David Sakurai

David Ken Sakurai Bo, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Sakurai first became known to international audiences for his performance in Károly Ujj Mészáros' fantasy noir Liza, The Fox-Fairy. The film was a European festival darling and heralded for best picture several times over. David's performance as the lead character "Tomy Tani", gained quite the cult following with both European and Asian audience. In the U.S. market, he was introduced in the flashy role of Marvel villain, Scythe, in Scott Buck's martial arts series Iron Fist from Marvel Studios. He followed this, with the role as Mutsuhiro 'The Bird' Watanabe in the Harold Cronk-directed Unbroken: Path to Redemption, the sequel to the three-time Academy Award nominated 2014 film. His work in Scandinavia and Europe include Hans Peter Mollands' revenge comedy In Order of Disappearance, opposite Stellan Skarsgård, the Netflix show Lilyhammer, and Acts of Vengeance, alongside Antonio Banderas. 2017 saw him starring as lead opposite Clémentine Poidatz in the controversial drama Housewife from Turkish filmmaker Can Evrenol. In 2018 he joined J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Wizarding World, in David Yates' Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Here he portrayed the role of Krall, a wizard and loyal follower of Johnny Depp's Grindelwald. On the Televison side he has been a recurring on the Paul WS Anderson series Origin, Ridley Scott's Amazon series The Man in The High Castle, guest-starred in S.W.A.T. and been a season regular on the Danish TV series Hvide Sande & Grow. His most recent work include The Doorman, from Japanese director Ryûhei Kitamura, starring opposite Jean Reno and Ruby Rose and Scandinavian fantasy film Wonderland Recoil.