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Mikael Persbrandt

09/25/1963 (61 years old) | Jakobsberg i Stockholms län, Sverige | Actor | Male

Mikael Ake 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.

Mikael Persbrandt Top Movies and TV Shows in 2024

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1.	Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace	1,195
2.	King Arthur: Legend of the Sword	926
3.	The Salvation	31
4.	In a Better World	9
5.	Hamilton: I nationens intresse	2
6.	Hypnotisören	1
7.	The Kautokeino Rebellion	0

Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace

Movie | Sweden | 12/25/2023 | Thriller

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.

6.6/10

1,210

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

Movie | United Kingdom | 03/22/2017 | Fantasy | Knights

The young Arthur runs the back passages of Londonium with his crew, not knowing his royal lineage until he grabs Excalibur. Instantly confronted by the sword’s influence, Arthur is forced to make up his mind. Throwing in with the Resistance and an enigmatic young woman named Guinevere, he must learn to master the sword, face down his demons and unite the people to defeat the tyrant Vortigern — who murdered his parents and stole his crown — and become king.

6.7/10

31%

6,320

The Salvation

Movie | Denmark | 05/22/2014 | Western | Revenge

In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.

6.7/10

110

In a Better World

Movie | Denmark | 09/30/2010 | Drama | Revenge

The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.

7.7/10

78%

Hamilton: I nationens intresse

Movie | Sweden | 01/13/2012 | Action | Terorrism

Carl Hamilton manage to infiltrate an international gang that had stolen advanced Swedish GPS-guided missile. But the league is subjected to a sudden deadly attack by a väldrillad group of mercenaries of unknown clients. Hamilton escapes the massacre, but the rockets are disappeared without a trace.

6.3/10

Hypnotisören

Movie | Sweden | 09/28/2012 | Crime | Murder

After a young woman and her parents are murdered by a killer determined to wipe out the entire family, Detective Inspector Joona Linna works with a psychiatrist to hypnotize the son who narrowly escaped death in order to find the one surviving daughter before the murderer does.

5.6/10

The Kautokeino Rebellion

Movie | Denmark | 01/18/2008 | Drama

Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village.

6.8/10

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