Mikael Persbrandt
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.
120 acting credits
Acting · 120
Foundation
2021
Sex Education
2019
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
Beck
1999
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
2017
The Kingdom
1994
Rederiet
1992
The Girl in the Spider's Web
2018
The Salvation
2014
Tillsammans med Strömstedts
2017
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
2020
The Unlikely Murderer
2021
The Siege of Jadotville
2016
Invisible Heroes
2019
Reindeer Mafia
2023
Beck 11 - The Cartel
2001
Innocently Convicted
2008
Enemy's Enemy
1990
Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
2009
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
2012
In a Better World
2010
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
2012
Odyssey
2025
Miss Julie: 100 Years in the Limelight
2006
Svensson, Svensson
1994
Kaotokeino-opprøret (TV-serien)
2008
Alone in Berlin
2016
Anna Holt - Den vite riddaren
1994
Medicinmannen
2005
The Hypnotist
2012
Anna Holt
1996
Kidnapping
2025
Ett herrans liv
2006
Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018
Expeditionen
2019
Mauri och Morberg - på en liten resa
2025
The 7 Deadly Sins
2007
Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
2023
One Way
2006
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
1997
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
2007
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
2015
Everlasting Moments
2008
Now
2003
The Kautokeino Rebellion
2008
The Last Contract
1998
Someone You Love
2014
X&Y
2018
Stockholm East
2011
Ett jobb för Berg
2015
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
1998
Cop Killer
1994
Search
2006
Vänligen: Lars Lerin
2016
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
2007
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022
Beck 12 - The Loner
2002
Everyone Loves Alice
2002
Solstorm
2007
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
2009
Lovisa och Carl Michael
2005
Beck 06 - The Monster
1998
Beck 28 - The Family
2015
Wonderful and Loved by All
2007
At Point Blank
2003
Beck - The Man with the Icons
1997
Ellinors bröllop
1996
Beck 31 - Gunvald
2016
Beck 27 - Room 302
2015
Nobody Owns Me
2013
The Cake General
2018
Day and Night
2004
Beck 07 - The Money Man
1998
Beck 19 - The Vulture
2007
Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott
2016
The Lovelife of a Fat Thief
2006
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
2002
One Eye Red
2007
Beneath the Surface
1997
Gossip
2000
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
2006
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
2007
Hela härligheten
1998
Dragonflies
2001
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
2007
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
2006
Double Shift
2005
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
2002
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
2007
Beck 29 - Invasion
2015
9 millimeter
1997
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
2010
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
2002
Adult Behaviour… It's All in the Mind
1999
Beck - bakom kulisserna
2024
Between Summers
1995
Deadly Drift
1999
Somewhere Else
2011
Till Sun Rises
2021
Nigger
1990
Bang Bang Orangutang
2005
Carl och spelreklamshelvetet
2019
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
1998
Beck 03 - White Nights
1998
Three Suns
2004
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
2001
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
2002
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
2001
Gangster
2007
No Tears
2006
Heaven's Heart
2008
Marie Göranzon - när rampljuset slocknar
2026
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
1998
Gunnar Govin - en man, en röst, en resa
2003
Fatimas tredje hemlighet
1999
Playing with Fire
2004
Nature's Warrior
1997
Den starkare
2004
102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger
1998