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Mikael Persbrandt
Jakobsberg i Stockholms län, Sverige
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 inter…
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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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2026
Marie Göranzon - När rampljuset slocknar
Movie Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
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2025
Odyssey
Movie Mysterious Viking
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2025
Mauri och Morberg - på en liten resa
TV show Self
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2025
Kidnapping
TV show Markus
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2024
Beck - bakom kulisserna
Movie Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
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2023
Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
Movie Dag Hammarskjöld
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2023
Reindeer Mafia
TV show Stagge
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2022
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Movie Self / Helmer Jr
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2021
Till Sun Rises
Movie Peder
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2021
The Unlikely Murderer
TV show Hans Holmér
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2021
Foundation
TV show The Mule
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2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Movie Victor Karlosson
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2019
Expeditionen
TV show Self
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2019
Carl och spelreklamshelvetet
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Invisible Heroes
TV show Harald Edelstam
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2019
Sex Education
TV show Jakob Nyman
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2018
X&Y
Movie The Famous Actor
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2018
The Girl in the Spider's Web
Movie Alexander Zalachenko
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2018
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Movie Self
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2018
The Cake General
Movie Hasse P
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2017
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Movie Greybeard
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2017
Tillsammans med Strömstedts
TV show Himself
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2016
The Siege of Jadotville
Movie Dag Hammarskjold
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2016
Alone in Berlin
Movie Prall
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2016
Vänligen: Lars Lerin
TV show Self
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2016
Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2016
Beck 31 - Gunvald
Movie Gunvald Larsson
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2015
Ett jobb för Berg
TV show Self
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2015
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
Movie Gunvald Larsson
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2015
Beck 29 - Invasion
Movie Gunvald Larsson
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2015
Beck 28 - The Family
Movie Gunvald Larsson
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2015
Beck 27 - Room 302
Movie Gunvald Larsson
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2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Movie Beorn
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2014
The Salvation
Movie Peter Jensen
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2014
Someone You Love
Movie Thomas Jacob
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2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Movie Beorn
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2013
Nobody Owns Me
Movie Hasse
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2012
The Hypnotist
Movie Erik Maria Bark
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2012
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
Movie Carl Hamilton
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2012
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
Movie Carl Hamilton
