Johannes Bah Kuhnke
Swedish actor and singer
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- Kjell Dietrich Johannes Bah Kuhnke (né Kuhnke ; born 17 April 1972) is a Swedish actor and singer.
- In 2010, he participated as a singer in Melodifestivalen with the song "Tonight".
- He was married to Swedish politician Alice Bah Kuhnke.
- Career He has acted in plays including Three Musketeers , Hedwig and the Angry Inch , Cabaret , The Jungle Book , and The Marriage of Figaro at Stockholm's Stadsteater.
- In films and television Bah Kuhnke has acted in Ella Lemhagens "Om inte", the film Ögat, Järnvägshotellet, Älskade du, Så olika, and Real Humans .
Kjell Dietrich Johannes Bah Kuhnke (né Kuhnke; born 17 April 1972) is a Swedish actor and singer. He has acted in several films and received international attention in 2014 for his role in the film Force Majeure. In 2010, he participated as a singer in Melodifestivalen with the song "Tonight". In addition to acting in films and on television, he has performed in plays such as Cabaret and The Jungle Book. He was married to Swedish politician Alice Bah Kuhnke.
Biography
Early life
Johannes Bah Kuhnke was born in Strömsund and became interested in acting, and studied at a theater gymnasium in Gothenburg and then at Teaterhögskolan in Malmö.
Career
He has acted in plays including Three Musketeers, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Cabaret, The Jungle Book, and The Marriage of Figaro at Stockholm's Stadsteater. He has also performed plays at the Backa Teater, Göteborgs Stadsteater, Malmö Stadsteater and Teater Tribunalen. In films and television Bah Kuhnke has acted in Ella Lemhagens "Om inte", the film Ögat, Järnvägshotellet, Älskade du, Så olika, and Real Humans. In 2014 he played the leading role in the Ruben Östlund critically acclaimed film Force Majeure (sv:Turist). The film was awarded the jury's prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, and was also chosen as Sweden's nominee for the Academy Award in the category Best Foreign Film. In 2014, Bah Kuhnke auditioned for the role of Jonas Hollander, Carrie Mathison's boyfriend in season five of the series Homeland. He did not win the role, instead it went to German actor Alexander Fehling.
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