leading role in Niels Arden Oplev's drama Worlds Apart. In 2010 he had his breakthrough as the inmate Rune in Lindholm & Noer's prison drama R for which he won the prize for Best actor ...
5. Lars von Trier
Writer | Dancer in the Dark
Probably the most ambitious and visually distinctive filmmaker to emerge from Denmark since Carl Theodor Dreyer over 60 years earlier, Lars von Trier studied film at the Danish Film School and attracted international attention with his very first feature, The Element of Crime (1984). A highly ...
6. Nicolas Winding Refn
Writer | The Neon Demon
Writer, director, and producer Nicolas Winding Refn was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1970, to Anders Refn, a film director and editor, and Vibeke Winding (née Tuxen), a cinematographer. Just before he turned 11, in 1981, he moved to New York with his parents, where he lived out his teen years. ...
7. Deepika Padukone
Actress | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Deepika Padukone, born 5 January 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark, is an Indian model and actress. She is the daughter of former badminton champion Prakash Padukone. Her mother tongue is Konkani. Deepika has a younger sister named Anisha.
She has been modeling appearances in print and television ...
8. Clara Rugaard
Actress | Love Gets a Room
Clara Rugaard was born on December 5, 1997 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is an actress and producer, known for Love Gets a Room (2021), I Am Mother (2019) and Still Star-Crossed (2017).
9. Joachim Trier
Director | Thelma
Joachim Trier is a Norwegian writer and director. He is known for Reprise (2006), Oslo, August 31st (2011), Louder Than Bombs (2015) and Thelma (2017).
Trier also directed three short films, Pietà (2000), Still (2001) and Procter (2002).
His father, Jacob Trier, was the sound technician of The ...
10. Emilie Ullerup
Actress | JPod
Emilie Ullerup-Petersen was born in Denmark, where her father Ove Ullerup-Petersen, a Jurist and Diplomat and a decorated Ambassador of Denmark in Vietnam, held the title of Lord Chamberlain for the Danish Royal Family.
It was always been her ambition to become an actress. When she graduated from ...
11. Kim Bodnia
Actor | Killing Eve
Kim Bodnia is a Danish actor, who was born in Copenhagen in 1965. His ancestry is from Poland and Russia.
Kim Bodnia is educated as an actor at the Copenhagen Theatre school (1988-1991). After an amazing theatre career as an actor and creator of new Danish theatre in Copenhagen, he had his ...
12. Stephanie Corneliussen
Actress | Mr. Robot
Stephanie Corneliussen (born April 28, 1987) is a Danish actress and model best known for her role as Joanna Wellick in Mr. Robot.
Corneliussen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. She attended Johannesskolen in Frederiksberg and studied ballet in Copenhagen. She has a degree in graphic design.
She was ...
13. Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen
Actor | The Rain
Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is a young actor, known for The Rain (2018), Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013) and Tidsrejsen (2014). Lucas made his acting debut in the Danish Musical & Circus for children, Cirkus Summarum (2009), playing one of the leading...
14. Maria Sten
Actress | Reacher
Maria Sten is an actress, writer and filmmaker from Copenhagen, Denmark. Of Danish, Swedish, Congolese ethnicity, Maria started her career as a professional dancer and model. She also holds the title of Miss Denmark 2008.
Maria was a fellow in The Black List / ATX TV Festival Writing Program 2017 ...
15. Iben Hjejle
Actress | High Fidelity
Iben Hjejle (22 March 1971) is a Danish actress, notable for starring in the Stephen Frears film High Fidelity (2000). In Denmark, she is perhaps best known for appearing in the Danish television sitcom Langt fra Las Vegas (Far from Las Vegas) and playing the girlfriend of Danish comedian Casper ...
16. Sven-Ole Thorsen
Actor | Gladiator
Born in Denmark, Sven-Ole Thorsen has a remarkable sporting background as a champion bodybuilder, champion power-lifter, and karate black belt that made him an obvious choice for movies roles as "muscle for hire." The hulking 6' 4" actor first came to attention as one of Thulsa Doom's bodyguards......
17. Thomas Vinterberg
Director | Jagten
With Last Round (1993) (Last Round), his graduation short from The National Film School of Denmark, he got an early taste of critical success. He received the Jury's and Producers' Awards at the International Student Film Fest in Munich and won the 1st Prize at the Tel Aviv Film Fest. Popular ...
18. Thure Lindhardt
Actor | Bron/Broen
Thure Frank Lindhardt was born 24 December 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark. At 12, he was cast as the role of the mailman in Negerkys og labre larver (1987), and later that year, he acted as a classmate in Bille August's film Pelle the Conqueror (1987), which, in 1988, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes ...
