Adam Price Biography: Books, Awards, Culinary, Wife, Age, Religion, Parents, Height, Ethnicity, Net Worth

Adam Price is a Danish screenwriter, playwright, and producer best known as the creator and head writer behind the political drama series Borgen, a show that pushed his name far beyond Denmark and made him a familiar personality to international TV audiences.

Alongside his drama work, he has also built a prolific profile in Denmark as a food writer and TV chef, co-hosting the long-running cooking series Spise med Price with his brother, while also co-owning the Brdr. Price restaurant brand.

Profile

• Full name: Adam Price
• Date of birth: 7 May 1967
• Age: 58 years old
• Gender: Male
• Place of birth: Copenhagen, Denmark
• Nationality: Danish
• Profession: Screenwriter, playwright, producer, restaurateur, television presenter, food critic
• Parents: John Price (father); Birgitte Price (mother)
• Siblings: James Price (brother)
• Spouse: N/A
• Children: Two children
• Relationship status: Divorced
• Religion: Christian
• Ethnicity: Danish (with British ancestry)
• Net worth: $6 million

Early Life and Education

Adam Price is now 58 years old. He was born on 7 May 1967 in Copenhagen, Denmark. His parents were Danish actor and theatre director John Price and actress Birgitte Price.

His younger years were shaped by performance, writing, and public life that were already normal parts of the world around him, and he later worked professionally in writing from the mid-1980s onward rather than treating it as a late switch.

Price attended Ingrid Jespersens Gymnasieskole before going on to study law at the University of Copenhagen. He completed his law degree around 1990, a foundation that would later prove useful in the kind of policy-heavy, institution-focused storytelling he became known for on television.

Personal Life

Adam Price was married to Lærke Kløvedal until 2010 and then to Mischa Jemer until 2017. His current marital status is unknown.

He has a son and a daughter from his relationships. He publicly announced the birth of his daughter in 2021 and mentioned he was a father to a “beautiful son” in 2018.

Career

Adam Price career with writing Danish drama, including staff writing work in the late 1990s and later major creator credits. His international breakthrough is most closely tied to Borgen (and its later continuation), but his output also includes other series with international distribution such as Ride Upon the Storm (Herrens veje) and Netflix’s Ragnarok.

He also held influential leadership roles within Danish broadcasting, serving as Head of Drama at TV 2 Denmark in the early 2000s, a period that placed him at the center of how large scripted productions were developed and commissioned.

In 2014, Price became a co-founder of SAM Productions, where he has been credited as a writer-creator and executive producer on major projects, including the 2022 continuation of Borgen and multiple seasons of Ragnarok.

Outside scripted drama, Price became widely recognizable in Denmark through food media. He co-hosted Spise med Price with his brother beginning in 2008, and he has also been connected to cookbook publishing and restaurant ownership under the Brdr. Price brand.

Awards and Nominations

• BAFTA Award for Best International Drama (Borgen)
• Peabody Award (Borgen)
• Prix Italia (Borgen)
• Danish TV Award for Best Drama (Anna Pihl): 2006
• International Emmy Award for Best Drama (Nikolaj og Julie): 2003
• C21 International Drama Award, Best Non-English Language Drama (Ride Upon the Storm): 2019
• Danish Revue Author of the Year: 1990
• Rødekro Kulturpris: 2017

Net Worth

Adam Price’s net worth is estimated at $6 million. This estimate is based on the combined earning power of long-running creator and executive producer credits on major Danish and international television productions among others.

Social Media

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Filmography

• Taxa (1997–1998)
• Nikolaj og Julie (2002–2003)
• Anna Pihl (2006–2008)
• Spise med Price (2008–N/A)
• Borgen (2010–2013)
• Borgen – Power & Glory / Borgen – Riget, Magten og Æren (2022)
• Ride Upon the Storm / Herrens veje (2017–2018)
• Below the Surface / Gidseltagningen (2017)
• Ragnarok (2020–2023)

Books

• Spise med Price, Sæson 1 (N/A)
• Spise med Price, Sæson 2 (2010)
• Spise med Price, Sæson 3 (2011)
• Spise med Price – de 100 bedste fra sæson 4, 5 og 6 (2013)
• Prices diner (2014)
• Jeg glæder mig i denne tid – Jul hos brdr. Price (2014)