Mikael Persbrandt
92 movies · 16 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 25, 1963 (age 63)
- Place of birth
- Jakobsberg i Stockholms län, Sverige
- Also known as
- میکائیل پرشبرانت
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.
Known for
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★ 7.3 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014 · Film
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★ 7.6 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013 · Film
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★ 8.2 Sex Education
2019 · TV
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★ 6.6 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
2017 · Film
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★ 7.7 Foundation
2021 · TV
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★ 6.4 Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
2020 · Film
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★ 6.2 The Girl in the Spider's Web
2018 · Film
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★ 6.5 The Salvation
2014 · Film
Mikael Persbrandt: movies and TV shows
Acting (108)
- 2026 Marie Göranzon - När rampljuset slocknar
as Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
- 2025 Odyssey
as Mysterious Viking
- 2025
- 2024 Beck - bakom kulisserna
as Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
- 2023 Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
as Dag Hammarskjöld
- 2023
- 2021 Till Sun Rises
as Peder
- 2021
- 2021
- 2020 Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
as Victor Karlosson
- 2019
- 2019
- 2018 X&Y
as The Famous Actor
- 2018 The Girl in the Spider's Web
as Alexander Zalachenko
- 2018 The Cake General
as Hasse P
- 2017 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
as Greybeard
- 2016 The Siege of Jadotville
as Dag Hammarskjold
- 2016 Alone in Berlin
as Prall
- 2016 Beck 31 - Gunvald
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2015 Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2015 Beck 29 - Invasion
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2015 Beck 28 - The Family
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2015 Beck 27 - Room 302
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2014
- 2014 The Salvation
as Peter Jensen
- 2014 Someone You Love
as Thomas Jacob
- 2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Beorn
- 2013 Nobody Owns Me
as Hasse
- 2012 The Hypnotist
as Erik Maria Bark
- 2012 Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
as Carl Hamilton
- 2012 Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
as Carl Hamilton
- 2011 Somewhere Else
as Stefan
- 2011 Stockholm East
as Johan
- 2010 In a Better World
as Anton
- 2010 Beck 26 - Buried Alive
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2009 Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2008 Everlasting Moments
as Sigfrid Larsson
- 2008
- 2008 Heaven's Heart
as Lars
- 2008 The Kautokeino Rebellion
as Carl Johan Ruth
- 2008
- 2007 Beck 24 - In the Name of God
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2007 Solstorm
as Tomas Söderberg
- 2007 Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2007 One Eye Red
as Mikael Persbrandt
- 2007 Wonderful and Loved by All
as Mikael Persbrandt
- 2007 Beck 22 - The Weak Link
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2007 Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2007 Gangster
as Thomas
- 2007 Beck 20 - The Lawyer
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2007 Beck 19 - The Vulture
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2006 Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2006 One Way
as Tomas Gaal
- 2006 No Tears
as Lars
- 2006 Search
as Björn
- 2006 Beck 17 - The Scorpion
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2006
- 2006 The Lovelife of a Fat Thief
as Priest
- 2005 Lovisa och Carl Michael
as Westman
- 2005 Bang Bang Orangutang
as Åke
- 2005
- 2005 Double Shift
as Jocke
- 2004 Den starkare
as X
- 2004 Day and Night
as Thomas
- 2004 Three Suns
as Ulf
- 2004 Playing with Fire
as Axel
- 2003 At Point Blank
as Frank
- 2003
- 2003 Now
as Adam (young)
- 2002 Everyone Loves Alice
as Johan
- 2002 Beck 16 - The Last Witness
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2002 Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2002 Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2002 Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2002 Beck 12 - The Loner
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2001 Beck 11 - The Cartel
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2001 Dragonflies
as Kullman
- 2001 Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2001 Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
as Gunvald Larsson
- 2000 Gossip
as Åke Frigårdh
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999 Deadly Drift
as Andreas Persson
- 1999 Fatimas tredje hemlighet
as The paramedic
- 1998 Hela härligheten
as Glenn
- 1998 Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
as Gunvald Larsson
- 1998 Beck 07 - The Money Man
as Gunvald Larsson
- 1998 Beck 06 - The Monster
as Gunvald Larsson
- 1998 102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger
as Reader (voice)
- 1998 Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
as Gunvald Larsson
- 1998 Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
as Gunvald Larsson
- 1998 The Last Contract
as Roger Nyman
- 1998 Beck 03 - White Nights
as Gunvald Larsson
- 1997 Beck - The Man with the Icons
as Gunvald Larsson
- 1997 Beneath the Surface
as Roffe
- 1997 Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
as Gunvald Larsson
- 1997 Nature's Warrior
as Hjorth
- 1997 9 millimeter
as Konstantin
- 1996 Ellinors bröllop
as C-O
- 1996
- 1995 Between Summers
as Peter
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994 Cop Killer
as Police 1
- 1992
- 1990
- 1990 Nigger
as Svante
Behind the camera (1)
- 2018 The Cake General
Executive Producer
Talk shows and appearances (13)
- 2025 Mauri och Morberg - på en liten resa
6 episodes
- 2022
- 2019 Expeditionen
8 episodes
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017 Tillsammans med Strömstedts
1 episode
- 2016 Vänligen: Lars Lerin
1 episode
- 2016
- 2015 Ett jobb för Berg
1 episode
- 2011 Plura's Kitchen
1 episode
- 2009 Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
1 episode
- 2007 The 7 Deadly Sins
1 episode
- 2006 Ett herrans liv
1 episode