Mikael Persbrandt

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1963-09-25 (61 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. 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.

Known For

Actor

Otmica

as Markus

2023
Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace

as Dag Hammarskjöld

2023
Reindeer Mafia

as Stagge

2022
2021
2021
The Unlikely Murderer

as Hans Holmér

2021
Foundation

as The Mule

2019
Expeditionen

as Self

2019
Invisible Heroes

as Harald Edelstam

2019
Sex Education

as Jakob Nyman

2018
X&Y

as The Famous Actor

2018
The Girl in the Spider's Web

as Alexander Zalachenko

2018
The Cake General

as Hasse P

2016
The Siege of Jadotville

as Dag Hammarskjold

2016
2016
Beck 31 - Gunvald

as Gunvald Larsson

2015
2015
Beck 29 - Invasion

as Gunvald Larsson

2015
Beck 28 - The Family

as Gunvald Larsson

2015
Beck 27 - Room 302

as Gunvald Larsson

2014
The Salvation

as Peter Jensen

2014
Someone You Love

as Thomas Jacob

2013
2012
The Hypnotist

as Erik Maria Bark

2011
Somewhere Else

as Stefan

2011
2010
2010
Beck 26 - Buried Alive

as Gunvald Larsson

2009
2008
Everlasting Moments

as Sigfrid Larsson

2008
2008
The Kautokeino Rebellion

as Carl Johan Ruth

2008
2007
Beck 24 - In the Name of God

as Gunvald Larsson

2007
Solstorm

as Tomas Söderberg

2007
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream

as Gunvald Larsson

2007
One Eye Red

as Mikael Persbrandt

2007
Wonderful and Loved by All

as Mikael Persbrandt

2007
Beck 22 - The Weak Link

as Gunvald Larsson

2007
2007
Gangster

as Thomas

2007
Beck 20 - The Lawyer

as Gunvald Larsson

2007
Beck 19 - The Vulture

as Gunvald Larsson

2007
2006
One Way

as Tomas Gaal

2006
No Tears

as Lars

2006
Search

as Björn

2006
Beck 17 - The Scorpion

as Gunvald Larsson

2006
2005
Double Shift

as Jocke

2005
Medicinmannen

as  Martin Holst

2004
2004
Day and Night

as Thomas

2004
Three Suns

as Ulf

2003
2003
Now

as Adam (young)

2002
Beck 16 - The Last Witness

as Gunvald Larsson

2002
2002
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown

as Gunvald Larsson

2002
Beck 12 - The Loner

as Gunvald Larsson

2001
Beck 11 - The Cartel

as Gunvald Larsson

2001
2001
Dragonflies

as Kullman

2001
2000
Gossip

as Åke Frigårdh

1999
Deadly Drift

as Andreas Persson

1999
Fatimas tredje hemlighet

as The paramedic

1999
Beck

as Gunvald Larsson

1998
1998
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness

as Gunvald Larsson

1998
Beck 07 - The Money Man

as Gunvald Larsson

1998
Beck 06 - The Monster

as Gunvald Larsson

1998
1998
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye

as Gunvald Larsson

1998
The Last Contract

as Roger Nyman

1998
Beck 03 - White Nights

as Gunvald Larsson

1997
1997
1997
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy

as Gunvald Larsson

1997
1997
9 millimeter

as Konstantin

1996
Anna Holt

as Jocke

1995
1994
Polismördaren

as Polis 1

1994
The Kingdom

as Helmer Jr.

1994
1992
Rederiet

as Ola Simonsson

1990
Nigger

as Svante

1990
Enemy's Enemy

as Vanchaufför

Producer

2018
The Cake General

as Executive Producer