Mikael Persbrandt
Acting
🎂 1963-09-25
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.
Cast credits(118)
Jakob Nyman
2019
The Mule
2021
Ola Simonsson
1992
Gunvald Larsson
1999
Helmer Jr.
1994
Hans Holmér
2021
Beorn
2014
2008
1994
Martin Holst
2005
Self
2006
Harald Edelstam
2019
Beorn
2013
Himself
2007
Stagge
2023
Self
2016
Hellman
1994
Greybeard
2017
Vanchaufför
1990
2009
Jocke
1996
Markus
2025
Self
2025
Himself
2017
Self
2019
Alexander Zalachenko
2018
Victor Karlosson
2020
Peter Jensen
2014
Dag Hammarskjold
2016
Carl Johan Ruth
2008
Gunvald Larsson
2001
Erik Maria Bark
2012
Carl Hamilton
2012
Dag Hammarskjöld
2023
Prall
2016
Anton
2010
Carl Hamilton
2012
Sigfrid Larsson
2008
Tomas Gaal
2006
The Famous Actor
2018
Gunvald Larsson
2002
Johan
2011
Tomas Söderberg
2007
Gunvald Larsson
2001
Åke Frigårdh
2000
Andreas Persson
1999
Gunvald Larsson
2007
Gunvald Larsson
2010
Mysterious Viking
2025
Adam (young)
2003
Carl Johan Ruth
2008
C-O
1996
Gunvald Larsson
1998
Thomas
2007
Self
2018
Gunvald Larsson
1998
Gunvald Larsson
1998
Frank
2003
Thomas Jacob
2014
Gunvald Larsson
1997
Kullman
2001
Gunvald Larsson
1998
Georg
1999
Hasse
2013
Gunvald Larsson
2016
Gunvald Larsson
1997
Police 1
1994
Gunvald Larsson
2007
2006
Roger Nyman
1998
Svante
1990
Mikael Persbrandt
2007
Self / Helmer Jr
2022
Gunvald Larsson
2007
Gunvald Larsson
2007
Mikael Persbrandt
2007
Gunvald Larsson
2002
Gunvald Larsson
2001
Peter
1995
Thomas
2004
Gunvald Larsson
2007
Åke
2005
Gunvald Larsson
2006
Ulf
2004
Gunvald Larsson
1998
Gunvald Larsson
2006
Lars
2006
Gunvald Larsson
2015
Gunvald Larsson
2007
Johan
2002
Gunvald Larsson
2009
Kurt
2003
Gunvald Larsson
2015
Peder
2021
Gunvald Larsson
2002
Gunvald Larsson
1998
Hasse P
2018
Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
2024
Björn
2006
Gunvald Larsson
2002
Priest
2006
Gunvald Larsson
2015
Reader (voice)
1998
Gunvald Larsson
2015
Self (archive footage)
2016
Stefan
2011
Lars
2008
Konstantin
1997
The paramedic
1999
Westman
2005
Axel
2004
Gunvald Larsson
2002
Roffe
1997
Hjorth
1997
X
2004
Glenn
1998
Self (archive footage)
2019
Jocke
2005