Claes Bang
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The ThumbScore for Claes Bang (63.5%) is the average audience approval rating across 6 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Claes's films are well-received by everyday viewers.
Claes Kasper Bang (Danish: [ˈkʰlɛˀs ˈpɑŋˀ]; 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, 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.
Claes Kasper Bang was born in Odense on the Danish island of Funen. After his parents' divorce, he mostly lived with his father and moved home frequently, attending several schools while growing up. During his third year of high school, Bang participated in the musical Hair, that began 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.
Born 1967-04-28 in Odense, Danmark.
On ThumbScore, Claes Bang appears in 6 films with an average audience score of 63.5%, most frequently in the Action genre.
