Mikael Persbrandt

Acting · 2.3 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: September 25, 1963
From: Jakobsberg i Stockholms län, Sverige

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. 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.

Works

96 films

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

20147.3

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

20137.6

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

20176.6

The Girl in the Spider's Web

20186.2

The Salvation

20146.5

Beck 03 - White Nights

19986.3

The Siege of Jadotville

20167.1

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

20206.4

Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders

20155.1

Stockholm East

20115.4

In a Better World

20107.1

No Tears

2006

Beck 22 - The Weak Link

20075.6

Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation

20126.1

Beck 14 - The Advertising Man

20026.1

Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy

19976.3

Alone in Berlin

20166.7

Beck 16 - The Last Witness

20026.6

The Hypnotist

20125.6

Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace

20236.3

Beck 11 - The Cartel

20015.6

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus

2022

Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter

20125.8

Heaven's Heart

20085.4

Odyssey

20255.8

Till Sun Rises

20214.8

Beck 12 - The Loner

20026.0

One Way

20065.6

Solstorm

20075.3

Beck 17 - The Scorpion

20066.0

Beck 29 - Invasion

20154.9

Nigger

19906.0

Cop Killer

19945.8

Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness

19986.7

Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar

20066.1

Bergman: A Year in a Life

20187.4

Now

20035.5

Somewhere Else

20115.0

20064.5

Someone You Love

20145.3

9 millimeter

19974.4

102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger

199810.0

Fatimas tredje hemlighet

19994.7

Beck 07 - The Money Man

19986.2

Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye

19986.0

Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm

20095.7

Marie Göranzon - När rampljuset slocknar

2026

The Cake General

20185.9

Bang Bang Orangutang

20055.4

Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance

20016.6

Beck 23 - The Silent Scream

20076.6

Beck 06 - The Monster

19985.6

Everlasting Moments

20087.3

Day and Night

20046.4

Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face

20015.8

Beck - The Man with the Icons

19975.6

Ellinors bröllop

19967.0

The Kautokeino Rebellion

20086.1

Nobody Owns Me

20136.7

Beck 26 - Buried Alive

20106.2

Beck 27 - Room 302

20156.0

Dragonflies

20014.4

X&Y

20186.0

Wonderful and Loved by All

20075.8

Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball

20026.3

Miss Julie: 100 Years in the Limelight

2006

Beck - bakom kulisserna

2024

The Last Contract

19985.8

Beck 28 - The Family

20155.7

Between Summers

19955.0

Everyone Loves Alice

20025.8

At Point Blank

20035.2

Beck 20 - The Lawyer

20075.9

Beck 24 - In the Name of God

20075.7

Beck 13 - Sender Unknown

20025.9

Beck 19 - The Vulture

20075.5

Beneath the Surface

19978.0

Adult Behaviour… It's All in the Mind

19995.8

Gossip

20003.8

Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl

19985.6

Three Suns

20043.6

Lovisa och Carl Michael

20055.3

Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting

20075.5

Carl och spelreklamshelvetet

2019

Deadly Drift

19995.1

Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott

20165.0

Hela härligheten

19987.0

Beck 31 - Gunvald

20165.6

Gunnar Govin - en man, en röst, en resa

20036.5

Nature's Warrior

19975.4

Playing with Fire

2004

Double Shift

20054.7

Gangster

20072.1

One Eye Red

20075.3

The Lovelife of a Fat Thief

20064.5

Den starkare

20048.0