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.
Acting (90 movies)
Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
2023
One Way
2006
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
1998
At Point Blank
2003
The Kautokeino Rebellion
2008
Adult Behaviour… It's All in the Mind
1999
Day and Night
2004
In a Better World
2010
The Lovelife of a Fat Thief
2006
Everlasting Moments
2008
Gangster
2007
Solstorm
2007
No Tears
2006
Beneath the Surface
1997
The Last Contract
1998
Somewhere Else
2011
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
2012
9 millimeter
1997
Three Suns
2004
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
Heaven's Heart
2008
Everyone Loves Alice
2002
Bang Bang Orangutang
2005
Stockholm East
2011
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
2007
Deadly Drift
1999
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
2012
The Hypnotist
2012
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
2001
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
2010
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
2002
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
2006
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
2009
Now
2003
Nobody Owns Me
2013
Hela härligheten
1998
Gossip
2000
Between Summers
1995
Nature's Warrior
1997
Someone You Love
2014
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
2007
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
2007
Beck - The Man with the Icons
1997
The Salvation
2014
Beck 28 - The Family
2015
Beck 27 - Room 302
2015
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
2002
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
2007
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
2007
Beck 19 - The Vulture
2007
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
2006
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
2002
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
2002
Beck 12 - The Loner
2002
Beck 11 - The Cartel
2001
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
2001
Beck 07 - The Money Man
1998
Beck 06 - The Monster
1998
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
1998
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
1998
Beck 03 - White Nights
1998
Dragonflies
2001
Alone in Berlin
2016
Beck 29 - Invasion
2015
Search
2006
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
2015
Ellinors bröllop
1996
Beck 31 - Gunvald
2016
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
1997
The Siege of Jadotville
2016
Odyssey
2025
Den starkare
2004
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
2017
The Cake General
2018
X&Y
2018
102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger
1998
Cop Killer
1994
Wonderful and Loved by All
2007
Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018
The Girl in the Spider's Web
2018
Gunnar Govin - en man, en röst, en resa
2003
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
2020
One Eye Red
2007
Till Sun Rises
2021
Beck - bakom kulisserna
2024
Carl och spelreklamshelvetet
2019
Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott
2016
M4's The Hobbit Book Edit
2021
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Cake General | 2018 | Executive Producer |