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.
as Markus
as Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
as Dag Hammarskjöld
as Stagge
as Self / Helmer Jr
as Peder
as Hans Holmér
as The Mule
as Victor Karlosson
as Self
as Harald Edelstam
as Jakob Nyman
as The Famous Actor
as Alexander Zalachenko
as Self
as Hasse P
as Greybeard
as Himself
as Dag Hammarskjold
as Prall
as Gunvald Larsson
as Self
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
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as Peter Jensen
as Thomas Jacob
as Beorn
as Hasse
as Erik Maria Bark
as Carl Hamilton
as Carl Hamilton
as Stefan
as Johan
as Anton
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Sigfrid Larsson
as Lars
as Carl Johan Ruth
as Carl Johan Ruth
as Gunvald Larsson
as Tomas Söderberg
as Gunvald Larsson
as Mikael Persbrandt
as Mikael Persbrandt
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Thomas
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Himself
as Gunvald Larsson
as Tomas Gaal
as Lars
as Björn
as Gunvald Larsson
as Priest
as Self
as Westman
as Åke
as Jocke
as Martin Holst
as X
as Thomas
as Ulf
as Frank
as Adam (young)
as Johan
as Gunvald Larsson
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as Kullman
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as Åke Frigårdh
as Andreas Persson
as The paramedic
as Gunvald Larsson
as Glenn
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Reader (voice)
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Roger Nyman
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Roffe
as Gunvald Larsson
as Hjorth
as Konstantin
as C-O
as Jocke
as Peter
as Polis 1
as Helmer Jr.
as Hellman
as Ola Simonsson
as Svante
as Vanchaufför
as Executive Producer