Mikael Persbrandt

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-09-25 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Jakobsberg i Stockholms län, Sverige

Mikael Persbrandt

Biography

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. ...

Acting

2023

Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace

as Dag Hammarskjöld

2006

One Way

as Tomas Gaal

1998

2003

2008

The Kautokeino Rebellion

as Carl Johan Ruth

2004

Day and Night

as Thomas

2010

2008

Everlasting Moments

as Sigfrid Larsson

2007

Gangster

as Thomas

2007

Solstorm

as Tomas Söderberg

2006

No Tears

as Lars

1998

The Last Contract

as Roger Nyman

2005

Double Shift

as Jocke

2011

1997

9 millimeter

as Konstantin

2004

2008

2011

2007

Beck 22 - The Weak Link

as Gunvald Larsson

1999

Deadly Drift

as Andreas Persson

2012

The Hypnotist

as Erik Maria Bark

2001

2010

Beck 26 - Buried Alive

as Gunvald Larsson

2002

Beck 16 - The Last Witness

as Gunvald Larsson

2009

2006

Beck 17 - The Scorpion

as Gunvald Larsson

2003

Now

as Adam (young)

2013

1998

2000

Gossip

as Åke Frigårdh

1995

1997

2014

Someone You Love

as Thomas Jacob

2007

2007

1997

2014

The Salvation

as Peter Jensen

2015

Beck 28 - The Family

as Gunvald Larsson

2002

Beck 13 - Sender Unknown

as Gunvald Larsson

2015

Beck 27 - Room 302

as Gunvald Larsson

2007

Beck 23 - The Silent Scream

as Gunvald Larsson

2007

Beck 19 - The Vulture

as Gunvald Larsson

2007

Beck 20 - The Lawyer

as Gunvald Larsson

2002

Beck 12 - The Loner

as Gunvald Larsson

2002

2001

2001

Beck 11 - The Cartel

as Gunvald Larsson

1998

Beck 06 - The Monster

as Gunvald Larsson

1998

Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye

as Gunvald Larsson

1998

Beck 07 - The Money Man

as Gunvald Larsson

1998

Beck 03 - White Nights

as Gunvald Larsson

2001

Dragonflies

as Kullman

2016

2015

Beck 29 - Invasion

as Gunvald Larsson

2006

Search

as Björn

2022

2015

2016

Beck 31 - Gunvald

as Gunvald Larsson

1997

Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy

as Gunvald Larsson

2016

The Siege of Jadotville

as Dag Hammarskjold

2025

Odyssey

as Mysterious Viking

2004

2018

2018

X&Y

as The Famous Actor

1994

Cop Killer

as Police 1

1999

Fatimas tredje hemlighet

as The paramedic

2007

Wonderful and Loved by All

as Mikael Persbrandt

1990

Nigger

as Svante

2018

The Girl in the Spider's Web

as Alexander Zalachenko

2007

One Eye Red

as Mikael Persbrandt

2021

2024

Beck - bakom kulisserna

as Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)

2019

Carl och spelreklamshelvetet

as Self (archive footage)

Production

2018

The Cake General

as Executive Producer

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