Mikael Persbrandt

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.

Casted

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Played Beorn

Average Rating

7.3

14906 votes

Release Date

Dec 10, 2014

11 years ago
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Played Beorn

Average Rating

7.6

13756 votes

Release Date

Dec 11, 2013

12 years ago
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

Played Greybeard

Average Rating

6.5

5899 votes

Release Date

May 10, 2017

9 years ago
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

Played Victor Karlosson

Average Rating

6.4

1505 votes

Release Date

Jun 26, 2020

5 years ago
The Girl in the Spider's Web

Played Alexander Zalachenko

Average Rating

6.2

1447 votes

Release Date

Oct 25, 2018

7 years ago
The Siege of Jadotville

Played Dag Hammarskjold

Average Rating

7.1

914 votes

Release Date

Sep 19, 2016

9 years ago
The Salvation

Played Peter Jensen

Average Rating

6.5

904 votes

Release Date

May 22, 2014

12 years ago
In a Better World

Played Anton

Average Rating

7.1

429 votes

Release Date

Aug 26, 2010

15 years ago
Alone in Berlin

Played Prall

Average Rating

6.7

387 votes

Release Date

Feb 15, 2016

10 years ago
The Hypnotist

Played Erik Maria Bark

Average Rating

5.6

187 votes

Release Date

Sep 28, 2012

13 years ago
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation

Played Carl Hamilton

Average Rating

6.1

131 votes

Release Date

Mar 02, 2012

14 years ago
Everlasting Moments

Played Sigfrid Larsson

Average Rating

7.3

77 votes

Release Date

Sep 24, 2008

17 years ago
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter

Played Carl Hamilton

Average Rating

5.9

76 votes

Release Date

Sep 07, 2012

13 years ago
One Way

Played Tomas Gaal

Average Rating

5.5

63 votes

Release Date

Oct 21, 2006

19 years ago
The Cake General

Played Hasse P

Average Rating

6.0

43 votes

Release Date

Mar 07, 2018

8 years ago
Bergman: A Year in a Life

Played Self

Average Rating

7.4

39 votes

Release Date

Jul 12, 2018

7 years ago
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

5.9

38 votes

Release Date

Mar 27, 1998

28 years ago
Beck - The Man with the Icons

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

5.6

37 votes

Release Date

Dec 17, 1997

28 years ago
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

6.3

37 votes

Release Date

Jun 27, 1997

29 years ago
Adult Behaviour… It's All in the Mind

Played Georg

Average Rating

5.6

36 votes

Release Date

Sep 24, 1999

26 years ago
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

6.0

36 votes

Release Date

Mar 20, 2002

24 years ago
Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace

Played Dag Hammarskjöld

Average Rating

6.2

34 votes

Release Date

Dec 25, 2023

2 years ago
The Kautokeino Rebellion

Played Carl Johan Ruth

Average Rating

6.0

34 votes

Release Date

Jan 18, 2008

18 years ago
Nobody Owns Me

Played Hasse

Average Rating

6.7

34 votes

Release Date

Nov 08, 2013

12 years ago
Beck 03 - White Nights

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

6.3

34 votes

Release Date

Feb 27, 1998

28 years ago
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

6.7

33 votes

Release Date

Sep 19, 1998

27 years ago
Beck 06 - The Monster

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

5.4

33 votes

Release Date

May 28, 1998

28 years ago
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

6.5

32 votes

Release Date

Jun 27, 2001

25 years ago
Beck 12 - The Loner

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

5.9

32 votes

Release Date

Jan 16, 2002

24 years ago
Beck 27 - Room 302

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

6.1

31 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 2015

11 years ago
Beck 16 - The Last Witness

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

6.5

30 votes

Release Date

Apr 17, 2002

24 years ago
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

5.5

30 votes

Release Date

Apr 08, 1998

28 years ago
Solstorm

Played Tomas Söderberg

Average Rating

5.3

29 votes

Release Date

Nov 02, 2007

18 years ago
Someone You Love

Played Thomas Jacob

Average Rating

5.3

29 votes

Release Date

May 09, 2014

12 years ago
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

6.7

29 votes

Release Date

Sep 17, 2007

18 years ago
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

5.7

29 votes

Release Date

Aug 27, 2001

24 years ago
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

6.2

28 votes

Release Date

Apr 10, 2002

24 years ago
Beck 11 - The Cartel

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

5.5

28 votes

Release Date

Dec 12, 2001

24 years ago
Beck 07 - The Money Man

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

5.9

28 votes

Release Date

Jun 03, 1998

28 years ago
Stockholm East

Played Johan

Average Rating

5.5

27 votes

Release Date

Oct 21, 2011

14 years ago
Beck 17 - The Scorpion

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

5.9

27 votes

Release Date

Jun 28, 2006

20 years ago
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

5.7

27 votes

Release Date

Feb 13, 2002

24 years ago
Beck 24 - In the Name of God

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

5.6

26 votes

Release Date

Nov 10, 2007

18 years ago
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

5.5

26 votes

Release Date

Jun 06, 2007

19 years ago
Beck 20 - The Lawyer

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

6.0

26 votes

Release Date

Feb 21, 2007

19 years ago
Beck 26 - Buried Alive

