Karl David Sebastian Dencik (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈdentʂiːk]; born 31 October 1974) is a Swedish-Danish actor.

[2][3] His last name is Slovak and comes from his paternal grandfather, who left Liptovský Mikuláš, Czechoslovakia, for asylum in Sweden to escape the Nazi persecution of Jews in Slovakia in 1939.

[2] As a teenager he studied in Brazil, where he discovered capoeira, the Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance and music.

[8][2][1] Dencik first performed on stage, including a role in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.

In 2011 he appeared in the Hollywood adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and played Toby Esterhase in the film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

In 2017 he played brothel owner Alexander "Puss" Braun in Jane Campion's acclaimed Top of the Lake.