Ingvar Hirdwall
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.
123 acting credits
Acting · 123
Wallander
2005
Beck
1999
The Guldbagge Awards
1981
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2009
Julkalendern
1960
Millennium
2010
Skärgårdsdoktorn
1997
Beck 11 - The Cartel
2001
Svenska noveller
1978
Kvällspressen
1992
Children's Island
1980
Kejsarn av Portugallien
1992
August Strindberg: A Life
1985
Korset
1985
Godnatt, jord
1979
The Zone
1996
Drottning Kristina
1981
Tre kärlekar
1989
Babels hus
1981
Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo
2023
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
1997
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
2007
Tomtemaskinen
1993
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
2015
Sammansvärjningen
1986
Beck: The Last Day
2016
Miffo
2003
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
1998
Like It Never Was Before
1995
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
2007
1939
1989
Beck 35 - Your Own Blood
2018
Beck 12 - The Loner
2002
Man on the Roof
1976
Beck 36 - The Thin Ice
2018
Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate
2018
Beck 32 - Steinar
2016
Wallander: The Troubled Man
2013
Offside
2006
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
2009
Beck 06 - The Monster
1998
Beck 28 - The Family
2015
Ivar Kreuger
1998
Beck - The Man with the Icons
1997
The Man from Majorca
1984
Beck 31 - Gunvald
2016
Beck 27 - Room 302
2015
Stall-Erik and the Snapphans
—
Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past
2021
Beck - Den förlorade sonen
2021
Beck 07 - The Money Man
1998
Beck 19 - The Vulture
2007
Onkel Vanja
1994
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
2002
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
2006
The Zone
1996
Beck 46 - The Crying Cop
2022
Beck 39 - Undercover
2020
A Dream Play
1980
Raven's End
1963
Beck 47 - The Death Trap
2022
Kunglig toilette
1986
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
2007
Den enskilde medborgaren
2006
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
2007
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
2006
Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt
2020
A Kind of Hades
1996
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
2002
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
2007
Ondskans år
1987
Beck 29 - Invasion
2015
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
2010
Daybreak
2003
Beck 37 - Without Intent
2018
Beck 50 - Deadlock
2023
Anderssons älskarinna
2001
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
2002
Beck - bakom kulisserna
2024
Beck 41 - Death in Samarra
2021
Beck 44 - Rage Room
2022
Beck 49 - Inferno
2023
Beck 45 - 58 Minutes
2022
Fläskfarmen
1986
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
1998
The Tattooed Widow
1998
Beck 03 - White Nights
1998
Midvinterduell
1983
My Love Is Like a Rose
1963
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
2001
Beck 33 - End of the Road
2016
KvällsPressen
1992
Christmas Oratorio
1996
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
2002
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
2001
Mouth to Mouth
2005
Miraklet i Viskan
2015
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
1998
Deadline Torp
2005
Tartuffe - hycklaren
1997
The Caretaker
2004
The Secret
2009
Gustav III
1974
A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon
1983
Pelikanen
1982
Sandlådan
1972
Let's Play House
2003
The Potato Seller
1996
Stormen
2009
With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof
2004
Jackpot
1980
En kvinnas huvud
1997
Flotten
1972
The Miracle in Valby
1989
Hemmet
1972
Honungsvargar
1990
Dom unga örnarna
1982
Savannen
1983
För vänskaps skull
1965
Rikedom
1978
Kent - ett porträtt av Kent Andersson
2004
Trängningen
1962
Berndt och Anita
1969