Christian Tafdrup

Christian Tafdrup (born 8 April 1978) is a Danish actor, film director, and screenwriter. As a director, he is best known for his directorial debut Parents (2016) that won the 2017 Robert Award for Best Director, as well as his psychological thriller horror drama Speak No Evil (2022).^[1][2][3]

Christian Tafdrup
Born	(1978-04-08) April 8, 1978 (age 47) Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupations	Actor director screenwriter
Years active	1993–present
Notable work	Parents (2016) Speak No Evil (2022)

Filmography

Tafdrup being interviewed in 2022 (in Danish)

As actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1993	Pretty Boy	Nick	Film
1998	Strisser på Samsø	Spahic	TV series
2002	Debutanten	Hamlet	Short film
2003	OBLS		TV series documentary
	Baby	Håndlanger	Film
2005	The Big Day	Lars
	Veninder	Ung fyr
	Nynne	Man at restaurant
2006	A Soap	Kunde 1
	After the Wedding	Christian Refner
	Gustne Gensyn	Various roles	TV series
	Princess	Charlie	Film
	Daisy Diamond	Thomas Lund
2007	Tjenesten - nu på tv [da]	Various roles	TV series
2008	Sommer	Reservelægen
	Album	Martin Lund Jensen
	Crying for Love	Oscar	Film
	I'll Come Running	Søren
2009-2010	Park Road	Sune Holm	TV series
2011	Alla Salute!
	Anstalten	Oliver
2012	Lærkevej - Til døden os skiller [da]	Sune Holm	Film
	The Killing	Thorsten Seifert	TV series
2013	Borgen	Alexander Hjort
2013-2014	Kødkataloget	Søren
2015	Bankerot [da]	Læge
	Juleønsket [da]	Atlas Berg
2016	Simon Talbots Sketch Show	Cucumber
	Parents	Real estate agent	Also director
	The Other World	Mikkel	TV series
2017	Never Again a Tomorrow [da]	Studio host	Film
	A Terrible Woman	James	Film; also director
	Tinka's Christmas Adventure [da]	Fileas	TV series
2018	Nipskanalen	Christian
	Parterapi	Peter
	Herrens Veje	Mikkel
2019	Tinka and the King's Game [da]	Filias
2018-2020	Hånd i hånd	Øystein
2020	Grow	Jarl
2022	Tinka and the Mirror of the Soul [da]	Fileas
2023	Meter i sekundet	Sebastian	Film; post-production

As director and screenwriter

Year	Film	Notes
1999	The Copier	Short film
2002	Debutanten
2008	Awakening
2016	Parents	Film
2017	A Horrible Woman
2018-2020	Parterapi	TV series
2022	Speak No Evil	Film

Selected awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2008	Buster International Children's Film Festival	Best Short Film	Awakening	Won	[4]
2008	Odense International Film Festival	Best Children's Film		Won
2009	Robert Awards	Best Long Fiction/Animation (shared with Peter Reichhardt & Leila Vestgaard)		Won
2009	L.A. Outfest	Outstanding Narrative Short Film		Won
2009	Brest European Short Film Festival	Best Short Film		Won
2014	Robert Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Television Role	Borgen	Won
2016	Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival	Best European Fantastic Feature Film	Parents	Won	[5]
2017	Bodil Awards	Best Screenplay		Won	[6]
2017	Robert Awards	Best Director		Won	[7][8]
2018		Best Screenplay (shared with Mads Tafdrup [de])	A Terrible Woman	Won	[4]
2022	Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival	Best Director Choice	Speak No Evil	Won	[9]
2022	MOTELx - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Terror de Lisboa	Best European Feature Film		Won	[10][11]