19. Susanne Bier
Director | Hævnen
Though Academy Award®, Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award winning writer and director Susanne Bier's work often plays out against a wide-reaching global backdrop, its focus is intimate, carefully exploring the explosive emotions and complexities of familial bonds. This unique combination is part of ...
20. Clara Rosager
Actress | Morbius
Clara Rosager was born on November 11, 1996 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is an actress and director, known for Morbius (2022), Before the Frost (2018) and Misbehaviour (2020).
21. Delia Sheppard
Delia Sheppard was born on July 29, 1960 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is an actress, known for The Big Short (2015), Rocky V (1990) and Now You See Me (2013).
22. Jesper Christensen
Actor | Spectre
Born 1948 in central Copenhagen. Lived there ever since. Did 25 years of theatre, - like Alceste in the Misanthropist, Richard in Richard lll (solo), Faust in Faust, Astrov in Vanja, a lot of worried men,- stopped doing it in 1998. Since then only worried men on film. Worked on more than 100 films ...
23. Natalie Madueño
Actress | Bedrag
Natalie Madueño was born on November 7, 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is known for Bedrag (2016), Darkness: Those Who Kill (2019) and The Rain (2018).
24. Allan Hyde
Actor | True Blood
Allan Hyde was born on December 20, 1989 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is an actor and writer, known for True Blood (2008), Cold Hawaii (2020) and Alla Salute! (2011).
25. Heidi Kozak Haddad
Actress | Discord and Harmony
Heidi is a Writer, Producer, Actress, Entrepreneur, and Community Leader. She received a B. F. A. from the USC Theater/Cinema School, where she studied with notable artists such as Anna Deveare Smith and Frank Condon. She has performed in theater in both Los Angeles and New York, including ...
26. Anders Matthesen
Actor | Sorte kugler
Anders Matthesen was born on July 6, 1975 in Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark. He is an actor and writer, known for What Goes Around (2009), The Trouble with Terkel (2004) and Checkered Ninja (2018).
27. Mikael Birkkjær
Actor | Borgen
Mikael Birkkjær was born on September 14, 1958 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is an actor, known for Borgen (2010), Forbrydelsen (2007) and Aftermath (2004).
Mikael Birkkjær is one of the most charismatic and popular men of the Danish TV-and theater stage. He has that spark that makes women love him and...
28. Magnus Millang
Writer | Selvhenter
Magnus Millang (born July 20, 1981, in Copenhagen) is a Danish actor, director and screenwriter. Millang has starred and created an array of award-winning comedy and satire.
In 2014, he debuted in his first major feature film role in Thomas Vinterberg's film THE COMMUNE. His collaboration with ...
29. Rie Rasmussen
Actress | Angel-A
Rie Rasmussen was born in Denmark in 1976 to an artist mother and an Economist father. She was raised in the Danish country in an extended family with nine brothers and sisters. She moved to New York at the age of 15 to paint and has continued to travel ever since. She lived in Huntington Beach ...
30. Sandi Toksvig
Writer | No 73
The Danish-British star, a long-term member of the union, is a well-known broadcaster, actor, comedian, novelist and producer, familiar to audiences fronting shows including QI, The Great British Bake Off and 15 to 1. Her writing credits span theatre, TV, radio, and she has written more than 20 ...
31. Kenneth M. Christensen
Actor | Den som dræber - Fanget af mørket
Born in 1983, Kenneth M. Christensen has been engaged in multiple Theatre,TV and Featurefilm productions and since his graduation from The Danish National School of Theatre, with roles in the critically acclaimed Danish Broadcasting productions 'The Government' and 'The Bridge'.
Furthermore Kenneth ...
32. Cecilie Stenspil
Actress | Badehotellet
Cecilie Stenspil was born on October 22, 1979 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is known for Badehotellet (2013), The Protectors (2009) and Assassin's Creed Valhalla (2020).
33. Osa Massen
Actress | Rocketship X-M
Osa Massen (born Aase Madsen Iversen) was a newspaper photographer with an ambition to become a film editor. Prolific Danish film director Alice O'Fredericks gave her a role in her film Kidnapped (1935). After only two films in Denmark, she was given a screen test by 20th Century Fox and arrived in...
34. Lars Brygmann
Actor | Retfærdighedens ryttere
Lars Brygmann was born on February 17, 1957 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is an actor, known for Riders of Justice (2020), Dicte (2013) and Rembrandt (2002). He has been married to Katrine Brygmann Salomon since 2000.
