Klaus Bondam


Klaus Bondam is a Danish actor and politician.

Acting Career

Bondam has been the manager two theatres, "Grønnegårds Teatret" and "Folketeatret", and been administrative manager of "Mungo Park" theatre.
Klaus Bondam began his early acting in stage in 1988, he got his acting breakthrough in the movie Festen in 1998, playing the German toastmaster at the party. He starred in the series Langt fra Las Vegas as the sexually driven boss 'Niels Buckingham'.

Filmography

Film

Television

Politics

Klaus Bondam was in the Radikale Venstre political party and ran for Mayor of Copenhagen in November 2005. The party's city council representation grew from 5 to 7 mandates. This was not enough to secure the mayorship. He was instead named 'Mayor of Technics and Environment'. He resigned in 2010 and left the party in 2013. He is no longer active in Danish politics.
In 2011, Bondam was announced as the new head of the Danish Cultural Institute in Brussels, Belgium. In February 2014, he came back to Denmark and became the head of the Danish Cyclists' Federation.

Personal life

Bonham is openly gay publicly, he has entered into registered partnership with his partner, architect Jacob Camp since 2004, they married later and they live in Odsherred.