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Mikael Persbrandt

Mikael Persbrandt

Known For Acting
Birthday Sep 25, 1963 (61)
Birthplace Jakobsberg i Stockholms län, Sverige
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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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The Girl in the Spider's Web

The Girl in the Spider's Web

2018

as Alexander Zalachenko

Alone in Berlin

Alone in Berlin

2016

as Prall

The Siege of Jadotville

The Siege of Jadotville

2016

as Dag Hammarskjold

One Way

One Way

2006

as Tomas Gaal

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Beck

as Gunvald Larsson

Episodes: 34

First Aired: Dec 12, 1999

Rederiet

as Ola Simonsson

Episodes: 30

First Aired: Aug 20, 1992

Sex Education

as Jakob Nyman

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Jan 11, 2019

Enemy's Enemy

as Vanchaufför

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Dec 08, 1990

Medicinmannen

as  Martin Holst

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Sep 25, 2005

Reindeer Mafia

as Stagge

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jan 26, 2023

Otmica

as Markus

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jan 25, 2025

Invisible Heroes

as Harald Edelstam

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Apr 21, 2019

Anna Holt

as Jocke

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Oct 26, 1996

The Unlikely Murderer

as Hans Holmér

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Nov 05, 2021

The Kingdom

as Helmer Jr.

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Nov 24, 1994

Foundation

as The Mule

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 23, 2021

Den vite riddaren

as Hellman

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Apr 19, 1994

Kaotokeino-opprøret (TV-serien)

as Carl Johan Ruth

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 18, 2008

Innocently Convicted

Episodes: 24

First Aired: Sep 24, 2008

Expeditionen

as Self

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Oct 24, 2019

Ett herrans liv

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 13, 2006

Svensson, Svensson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1994

Tillsammans med Strömstedts

as Himself

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 09, 2017

The 7 Deadly Sins

as Himself

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 01, 2007

Vänligen: Lars Lerin

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 13, 2016

Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 19, 2009

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