Mikael Persbrandt
Acting
Born 1963-09-25
Jakobsberg i Stockholms län, Sverige
121 credits
Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 3
Ingmar Bergman Award 1
Awards
Won 3 Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Awards
Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 3 won
- 2014 Best Actor in a Leading Role Won Nobody Owns Me
- 2013 Best Actor in a Leading Role Won Nobody Owns Me
- 2008 Best Actor in a Leading Role Won Everlasting Moments
European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 1 nominated
- 2011 Best European Film Nominated In a Better World
European Film Award for Best Actor 1 nominated
- 2011 Best Actor Nominated In a Better World
Ingmar Bergman Award 1 won
- 2004 Ingmar Bergman Award Won
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Mikael Åke Persbrandt, born 25 September 1963) is a Swedish actor. In Swedish films, he is perhaps best known for playing Gunvald Larsson in the Beck series of movies. He is internationally known for his starring role in the Academy Award-winning feature, In a Better World, directed by Susanne Bier. His performance earned him a 2011 European Film Award nomination for Best Actor. Other parts include the role of Carl Hamilton from the novels by Jan Guillou, Beorn in The Hobbit, as well as Jakob Nyman in the English TV series Sex Education.
He has performed onstage with the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and in numerous film and TV roles. Persbrandt is well known for his role as the hardboiled police inspector Gunvald Larsson, in the Beck series of films. He won the Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a leading role twice, the first in 2009 for Everlasting Moments and the second in 2014 for Nobody Owns Me. In 2015, Persbrandt reported that he would quit starring in his popular role of Gunvald Larsson. In 2019, Persbrandt began playing Jakob Nyman in the Netflix comedy drama Sex Education. He was a leading actor in the film The Salvation.
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Filmography
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Acting
57 credits
Sex Education
Foundation
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Beck
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
The Kingdom
Rederiet
The Girl in the Spider's Web
Plura's Kitchen
The Salvation
The Siege of Jadotville
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
In a Better World
Stockholm East
Anna Holt
Beck 03 - White Nights
The Unlikely Murderer
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
Invisible Heroes
No Tears
Alone in Berlin
The Hypnotist
Enemy's Enemy
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
Tillsammans med Strömstedts
Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
Reindeer Mafia
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
Beck 11 - The Cartel
Odyssey
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
Cop Killer
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
One Way
Ett herrans liv
Beck 12 - The Loner
Solstorm
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Medicinmannen
Kidnapping
Anna Holt - Den vite riddaren
Mauri och Morberg - på en liten resa
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
Expeditionen
Now
Beck 29 - Invasion
Heaven's Heart
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
Search
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
Marie Göranzon - När rampljuset slocknar
Till Sun Rises
The 7 Deadly Sins
Other credits
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