# Kim Bodnia
**Kim Bodnia** (born 1965 in Copenhagen) is a Danish actor known for the lead role of Frank in [Nicolas Winding Refn](https://www.edgepedia.org/nicolas-winding-refn)'s *[Pusher](https://www.edgepedia.org/pusher-1996-film)* (1996), for Martin Rohde in the Scandinavian series *Broen* (*The Bridge*, 2011–2013), and for Konstantin in the British series *Killing Eve* (2018–2022).[1](https://snl.no/Kim_Bodnia) • [2](https://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=1066) • [3](https://bodnia.dk/en/biography/) The Bibliothèque nationale de France records him as a Danish actor born 1965.[4](https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb150384831)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965, Copenhagen, Denmark[1](https://snl.no/Kim_Bodnia) |
| Training | Statens Teaterskole, Copenhagen, 1987–1991; played Caligula in his graduation exam[2](https://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=1066) |
| Breakthrough | Jens in *Nattevagten* (*Nightwatch*, 1994); Robert Prize for best male supporting role[2](https://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=1066) |
| Signature film role | Frank in *Pusher* (1996)[3](https://bodnia.dk/en/biography/) • [10](https://www.bodilprisen.dk/aar-for-aar/1997-2) |
| Signature TV roles | Martin Rohde in *Broen* (2011–2013); Konstantin in *Killing Eve* (2018–2022)[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091035/) |
| International awards | Golden Nymph for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, Monte-Carlo 2014; BAFTA nominations 2019 and 2020[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091035/) |
| Recent work | *Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever* (2023), *Young Woman & The Sea* (2024), *F1* and *Momo* (2025)[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091035/) • [3](https://bodnia.dk/en/biography/) |
## Early life and training
Bodnia was born in Copenhagen in 1965 and grew up in Espergærde, north of the city, in a home shaped by the Jewish faith.[1](https://snl.no/Kim_Bodnia) • [2](https://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=1066) His first ambition was athletic: he won track events and aimed at a career as a professional soccer player before an injury turned him toward acting.[6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kim_bodnia)
**Theatre school.** After an unsuccessful first application he was accepted at Statens Teaterskole in Copenhagen, training there from 1987 to 1991 and playing Emperor Caligula in his graduation exam.[2](https://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=1066) He debuted on stage in 1991 at Jomfru Ane Teatret in *Kabale og kærlighed* and later became known for playing [Patrick Bateman](https://www.edgepedia.org/patrick-bateman) in *American Psycho* at Dr. Dantes Aveny.[2](https://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=1066) His first film role came in 1989, as a bouncer.[6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kim_bodnia)
## Breakthrough: Nightwatch, Pusher and Danish cinema
Bodnia debuted on screen in 1989 and became one of Danish film's most used actors through the 1990s.[1](https://snl.no/Kim_Bodnia) His breakthrough was Ole Bornedal's prize-winning horror film *Nattevagten* (1994), in which he played the macho Jens; for the role he received the Robert Prize for best male supporting role and the Krummeprisen, with a Bodil nomination.[1](https://snl.no/Kim_Bodnia) • [2](https://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=1066)
In 1996 he took the lead as Frank, a Copenhagen drug dealer, in Nicolas Winding Refn's debut *Pusher*, one of the violent depictions of the city's underworld that Refn made in the 1990s; he also starred in Refn's *Bleeder* (1999).[1](https://snl.no/Kim_Bodnia) • [2](https://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=1066) He was honored for the Frank role in 1996, while the 1997 Bodil Award for Best Lead Role went to [Max von Sydow](https://www.edgepedia.org/max-von-sydow) for *Hamsun* and Zlatko Buric received the supporting-role award for *Pusher*.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091035/) • [3](https://bodnia.dk/en/biography/) • [10](https://www.bodilprisen.dk/aar-for-aar/1997-2) His official biography also records an Actor of the Year award for *Pusher* in 2002.[3](https://bodnia.dk/en/biography/)
Through the 2000s he worked across Scandinavian cinema, with lead roles in the Norwegian films *Øyenstikker* (2001), *Himmelfall* (2002), and *Monstertorsdag* (2004).[1](https://snl.no/Kim_Bodnia) He won the Bodil for Best Male Supporting Role for *Frygtelig lykkelig* (2009).[2](https://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=1066)
## Television in Scandinavia
Bodnia's Danish television credits include *Forbrydelsen* (2007, as Bülow) and *Den som dræber* (2011, as Jakov).[2](https://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=1066) His defining Scandinavian television role is criminal assistant Martin Rohde in *Broen* (*The Bridge*), the Danish-Swedish series whose first two seasons aired in 2011 and 2013.[2](https://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=1066) At the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo in 2014 he won the Golden Nymph Award for best actor in television, for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, for *The Bridge*.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091035/) • [3](https://bodnia.dk/en/biography/) He was Robert-nominated for best male lead in 2013 for *Broen II*.[7](https://danskfilmogtv.dk/content.php?page=persons&value=11350)
