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''. In 2010, he participated as a singer in

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with the song "Tonight". In addition to acting in films and on television, he has performed in plays such as '' Cabaret'' and ''

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''. He is married to Swedish politician Alice Bah Kuhnke.

Biography

Early life

Johannes Bah Kuhnke was born in

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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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'', '' Cabaret'', ''

'', and ''

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'' 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

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s "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

(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,

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's boyfriend in season five of the series '' Homeland''. He did not win the role, instead it went to German actor

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. Bah Kuhnke participated in Melodifestivalen 2010 with the song "Tonight". The song was performed in the second semi-final in

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, 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

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series ''Black Widows'' acting opposite

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Personal life

Since 2003, Johannes Bah Kuhnke has been married to politician Alice Bah Kuhnke; the couple have three children together. The couple met after Alice went to watch the play ''The Portrait of Dorian Gray'' in Malmö 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 – ''

'' * 2016 – '' Black Widows'' * 2018 – '' The Rain'' * 2020 – '' Kärlek och anarki'' * 2021 - '' Tigrar''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuhnke, Johannes Bah 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