Mikael Persbrandt
Acting
Born September 25, 1963 · Jakobsberg i Stockholms län, Sverige
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.
Films (95)
Odyssey
2025
Beck - bakom kulisserna
2024
Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
2023
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022
Till Sun Rises
2021
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
2020
Carl och spelreklamshelvetet
2019
X&Y
2018
The Girl in the Spider's Web
2018
Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018
The Cake General
2018
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
2017
The Siege of Jadotville
2016
Alone in Berlin
2016
Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott
2016
Beck 31 - Gunvald
2016
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
2015
Beck 29 - Invasion
2015
Beck 28 - The Family
2015
Beck 27 - Room 302
2015
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
The Salvation
2014
Someone You Love
2014
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
Nobody Owns Me
2013
The Hypnotist
2012
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
2012
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
2012
Somewhere Else
2011
Stockholm East
2011
In a Better World
2010
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
2010
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
2009
Everlasting Moments
2008
Heaven's Heart
2008
The Kautokeino Rebellion
2008
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
2007
Solstorm
2007
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
2007
One Eye Red
2007
Wonderful and Loved by All
2007
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
2007
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
2007
Gangster
2007
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
2007
Beck 19 - The Vulture
2007
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
2006
One Way
2006
No Tears
2006
Search
2006
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
2006
The Lovelife of a Fat Thief
2006
Miss Julie: 100 Years in the Limelight
2006
Lovisa och Carl Michael
2005
Bang Bang Orangutang
2005
Double Shift
2005
Den starkare
2004
Day and Night
2004
Three Suns
2004
Playing with Fire
2004
At Point Blank
2003
Gunnar Govin - en man, en röst, en resa
2003
Now
2003
Everyone Loves Alice
2002
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
2002
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
2002
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
2002
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
2002
Beck 12 - The Loner
2002
Beck 11 - The Cartel
2001
Dragonflies
2001
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
2001
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
2001
Gossip
2000
Adult Behaviour… It's All in the Mind
1999
Deadly Drift
1999
Fatimas tredje hemlighet
1999
Hela härligheten
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
1998
Beck - The Man with the Icons
1997
Beneath the Surface
1997
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
1997
Nature's Warrior
1997
9 millimeter
1997
Ellinors bröllop
1996
Between Summers
1995
Cop Killer
1994
Nigger
1990