## International work and Killing Eve
Bodnia collaborated repeatedly with the director [Susanne Bier](https://www.edgepedia.org/susanne-bier), with supporting roles in the Oscar-winning *Hævnen* (*In a Better World*, 2010), *Den skaldede frisør* (2012), and *Serena* (2014).[1](https://snl.no/Kim_Bodnia) He was Bodil-nominated for *Hævnen* in 2011.[7](https://danskfilmogtv.dk/content.php?page=persons&value=11350) In English-language film he played the interrogator in *[Rosewater](https://www.edgepedia.org/rosewater-film)* (2014), [Jon Stewart](https://www.edgepedia.org/jon-stewart)'s directorial debut, a character whose defining trait toward the detained protagonist was that he smelled of rosewater.[6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kim_bodnia)
**Konstantin.** From 2018 Bodnia played Konstantin, the handler working for Russian and other governments, in *Killing Eve*.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091035/) • [8](https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/killing-eve-3/kim/) He was nominated at the TV Baftas in 2019 and 2020 as best supporting actor for the role, and the series ran for four series, ending in 2022.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091035/) BBC press material for series 3 features Bodnia as Konstantin, confirming he returned for the third season; in it he described the character as 54 years old, working for the government and for other governments, with his family as his "wake-up call".[8](https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/killing-eve-3/kim/) *Killing Eve* won the 2019 BAFTA for Best Drama Series.[3](https://bodnia.dk/en/biography/)
His other international credits include the Abbot in *[The Letter for the King](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-letter-for-the-king-tv-series)* (2020) and Vesemir in season 2 of *The Witcher*.[3](https://bodnia.dk/en/biography/) • [5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091035/)
## Writing, producing and recognition
Bodnia has worked behind the camera as well. Cineuropa credits him as co-producer of *The Good Cop* (2003), and he wrote the screenplay for *Den gode strømer* (2004).[9](https://cineuropa.org/en/filmography/72494/) • [2](https://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=1066) He founded Bella Entertainment and Bella Film Production, which produced a number of his films.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091035/)
His award record spans Danish and international honors: the Robert for best male supporting role for *Nattevagten* (1994), Actor of the Year for *Pusher* (2002), the Bodil for best supporting role in *Frygtelig lykkelig* (2009), the Golden Nymph at Monte-Carlo (2014), and BAFTA nominations for *Killing Eve* in 2019 and 2020.[2](https://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=1066) • [3](https://bodnia.dk/en/biography/) • [5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091035/) • [10](https://www.bodilprisen.dk/aar-for-aar/1997-2) In November 2014 he won the Angela Film Prize for European filmmaking at the Kilkenny Subtitle Film Festival in Ireland.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091035/)
## By the numbers
Bodnia's career spans from his 1989 screen debut to 2025 credits, more than 35 years.[1](https://snl.no/Kim_Bodnia) • [3](https://bodnia.dk/en/biography/) His Danish award count includes one Bodil win (2009), one Robert win for *Nattevagten*, and nominations for the Bodil (*Hævnen*, 2011) and the Robert for best male lead (*Broen II*, 2013).[3](https://bodnia.dk/en/biography/) • [2](https://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=1066) • [7](https://danskfilmogtv.dk/content.php?page=persons&value=11350) Internationally he holds one Golden Nymph (2014) and two BAFTA nominations (2019, 2020), and the series he appeared in, *Killing Eve*, took the 2019 BAFTA for Best Drama Series.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091035/) • [3](https://bodnia.dk/en/biography/)
## What has changed since 2023
Bodnia returned as Jens in *Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever*, released in Denmark in December 2023, reviving his breakthrough role from 1994.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091035/) In summer 2024 he appeared in *Young Woman & The Sea*.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091035/) Through 2023 and 2024 he was attached to the [Formula One](https://www.edgepedia.org/formula-one) racing film alongside [Brad Pitt](https://www.edgepedia.org/brad-pitt), and his 2025 credits include *F1*, in which he plays Kaspar Smolinski under director [Joseph Kosinski](https://www.edgepedia.org/joseph-kosinski), and *Momo*, directed by Christian Ditter.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091035/) • [3](https://bodnia.dk/en/biography/)
## Personal background
Bodnia is married to the actress Rikke Louise Andersson.[2](https://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=1066)
## References
1. [Kim Bodnia, Store norske leksikon](https://snl.no/Kim_Bodnia)
2. [Kim Bodnia, danskefilm.dk](https://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=1066)
3. [Kim Bodnia – Biography, official site](https://bodnia.dk/en/biography/)
4. [Notice de personne "Bodnia, Kim (1965-....)", Bibliothèque nationale de France](https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb150384831)
5. [Kim Bodnia, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091035/)
6. [Kim Bodnia, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kim_bodnia)
7. [Kim Bodnia, danskfilmogtv.dk](https://danskfilmogtv.dk/content.php?page=persons&value=11350)
8. [Kim Bodnia (Konstantin), BBC Media Centre](https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/killing-eve-3/kim/)
9. [Kim Bodnia, Cineuropa](https://cineuropa.org/en/filmography/72494/)
10. [1997, Bodilprisen](https://www.bodilprisen.dk/aar-for-aar/1997-2)
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