# Klaus Bondam

Klaus Bondam (born 19 November 1963, in Aakirkeby) is a Danish actor and politician.

## Acting career

Bondam has been the manager two theatres, Grønnegårds Teatret (1996–2003) and Folketeatret (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 Festen 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

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1998 | Mimi og madammerne | Betjent 2 | |
| 1998 | Festen | Helmut von Sachs, Toastmaster - Master of Ceremonies | |
| 1999 | Det Brune Punktum: Helbredelsen (Video) | Gay Man | Danish version of Pippi Longstocking |
| 1999 | The One and Only | Priest/Vicar | |
| 1999 | Mifune | Priest | |
| 2000 | Release All the Horses | Advokat | |
| 2001 | Shake It All About | The priest | |
| 2001 | Monas verden | Don J | |
| 2001 | Truly Human | Ulrik | |
| 2003 | Move Me | Henrik | |
| 2004 | The Collector | Sune | |
| 2008 | Journey to Saturn | Businessman Kurt Maj (voice role) | |
| 2011 | A Funny Man | Hjertelæge | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1997 | Lex & Klatten | Speaker | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997 | Taxa | Børsmælger | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2000 | Jul på Kronborg | Karl Gustafsen | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2000 | Absolut Holberg | Ludvig Holberg | (TV movie) |
| 2000 | Skjulte spor | Simon | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2000 | Edderkoppen | Gylling | TV mini-series, 5 episodes |
| 2000 | D-dag | Receptionist | (TV movie) |
| 2000 | D-dag – Carl | Receptionist | (TV movie) |
| 2000 | D-dag – Niels-Henning | Receptionist | (TV movie) |
| 2001 | D-dag – Den færdige film | Receptionist | (TV movie) |
| 2001–2003 | Langt fra Las Vegas | Niels Buckingham | TV series, 48 episodes |
| 2002 | Bertelsen – de uaktuelle nyheder | Speaker (voice) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2003 | Nikolaj og Julie | Henning | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Freak Show 2003 | Niels Buckingham | (TV special) |
| 2003–2004 | Unit 1 | Hagested, Justitsminister | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Helligtrekongersaften | Antonio | (TV movie) |
| 2004 | Villa, Volvo & Vicki | Sven (voice) | (Short) |
| 2004 | My Ex-Family | Claus | TV mini-series, 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Better Times | Lærer Arne Dupont | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2004–2005 | The Fairytales | Additional Voices | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Klovn (TV series) | Klaus | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2012 | The Spiral | Torben Jensen | TV series, 2 episodes |

## Politics

Klaus Bondam was in the political party Radikale Venstre and ran for mayor of Copenhagen in November 2005. The party's city council 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.
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

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