Klaus Bondam
Klaus Bondam is a Danish actor and politician.
Acting career
Bondam has been the manager of two theatres, Grønnegårds Teatret and Folketeatret, and has been administrative manager of Mungo Park theatre.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 as the sexually driven boss Niels Buckingham.
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 He is no longer active in Danish politics.In 2011, Bondam was announced as the new head of the Danish [Cultural Institute] in Brussels, Belgium.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.