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
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'' and ''
The Jungle Book
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''. He is married to Swedish politician
Alice Bah Kuhnke
Alice Bah Kuhnke (born Alice Bah; 21 December 1971) is a Swedish politician for the Green Party who is currently a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. Previously she served as the Minister of Culture and Democracy From October 2014 t ...
.
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
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Books
* '' Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 ...
'', ''
Hedwig and the Angry Inch'', ''
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, a casino, a hotel, a restaurant, or a nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining o ...
'', ''
The Jungle Book
''The Jungle Book'' (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, w ...
'', 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
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''.
He did not win the role, instead it went to German actor
Alexander Fehling.
Bah Kuhnke participated in
Melodifestivalen 2010
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with the song "Tonight".
The song was performed in the second semi-final in
Gothenburg, where it was eliminated in the first round of voting by the public.
In 2016 Bah Kuhnke will have one of the leading roles in the
TV3 series ''Black Widows'' acting opposite
Peter Stormare and
Cissi Forss.
Personal life
Since 2003, Johannes Bah Kuhnke has been married to politician
Alice Bah Kuhnke
Alice Bah Kuhnke (born Alice Bah; 21 December 1971) is a Swedish politician for the Green Party who is currently a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. Previously she served as the Minister of Culture and Democracy From October 2014 t ...
; the couple have three children together. The couple met after Alice went to watch the play ''The Portrait of Dorian Gray'' in
Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal pop ...
in which Johannes had the leading role.
Filmography
* 2001 – ''Om inte''
* 2003 – ''Järnvägshotellet''
* 2003 – ''Solbacken: Avd. E''
* 2009 – ''Så olika''
* 2011 – ''
Bilar 2'' (voice acting)
* 2012–14 – ''
Real Humans''
* 2013 – ''Wallander – Sorgfågeln''
* 2014 – ''
Force Majeure''
* 2016 – ''
Black Widows''
* 2018 – ''
The Rain''
* 2020 – ''
Kärlek och anarki''
* 2021 - ''
Tigrar''
References
External links
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Living people
1972 births
21st-century Swedish male actors
People from Strömsund Municipality
Swedish male film actors
Swedish male musical theatre actors
Swedish male television actors
Melodifestivalen contestants of 2010