Claes Bang

Claes Kasper Bang (Danish: [kʰlɛs ˈpaŋ]; born 28 April 1967) 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. For that role he won the European Film Award for Best Actor, being the first Dane to do so. In 2019 he played the role of Sasha Mann for the final season of The Affair. He rose to international recognition by starring as Count Dracula in 2020's TV show Dracula. 2Early life He attended the Danish National School of Theatre, graduating in 1996. He received his first breakthrough role in the Danish 1997 television show Taxa. He has worked mainly on stage and in television in Denmark. 2Career Since 2002 he has performed a monologue based on Jan Guillou's novel Evil more than 300 times, including an English-language version at St. James Theatre in London in 2015.He played the leading role of the art museum curator Christian in Ruben Östlund's 2017 film The Square, which won the Palme d'Or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festiva