Acting credits
114
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Mikael Persbrandt
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 90Series: 24Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 52398
IMDb ID: nm0675409
Known for: Acting
Born: September 25, 1963
Age: 62
Place of birth: Jakobsberg i Stockholms län, Sverige
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1990 - 2025
Years active: 36
Average TMDB rating: 6.15
Wikidata: Q723674
Also known as
میکائیل پرشبرانت
Other jobs
Executive Producer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Mikael Persbrandt.
4.6
Odyssey
as Mysterious Viking
2025 Movie
Beck - bakom kulisserna
as Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
2024 Movie
6.2
Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
as Dag Hammarskjöld
2023 Movie
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
as Self / Helmer Jr
2022 Movie
4.8
Till Sun Rises
as Peder
2021 Movie
6.4
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
as Victor Karlosson
2020 Movie
Carl och spelreklamshelvetet
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
6.0
X&Y
as The Famous Actor
2018 Movie
6.2
The Girl in the Spider's Web
as Alexander Zalachenko
2018 Movie
7.4
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
2018 Movie
6.0
The Cake General
as Hasse P
2018 Movie
6.5
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
as Greybeard
2017 Movie
7.1
The Siege of Jadotville
as Dag Hammarskjold
2016 Movie
6.7
Alone in Berlin
as Prall
2016 Movie
5.0
Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott
as Self (archive footage)
2016 Movie
5.6
Beck 31 - Gunvald
as Gunvald Larsson
2016 Movie
5.2
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
as Gunvald Larsson
2015 Movie
5.0
Beck 29 - Invasion
as Gunvald Larsson
2015 Movie
5.7
Beck 28 - The Family
as Gunvald Larsson
2015 Movie
6.0
Beck 27 - Room 302
as Gunvald Larsson
2015 Movie
7.3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Beorn
2014 Movie
6.5
The Salvation
as Peter Jensen
2014 Movie
5.3
Someone You Love
as Thomas Jacob
2014 Movie
7.6
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Beorn
2013 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Mikael Persbrandt.
8.0
Mauri och Morberg - på en liten resa
as Self • 6 eps
2025 Series
8.0
Kidnapping
as Markus • 8 eps
2025 Series
7.7
Reindeer Mafia
as Stagge • 8 eps
2023 Series
6.6
The Unlikely Murderer
as Hans Holmér • 5 eps
2021 Series
7.7
Foundation
as The Mule • 4 eps
2021 Series
8.0
Expeditionen
as Self • 8 eps
2019 Series
7.4
Invisible Heroes
as Harald Edelstam • 6 eps
2019 Series
8.2
Sex Education
as Jakob Nyman • 20 eps
2019 Series
10.0
Tillsammans med Strömstedts
as Himself • 1 eps
2017 Series
10.0
Vänligen: Lars Lerin
as Self • 1 eps
2016 Series
Ett jobb för Berg
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
1 eps
2009 Series
4.7
Innocently Convicted
24 eps
2008 Series
Kaotokeino-opprøret (TV-serien)
as Carl Johan Ruth • 3 eps
2008 Series
10.0
The 7 Deadly Sins
as Himself • 1 eps
2007 Series
9.5
Ett herrans liv
as Self • 1 eps
2006 Series
4.5
Medicinmannen
as Martin Holst • 8 eps
2005 Series
6.8
Beck
as Gunvald Larsson • 34 eps
1999 Series
4.0
Anna Holt
as Jocke • 6 eps
1996 Series
7.6
The Kingdom
as Helmer Jr. • 5 eps
1994 Series
5.5
Svensson, Svensson
1 eps
1994 Series
6.5
Anna Holt - Den vite riddaren
as Hellman • 4 eps
1994 Series
7.8
Rederiet
as Ola Simonsson • 30 eps
1992 Series
6.5
Enemy's Enemy
as Vanchaufför • 8 eps
1990 Series