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 ''

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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 ''

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'', '' Hedwig and the Angry Inch'', ''

'', ''

'', 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 ''

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''. He did not win the role, instead it went to German actor Alexander Fehling. Bah Kuhnke participated in

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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

; 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

* {{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