The Danish actor on a horror film from his homeland, the physical impact of Francis Bacon and his favourite London restaurant
Born in Denmark in 1967, Claes Bang got a taste for acting after appearing in a secondary school version of the musical Hair. He played the lead in Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or-winning film The Square in 2017, a role that brought him international attention after years of working in Danish theatre, TV and film. Since then, he has played the Count in the BBC’s 2020 version of Dracula, the murderous uncle in Robert Eggers’s film The Northman and the nasty husband in Bad Sisters, currently on Apple TV+. His next film, It Is In Us All, is out now.
