Klaus Bondam (born 19 November 1963, in

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) is a

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actor and politician.

Acting career

Bondam has been the manager two theatres, (1996–2003) and

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(2003–2005), and been administrative manager of Mungo Park theatre (1995–1996). Klaus Bondam began acting on stage in 1988. His acting breakthrough came in the movie ''

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'' in 1998, playing the German toastmaster at the party. He starred in the series '' Langt fra Las Vegas'' (2001–2003) as the sexually driven boss Niels Buckingham.

Filmography

Film

Television

Politics

Klaus Bondam was in the political party

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and ran for mayor of

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in November 2005. The party's

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representation grew from five to seven seats. This was not enough to secure the mayorship. He was instead named Mayor of the Technical and Environmental Committee. He resigned in 2010 and left the party in 2013. He is no longer active in Danish politics.ritzau
Klaus Bondam verlaat de politiek. In 2011, Bondam was announced as the new head of the

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. In February 2014, he came back to Denmark and became the head of the Danish Cyclists' Federation.

Personal life

Bondam is openly

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, he has entered into

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with his partner, architect Jacob Camp since 2004, they married later and they live in

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.bondam.dk

References

External links

* * https://web.archive.org/web/20071226103220/http://www.bondam.dk/flx/v3/klaus/cv/
Personal website
1963 births Living people People from Bornholm Danish male film actors Danish male television actors Danish male stage actors Gay actors Gay politicians LGBT politicians from Denmark LGBT actors from Denmark Danish Social Liberal Party politicians {{Denmark-actor-stub 21st-century Copenhagen City Council members