Esben Smed ❋1984

Esben Smed is a Danish actor and graduate of the Danish National School of Performing Arts (2013). He was selected as a European Shooting Star at the Berlinale in 2017. Smed gained wide national recognition as Nicky in the acclaimed DR series Follow the Money (2016–2019) and has since starred in Bille August's A Fortunate Man (2018) and The Kiss (2023), Held for Ransom (2019) — for which he won the Robert Award for Best Actor in 2020 — and Thomas Vinterberg's Families Like Ours (2024).

Most recently, he stars opposite Danica Ćurčić in Paradis (2026), directed by Maria Sødahl while he is set as lead in three major Danish productions during 2026 TBA.