Cast
Mikael Persbrandt
Acting
Cast
Mikael Persbrandt
Known for
Acting
Born
1963-09-25
From
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.
★7.3
MOVIE2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Beorn
★7.6
MOVIE2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Beorn
★6.6
MOVIE2017
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
as Greybeard
★6.2
MOVIE2018
The Girl in the Spider's Web
as Alexander Zalachenko
★5.4
MOVIE2011
Stockholm East
as Johan
★6.3
MOVIE1998
Beck 03 - White Nights
as Gunvald Larsson
★5.8
MOVIE2025
Odyssey
as Mysterious Viking
★6.5
MOVIE2014
The Salvation
as Peter Jensen
★5.1
MOVIE2015
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
as Gunvald Larsson
MOVIE2006
No Tears
as Lars
★5.6
MOVIE2007
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
as Gunvald Larsson
★7.1
MOVIE2016
The Siege of Jadotville
as Dag Hammarskjold
★5.6
MOVIE2001
Beck 11 - The Cartel
as Gunvald Larsson
★6.6
MOVIE2002
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
as Gunvald Larsson
★6.1
MOVIE2002
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
as Gunvald Larsson
★6.3
MOVIE1997
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
as Gunvald Larsson
★6.0
MOVIE1990
Nigger
as Svante
★6.4
MOVIE2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
as Victor Karlosson
★7.2
MOVIE2010
In a Better World
as Anton
★5.6
MOVIE2012
The Hypnotist
as Erik Maria Bark
★6.0
MOVIE2002
Beck 12 - The Loner
as Gunvald Larsson
★6.1
MOVIE2012
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
as Carl Hamilton
★6.0
MOVIE2006
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
as Gunvald Larsson
★5.3
MOVIE2007
Solstorm
as Tomas Söderberg
★6.1
MOVIE2006
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
as Gunvald Larsson
★4.9
MOVIE2015
Beck 29 - Invasion
as Gunvald Larsson
★5.5
MOVIE2003
Now
as Adam (young)
MOVIE2022
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
as Self / Helmer Jr
★5.0
MOVIE2011
Somewhere Else
as Stefan
★6.3
MOVIE2023
Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
as Dag Hammarskjöld
★6.7
MOVIE1998
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
as Gunvald Larsson
★4.5
MOVIE2006
Search
as Björn
★5.4
MOVIE2008
Heaven's Heart
as Lars
★4.8
MOVIE2021
Till Sun Rises
as Peder
★6.7
MOVIE2016
Alone in Berlin
as Prall
★5.4
MOVIE2005
Bang Bang Orangutang
as Åke
★5.8
MOVIE1994
Cop Killer
as Police 1
MOVIE2024
Beck - bakom kulisserna
as Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
★4.7
MOVIE1999
Fatimas tredje hemlighet
as The paramedic
MOVIE2026
Marie Göranzon - När rampljuset slocknar
as Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
★7.4
MOVIE2018
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
★6.6
MOVIE2001
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
as Gunvald Larsson
★5.6
MOVIE1997
Beck - The Man with the Icons
as Gunvald Larsson
★5.6
MOVIE2006
One Way
as Tomas Gaal
★5.8
MOVIE2007
Wonderful and Loved by All
as Mikael Persbrandt
★5.8
MOVIE2012
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
as Carl Hamilton
★10.0
MOVIE1998
102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger
as Reader (voice)
★4.4
MOVIE1997
9 millimeter
as Konstantin
★6.1
MOVIE2008
The Kautokeino Rebellion
as Carl Johan Ruth
★6.7
MOVIE2013
Nobody Owns Me
as Hasse
★6.0
MOVIE1998
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
as Gunvald Larsson
★5.8
MOVIE2002
Everyone Loves Alice
as Johan
★4.7
MOVIE2005
Double Shift
as Jocke
★5.3
MOVIE2014
Someone You Love
as Thomas Jacob
★7.3
MOVIE2008
Everlasting Moments
as Sigfrid Larsson
★6.2
MOVIE1998
Beck 07 - The Money Man
as Gunvald Larsson
★5.6
MOVIE1998
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
as Gunvald Larsson
★7.0
MOVIE1998
Hela härligheten
as Glenn
★3.6
MOVIE2004
Three Suns
as Ulf
★5.3
MOVIE2005
Lovisa och Carl Michael
as Westman
★5.7
MOVIE2015
Beck 28 - The Family
as Gunvald Larsson
★5.1
MOVIE1999
Deadly Drift
as Andreas Persson
★5.6
MOVIE2016
Beck 31 - Gunvald
as Gunvald Larsson
★3.8
MOVIE2000
Gossip
as Åke Frigårdh
★5.9
MOVIE2002
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
as Gunvald Larsson
★6.6
MOVIE2007
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
as Gunvald Larsson
★5.7
MOVIE2009
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
as Gunvald Larsson
★6.4
MOVIE2004
Day and Night
as Thomas
★5.6
MOVIE1998
Beck 06 - The Monster
as Gunvald Larsson
★6.1
MOVIE2018
The Cake General
as Hasse P
★5.5
MOVIE2007
Beck 19 - The Vulture
as Gunvald Larsson
★5.8
MOVIE1998
The Last Contract
as Roger Nyman
★6.0
MOVIE2018
X&Y
as The Famous Actor
★6.3
MOVIE2002
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
as Gunvald Larsson
★6.2
MOVIE2010
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
as Gunvald Larsson
★5.5
MOVIE2007
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
as Gunvald Larsson
★5.9
MOVIE2007
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
as Gunvald Larsson
★5.8
MOVIE2001
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
as Gunvald Larsson
MOVIE2006
Miss Julie: 100 Years in the Limelight
MOVIE2019
Carl och spelreklamshelvetet
as Self (archive footage)
★5.7
MOVIE2007
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
as Gunvald Larsson
★4.4
MOVIE2001
Dragonflies
as Kullman
★8.0
MOVIE1997
Beneath the Surface
as Roffe
★7.0
MOVIE1996
Ellinors bröllop
as C-O
★5.0
MOVIE1995
Between Summers
as Peter
★5.8
MOVIE1999
Adult Behaviour… It's All in the Mind
as Georg
★6.0
MOVIE2015
Beck 27 - Room 302
as Gunvald Larsson
★2.1
MOVIE2007
Gangster
as Thomas
★4.5
MOVIE2006
The Lovelife of a Fat Thief
as Priest
★5.0
MOVIE2016
Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott
as Self (archive footage)
★5.2
MOVIE2003
At Point Blank
as Frank
★5.4
MOVIE1997
Nature's Warrior
as Hjorth
★5.3
MOVIE2007
One Eye Red
as Mikael Persbrandt
★8.0
MOVIE2004
Den starkare
as X
★6.5
MOVIE2003
Gunnar Govin - en man, en röst, en resa
as Kurt
MOVIE2004
Playing with Fire
as Axel