Mikael Persbrandt

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Sep 25, 1963 (61 years old)

Mikael Persbrandt

Known For

Mauri och Morberg - på en liten resa
0h 44m
TV Show 2025

Mauri och Morberg - på en liten resa

The unlikely duo Mauri Hermundsson and Per Morberg embark on a world-wide journey full of surprising adventures, culinary experiences and strange encounters. There is everything from laughter and mischief to pain and sadness as they take on countries such as Japan, Argentina and South Africa. Will Mauri succeed in his goal of becoming friends with Per or will their differences be too great?

Odyssey
1h 50m
Movie 2025

Odyssey

Natasha Flynn, a coke-fueled London estate agent, hides her crumbling life behind luxury. When loan sharks offer cash to hide a kidnapped agent, she's dragged into London's seedy underworld, leading to a bloody, chaotic showdown.

Kidnapping
0h 50m
TV Show 2025

Kidnapping

Inspired by a 2016 event, the series follows a child abduction that triggers a complex tale of power and class struggles. A house cleaner, makes a secret deal to protect her child, highlighting parents' fight for survival.

Beck - bakom kulisserna
0h 25m
Movie 2024

Beck - bakom kulisserna

In the documentary Beck: Behind the Scenes we get an exclusive insight into the production of the latest Beck films (51 and 52). Here we are taken on a journey through the recordings and the technical details behind each film. We also meet the main actors who talk about their time in the Beck group.

Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
1h 54m
Movie 2023

Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace

A speculative biopic about Swedish UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, the anti-colonialist, allegedly queer diplomat who died under mysterious circumstances during the Cold War while trying to bring peace to the Congo.

Reindeer Mafia
0h 40m
TV Show 2023

Reindeer Mafia

Poromafia is a crime saga tinged with black humor, centered on the internal power struggle of a family ruling the northern wilderness. The northern matriarch leaves behind an inheritance, which divides the family's lands among the family. However, the wills tear the family apart as buried secrets come to light.

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
0h 34m
Movie 2022

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus

Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creative challenges Lars von Trier presents his cast and crew to bring his vision to life from script to shoot and to the screen at home.

Till Sun Rises
1h 38m
Movie 2021

Till Sun Rises

Peder runs into his ex-girlfriend Hanna one day. They're happily married with new partners but although many years has passed Peder and Hanna are still attracted to each other. However, they don't want to jeopardize their marriages or cheat. One day they come across an antique book about dreams. With the help of the book, they manage to enter a dream world where they can live together in a life where anything is possible, while living their normal lives during the day. But soon enough it becomes hard to separate the dream world from reality.

The Unlikely Murderer
TV Show 2021

The Unlikely Murderer

After the assassination of prime minister Olof Palme in 1986, Stig Engström managed to elude justice right up to his death through a combination of audacity, luck, and a perplexed police force.

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
2h 3m
Movie 2020

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

Two small-town singers chase their pop star dreams at a global music competition, where high stakes, scheming rivals and onstage mishaps test their bond.

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.

Acting

2025
Mauri och Morberg - på en liten resa
2025
Odyssey
2025
Kidnapping
2024
Beck - bakom kulisserna
2023
Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
2023
Reindeer Mafia
2022
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2021
Till Sun Rises
2021
The Unlikely Murderer
2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
2019
Carl och spelreklamshelvetet
2019
Invisible Heroes
2018
X&Y
2018
The Girl in the Spider's Web
2018
Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018
The Cake General
2016
The Siege of Jadotville
2016
Alone in Berlin
2016
Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott
2016
Beck 31 - Gunvald
2015
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
2015
Beck 29 - Invasion
2015
Beck 28 - The Family
2015
Beck 27 - Room 302
2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
The Salvation
2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
Nobody Owns Me
2012
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
2009
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
2008
Innocently Convicted
2008
Everlasting Moments
2008
Kaotokeino-opprøret (TV-serien)
2007
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
2007
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
2007
One Eye Red
2007
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
2007
Gangster
2007
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
2007
Beck 19 - The Vulture
2006
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
2006
One Way
2006
No Tears
2006
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
2006
Miss Julie: 100 Years in the Limelight
2005
Medicinmannen
2003
Gunnar Govin - en man, en röst, en resa
2003
Now
1999
Adult Behaviour… It's All in the Mind
1999
Deadly Drift
1999
Fatimas tredje hemlighet
1998
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
1998
Beck 07 - The Money Man
1998
Beck 06 - The Monster
1998
102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger
1998
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
1998
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
1998
The Last Contract
1998
Beck 03 - White Nights
1997
Beck - The Man with the Icons
1997
Beneath the Surface
1997
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
1996
Anna Holt
1995
Between Summers
1994
The Kingdom
1994
Anna Holt - Den vite riddaren
1994
Cop Killer
1990
Enemy's Enemy
1990
Nigger

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