35. Helena Christensen
Actress | Julefrokosten
As a child Helena Christensen was more interested in becoming a musician, but as fate would have it began modeling at the age of 9. After leaving school, she moved to Paris, France to model for the french magazine 'Elle', and in 1986 she competed in the Miss Universe contest as Miss Denmark, but ...
36. Nina van Pallandt
Actress | The Long Goodbye
Nina van Pallandt became famous in the United States in the early 1970s as the mistress of hoaxer Clifford Irving, who went to jail when his biography of Howard Hughes, allegedly written with Hughes' co-operation, proved to be a fake when Hughes himself came out of seclusion to repudiate the work. ...
37. Nicolas Bro
Actor | Retfærdighedens ryttere
Nicolas Bro was born on March 16, 1972 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Riders of Justice (2020), Adam's Apples (2005) and Antboy (2013).
38. Carl Theodor Dreyer
Writer | La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
The illegitimate son of a Danish farmer and his Swedish housekeeper, Carl Theodor Dreyer was born in Copenhagen on the 3th of February, 1889. He spent his early years in various foster homes before being adopted by the Dreyers at the age of two. Contrary to popular belief (perhaps nourished by the ...
39. Paprika Steen
Actress | Applaus
In Okay (2002), director and actress Paprika Steen shows off her multi- faceted acting talent as the loud-mouthed control freak Nete. This is her first major part for which she has already been nominated for the Best Actress Award from the European Film Academy. She has won the Danish Academy Award...
40. Lone Scherfig
Director | An Education
Writer/director Lone Scherfig graduated from The National Film School of Denmark in 1984. Her first feature film, THE BIRTHDAY TRIP (1990), was selected for Panorama in Berlin, the New Directors section at MOMA in New York and won the Grand Jury Prix in Rouen. Her next film, ON OUR OWN (1998), ...
41. Søren Pilmark
Actor | Blinkende lygter
Søren Pilmark was born on October 16, 1955 in Copenhagen, Denmark as Søren Louis Pilmark. He is an actor and writer, known for Flickering Lights (2000), Downsizing (2017) and Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013).
Søren Pilmark (born 16 October 1955) is a Danish actor and director who has ...
42. Masha Lund
Actress | Epic Movie
Masha Lund "Malu" is a celebrity Danish/Russian International Model, TV personality, Creative Designer and Entrepreneur. Masha started modeling at a young age doing major TV commercials for baby food, E*TRADE bank, and IKEA in Denmark and Sweden. After finishing business college in Denmark, she was...
43. Stine Stengade
Actress | Flammen & Citronen
Stine Stengade was born on June 1, 1972 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is an actress, known for Flame & Citron (2008), Kira's Reason: A Love Story (2001) and Fear Me Not (2008).
44. Lars Ranthe
Actor | Druk
Lars Ranthe was born on August 26, 1969 in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark. He is known for Another Round (2020), Adam's Apples (2005) and A Funny Man (2011). He has been married to Christine Albeck Børge since 1998.
45. Kim Kold
Actor | 10 timer til Paradis
Kim Kold is a former football (soccer) goalkeeper, who in 1993 at 27 years of age suffered a serious injury in his Achilles tendon. He was sent to the gym doing rehabilitation training. He took up an interest in bodybuilding and started competing in 1997. He won the Danish National Bodybuilding ...
46. Carsten Bjørnlund
Actor | Arvingerne
Carsten Bjørnlund was born on June 28, 1973 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is an actor, known for The Legacy (2014), Rita (2012) and The Thing (2011). He was previously married to Signe Skov.
47. Nikolaj Arcel
Writer | En kongelig affære
Nikolaj Arcel was born on August 25, 1972 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is a writer and director, known for A Royal Affair (2012), King's Game (2004) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009).
48. Evy Norlund
Actress | The Flying Fontaines
Evy Norlund was born on April 3, 1938 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is an actress, known for The Flying Fontaines (1959), Behind Closed Doors (1958) and It Takes Two (1968). She has been married to James Darren since February 6, 1960. They have two children.
49. Vic Carmen Sonne
Actress | Holiday
Vic Carmen Sonne was born on April 23, 1994 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is known for Holiday (2018), Winter Brothers (2017) and In the Blood (2016).
50. Ghita Nørby
Actress | Hamsun
Ghita Nørby was born on January 11, 1935 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is an actress and director, known for Hamsun (1996), Freud Leaving Home (1991) and Nøgle hus spejl (2015). She was previously married to Svend Skipper, Jørgen Reenberg, Dario Campeotto, Henrik Rosing Wiehe and Mogens ...