Acting credits
115
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Mikael Persbrandt
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 91Series: 24Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 52398
IMDb ID: nm0675409
Known for: Acting
Born: September 25, 1963
Age: 62
Place of birth: Jakobsberg i Stockholms län, Sverige
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1990 - 2026
Years active: 37
Average TMDB rating: 6.17
Wikidata: Q723674
Also known as
میکائیل پرشبرانت
Other jobs
Executive Producer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Mikael Persbrandt.
as Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
Marie Göranzon - När rampljuset slocknar
2026 • Movie
as Mysterious Viking
Odyssey
2025 • Movie
as Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
Beck - bakom kulisserna
2024 • Movie
as Dag Hammarskjöld
Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
2023 • Movie
as Self / Helmer Jr
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022 • Movie
as Peder
Till Sun Rises
2021 • Movie
as Victor Karlosson
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
2020 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Carl och spelreklamshelvetet
2019 • Movie
as The Famous Actor
X&Y
2018 • Movie
as Alexander Zalachenko
The Girl in the Spider's Web
2018 • Movie
as Self
Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018 • Movie
as Hasse P
The Cake General
2018 • Movie
as Greybeard
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
2017 • Movie
as Dag Hammarskjold
The Siege of Jadotville
2016 • Movie
as Prall
Alone in Berlin
2016 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott
2016 • Movie
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 31 - Gunvald
2016 • Movie
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
2015 • Movie
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 29 - Invasion
2015 • Movie
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 28 - The Family
2015 • Movie
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 27 - Room 302
2015 • Movie
as Beorn
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014 • Movie
as Peter Jensen
The Salvation
2014 • Movie
as Thomas Jacob
Someone You Love
2014 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Mikael Persbrandt.
as Self • 6 eps
Mauri och Morberg - på en liten resa
2025 • Series
as Markus • 8 eps
Kidnapping
2025 • Series
as Stagge • 8 eps
Reindeer Mafia
2023 • Series
as Hans Holmér • 5 eps
The Unlikely Murderer
2021 • Series
as The Mule • 4 eps
Foundation
2021 • Series
as Self • 8 eps
Expeditionen
2019 • Series
as Harald Edelstam • 6 eps
Invisible Heroes
2019 • Series
as Jakob Nyman • 20 eps
Sex Education
2019 • Series
as Himself • 1 eps
Tillsammans med Strömstedts
2017 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Vänligen: Lars Lerin
2016 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Ett jobb för Berg
2015 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Plura's Kitchen
2011 • Series
1 eps
Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
2009 • Series
24 eps
Innocently Convicted
2008 • Series
as Carl Johan Ruth • 3 eps
Kaotokeino-opprøret (TV-serien)
2008 • Series
as Himself • 1 eps
The 7 Deadly Sins
2007 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Ett herrans liv
2006 • Series
as Gunvald Larsson • 34 eps
Beck
1999 • Series
as Jocke • 6 eps
Anna Holt
1996 • Series
as Helmer Jr. • 5 eps
The Kingdom
1994 • Series
1 eps
Svensson, Svensson
1994 • Series
as Hellman • 4 eps
Anna Holt - Den vite riddaren
1994 • Series
as Ola Simonsson • 30 eps
Rederiet
1992 • Series
as Vanchaufför • 8 eps
Enemy's Enemy
1990 • Series