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

6.0

25 votes

Release Date

Jun 21, 2010

16 years ago
Beck 28 - The Family

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

5.8

25 votes

Release Date

Jan 10, 2015

11 years ago
Cop Killer

Played Police 1

Average Rating

5.9

25 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1994

32 years ago
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

6.1

24 votes

Release Date

Nov 06, 2006

19 years ago
Beck 19 - The Vulture

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

5.4

24 votes

Release Date

Jan 17, 2007

19 years ago
Beck 29 - Invasion

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

5.1

24 votes

Release Date

Mar 21, 2015

11 years ago
Beck 31 - Gunvald

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

5.6

24 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 2016

10 years ago
Beck 22 - The Weak Link

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

5.6

23 votes

Release Date

Aug 22, 2007

18 years ago
Day and Night

Played Thomas

Average Rating

6.3

21 votes

Release Date

Aug 06, 2004

21 years ago
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

5.6

21 votes

Release Date

Aug 25, 2009

16 years ago
At Point Blank

Played Frank

Average Rating

5.1

20 votes

Release Date

Dec 13, 2003

22 years ago
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders

Played Gunvald Larsson

Average Rating

5.2

20 votes

Release Date

Mar 28, 2015

11 years ago
X&Y

Played The Famous Actor

Average Rating

5.9

20 votes

Release Date

Nov 23, 2018

7 years ago
Now

Played Adam (young)

Average Rating

5.4

19 votes

Release Date

Jan 27, 2003

23 years ago
The Last Contract

Played Roger Nyman

Average Rating

5.6

16 votes

Release Date

Mar 06, 1998

28 years ago
9 millimeter

Played Konstantin

Average Rating

4.2

16 votes

Release Date

Jan 24, 1997

29 years ago
Dragonflies

Played Kullman

Average Rating

4.1

16 votes

Release Date

Jul 05, 2001

25 years ago
Gangster

Played Thomas

Average Rating

2.1

11 votes

Release Date

Apr 27, 2007

19 years ago
Heaven's Heart

Played Lars

Average Rating

5.4

11 votes

Release Date

Feb 29, 2008

18 years ago
Gossip

Played Åke Frigårdh

Average Rating

3.2

10 votes

Release Date

Dec 24, 2000

25 years ago
Everyone Loves Alice

Played Johan

Average Rating

5.3

9 votes

Release Date

Oct 04, 2002

23 years ago
One Eye Red

Played Mikael Persbrandt

Average Rating

5.3

9 votes

Release Date

Sep 07, 2007

18 years ago
Till Sun Rises

Played Peder

Average Rating

4.8

9 votes

Release Date

Dec 25, 2021

4 years ago
Three Suns

Played Ulf

Average Rating

2.7

7 votes

Release Date

Feb 26, 2004

22 years ago
Bang Bang Orangutang

Played Åke

Average Rating

5.0

6 votes

Release Date

Oct 14, 2005

20 years ago
Deadly Drift

Played Andreas Persson

Average Rating

4.5

6 votes

Release Date

Mar 12, 1999

27 years ago
Between Summers

Played Peter

Average Rating

4.2

6 votes

Release Date

Aug 31, 1995

31 years ago
Wonderful and Loved by All

Played Mikael Persbrandt

Average Rating

5.8

6 votes

Release Date

Aug 24, 2007

18 years ago
Beneath the Surface

Played Roffe

Average Rating

8.2

5 votes

Release Date

Nov 21, 1997

28 years ago
Nature's Warrior

Played Hjorth

Average Rating

4.8

4 votes

Release Date

Feb 21, 1997

29 years ago
Search

Played Björn

Average Rating

3.3

3 votes

Release Date

Sep 08, 2006

19 years ago
The Lovelife of a Fat Thief

Played Priest

Average Rating

4.5

2 votes

Release Date

Apr 14, 2006

20 years ago
Double Shift

Played Jocke

Average Rating

3.5

2 votes

Release Date

May 18, 2005

21 years ago
Lovisa och Carl Michael

Played Westman

Average Rating

3.5

2 votes

Release Date

Dec 24, 2005

20 years ago
Fatimas tredje hemlighet

Played The paramedic

Average Rating

2.5

2 votes

Release Date

Jan 31, 1999

27 years ago
Nigger

Played Svante

Average Rating

5.5

2 votes

Release Date

Nov 25, 1990

35 years ago
Somewhere Else

Played Stefan

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

Dec 16, 2011

14 years ago
Hela härligheten

Played Glenn

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Nov 26, 1998

27 years ago
Ellinors bröllop

Played C-O

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Nov 08, 1996

29 years ago
Den starkare

Played X

Average Rating

8.0

1 votes

Release Date

Aug 31, 2004

21 years ago
102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger

Played Reader (voice)

Average Rating

10.0

1 votes

Release Date

Apr 15, 1998

28 years ago
Gunnar Govin - en man, en röst, en resa

Played Kurt

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

Feb 05, 2003

23 years ago
Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 04, 2016

10 years ago
No Tears

Played Lars

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 06, 2006

19 years ago
Playing with Fire

Played Axel

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Feb 12, 2004

22 years ago
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus

Played Self / Helmer Jr

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 20, 2022

3 years ago
Odyssey

Played Mysterious Viking

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 07, 2025

5 months ago
Miss Julie: 100 Years in the Limelight

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 2006

20 years ago
Beck - bakom kulisserna

Played Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 07, 2024

1 year ago
Carl och spelreklamshelvetet

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Apr 23, 2019

7 years ago

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