Biography

William Jøhnk Juel Nielsen was born in July 5, 1997 in Hundested, Denmark. He is a danish actor known for in a better world (2010), A Royal Affair (2012) and Bare tjue (2016). He graduated at Herlufsholm School. Though he has been appearing on-screen since he was four years old, Nielsen found his true breakout role as a teenager after his mother responded to a newspaper advertisement that was searching for actors in a feature film. Ultimately, he responded to that ad, and it proved to be an incredibly smart move, in his eventual audition, Nielsen ended up blowing away the higher-ups behind the thriller-drama "In a Better World," demonstrating his English fluency and his strong emotional range. It was love at first sight for the casting team, who hired the young Nielsen after only a single audition. He went on to appear in a major supporting role as Christian (a troubled yet heroic school boy), earning major acclaim