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Mikael Persbrandt
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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 hardb…
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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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BODY OF WORK
Mikael Persbrandt's Filmography
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Marie Göranzon - När rampljuset slocknar
as Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
Odyssey
as Mysterious Viking
Beck - bakom kulisserna
as Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
as Dag Hammarskjöld
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
as Self / Helmer Jr
Till Sun Rises
as Peder
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
as Victor Karlosson
Carl och spelreklamshelvetet
as Self (archive footage)
X&Y
as The Famous Actor
The Girl in the Spider's Web
as Alexander Zalachenko
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
The Cake General
as Hasse P
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
as Greybeard
The Siege of Jadotville
as Dag Hammarskjold
Alone in Berlin
as Prall
Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott
as Self (archive footage)
Beck 31 - Gunvald
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 29 - Invasion
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 28 - The Family
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 27 - Room 302
as Gunvald Larsson
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Beorn
The Salvation
as Peter Jensen
Someone You Love
as Thomas Jacob
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Beorn
Nobody Owns Me
as Hasse
The Hypnotist
as Erik Maria Bark
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
as Carl Hamilton
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
as Carl Hamilton
Somewhere Else
as Stefan
Stockholm East
as Johan
In a Better World
as Anton
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
as Gunvald Larsson
Everlasting Moments
as Sigfrid Larsson
Heaven's Heart
as Lars
The Kautokeino Rebellion
as Carl Johan Ruth
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
as Gunvald Larsson
Solstorm
as Tomas Söderberg
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
as Gunvald Larsson
One Eye Red
as Mikael Persbrandt
Wonderful and Loved by All
as Mikael Persbrandt
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
as Gunvald Larsson
Gangster
as Thomas
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 19 - The Vulture
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
as Gunvald Larsson
One Way
as Tomas Gaal
No Tears
as Lars
Search
as Björn
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
as Gunvald Larsson
No Poster
Miss Julie: 100 Years in the Limelight
The Lovelife of a Fat Thief
as Priest
No Poster
Lovisa och Carl Michael
as Westman
Bang Bang Orangutang
as Åke
No Poster
Double Shift
as Jocke
Den starkare
as X
Day and Night
as Thomas
Three Suns
as Ulf
No Poster
Playing with Fire
as Axel
At Point Blank
as Frank
Gunnar Govin - en man, en röst, en resa
as Kurt
Now
as Adam (young)
Everyone Loves Alice
as Johan
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 12 - The Loner
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 11 - The Cartel
as Gunvald Larsson
Dragonflies
as Kullman
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
as Gunvald Larsson
Gossip
as Åke Frigårdh
Adult Behaviour… It's All in the Mind
as Georg
Deadly Drift
as Andreas Persson
No Poster
Fatimas tredje hemlighet
as The paramedic
Hela härligheten
as Glenn
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 07 - The Money Man
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 06 - The Monster
as Gunvald Larsson
102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger
as Reader (voice)
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
as Gunvald Larsson
The Last Contract
as Roger Nyman
Beck 03 - White Nights
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck - The Man with the Icons
as Gunvald Larsson
Beneath the Surface
as Roffe
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
as Gunvald Larsson
Nature's Warrior
as Hjorth
9 millimeter
as Konstantin
Ellinors bröllop
as C-O
Between Summers
as Peter
Cop Killer
as Police 1
No Poster
Nigger
as Svante