
Ingvar Hirdwall
Biography
Ingvar Hirdwall (December 5, 1934 – April 6, 2023) was born in Stockholm, and was educated at Gothenburg City Theatre stage school 1957-1960. Since the early 1960s until his death he has been active as an actor in many films, TV series and on theatrical stages, mainly Stockholms stadsteater. He is well known in Sweden, was often portraying obstinate or strange characters, like the eccentric neighbor in the many Swedish Martin Beck TV-movies made from 1997 on. He was also often in director Lars Molin's productions. In December 1993, Hirdwall played the leading role in the Swedish TV company SVT's annual children's Christmas “Advent calendar” - Tomtemaskinen (The mechanical santa), one of the Pettson and Findus stories by Sven Nordqvist - with one 15-minute part shown each day up until Christmas Eve. Hirdwall played the character of Pettson.
Hirdwall received the Swedish Guldbagge Award for Best Actor at the 17th Guldbagge Awards for Barnens ö (Children's Island) and the Thaliapriset prize in 1993.
Hirdwall was married to the actress Marika Lindström. They have two children, director Jacob Hirdwall and actress Agnes Hirdwall.
Acting (96 movies)

Miffo
2003

Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
1998

Daybreak
2003

Man on the Roof
1976

The Miracle in Valby
1989

Deadline Torp
2005

The Potato Seller
1996

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2009

Raven's End
1963

Beck 44 - Rage Room
2022

Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past
2021

Beck 45 - 58 Minutes
2022

Beck 46 - The Crying Cop
2022

The Individual Citizen
2006

The Tattooed Widow
1998

Kent - ett porträtt av Kent Andersson
2004

Children's Island
1980

Offside
2006

Like It Never Was Before
1995

The Man from Majorca
1984

Mouth to Mouth
2005

Pelikanen
1982

Flotten
1972

Beck 22 - The Weak Link
2007

Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
2001

Beck 26 - Buried Alive
2010

Beck 16 - The Last Witness
2002

Let's Play House
2003

Beck 17 - The Scorpion
2006

Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
2009

1939
1989

The Secret
2009

Christmas Oratorio
1996

Midvinterduell
1983

Wallander: The Troubled Man
2013

Hemmet
1972

Sandlådan
1972

Beck 33 - End of the Road
2016

Beck 11 - The Cartel
2001

Beck 12 - The Loner
2002

Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
2006

Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
2002

Beck 24 - In the Name of God
2007

Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
2007

Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
2002

Beck 47 - The Death Trap
2022

Beck 49 - Inferno
2023

Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo
2023

Beck 50 - Deadlock
2023

Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
1998

Beck 03 - White Nights
1998

Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
1998

Miraklet i Viskan
2015

Beck 29 - Invasion
2015

Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
2015

Beck 27 - Room 302
2015

Beck 28 - The Family
2015

För vänskaps skull
1965

Beck 32 - Steinar
2016

Beck: The Last Day
2016

Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
1997

Beck - The Man with the Icons
1997

Kunglig toilette
1986

Tartuffe - hycklaren
1997

The Caretaker
2004

My Love Is Like a Rose
1963

Trängningen
1962

A Kind of Hades
1996

Beck 35 - Your Own Blood
2018

Beck 36 - The Thin Ice
2018

Beck 37 - Without Intent
2018

Gustav III
1974

Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate
2018

Onkel Vanja
1994

En kvinnas huvud
1997

Ondskans år
1987

Beck 31 - Gunvald
2016

A Dream Play
1980

Fläskfarmen
1986

Honungsvargar
1990

Dom unga örnarna
1982

KvällsPressen
1992

Rikedom
1978

Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
2007

Beck 19 - The Vulture
2007

Beck 06 - The Monster
1998

Beck 07 - The Money Man
1998

Beck 20 - The Lawyer
2007

Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
2001

Jackpot
1980

Beck 39 - Undercover
2020

Beck 41 - Death in Samarra
2021

Beck - Den förlorade sonen
2021

Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt
2020

Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
2002

Beck - bakom kulisserna
2024
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