Acting credits
114
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.

Acting
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Acting credits
114
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
TMDB popularity
1.9
Low visibility
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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
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.




Movie credits linked with Mikael Persbrandt.
as Mysterious Viking
as Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
as Dag Hammarskjöld
as Self / Helmer Jr
as Peder
as Victor Karlosson
as Self (archive footage)
as The Famous Actor
as Alexander Zalachenko
as Self
as Hasse P
as Greybeard
as Dag Hammarskjold
as Prall
as Self (archive footage)
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Beorn
as Peter Jensen
as Thomas Jacob
as Beorn
Series credits linked with Mikael Persbrandt.
as Self • 6 eps
as Markus • 8 eps
as Stagge • 8 eps
as Hans Holmér • 5 eps
as The Mule • 4 eps
as Self • 8 eps
as Harald Edelstam • 6 eps
as Jakob Nyman • 20 eps
as Himself • 1 eps
as Self • 1 eps
as Self • 1 eps
1 eps
24 eps
as Carl Johan Ruth • 3 eps
as Himself • 1 eps
as Self • 1 eps
as Martin Holst • 8 eps
as Gunvald Larsson • 34 eps
as Jocke • 6 eps
as Helmer Jr. • 5 eps
1 eps
as Hellman • 4 eps
as Ola Simonsson • 30 eps
as Vanchaufför • 8 eps