Mikael Persbrandt
Birthday
1963/09/25 (61 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Jakobsberg i Stockholms län, Sverige
Also know 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 Ny...Read more
Acting
(2023) Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
as Dag Hammarskjöld
(2006) One Way
as Tomas Gaal
(1998) Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
as Gunvald Larsson
(2003) At Point Blank
as Frank
(2008) The Kautokeino Rebellion
as Carl Johan Ruth
(1999) Adult Behaviour… It's All in the Mind
as Georg
(2004) Day and Night
as Thomas
(2010) In a Better World
as Anton
(2006) The Lovelife of a Fat Thief
as Priest
(2008) Everlasting Moments
as Sigfrid Larsson
(2007) Gangster
as Thomas
(2007) Solstorm
as Tomas Söderberg
(2006) No Tears
as Lars
(1997) Beneath the Surface
as Roffe
(1998) The Last Contract
as Roger Nyman
(2005) Double Shift
as Jocke
(2011) Somewhere Else
as Stefan
(2012) Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
as Carl Hamilton
(1997) 9 millimeter
as Konstantin
(2004) Three Suns
as Ulf
(2013) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Beorn
(2008) Heaven's Heart
as Lars
(2002) Everyone Loves Alice
as Johan
(2005) Bang Bang Orangutang
as Åke
(2011) Stockholm East
as Johan
(2014) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Beorn
(2004) Playing with Fire
as Axel
(2007) Beck 22 - The Weak Link
as Gunvald Larsson
(1999) Deadly Drift
as Andreas Persson
(2012) Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
as Carl Hamilton
(2012) The Hypnotist
as Erik Maria Bark
(2001) Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
as Gunvald Larsson
(2010) Beck 26 - Buried Alive
as Gunvald Larsson
(2002) Beck 16 - The Last Witness
as Gunvald Larsson
(2006) Beck 17 - The Scorpion
as Gunvald Larsson
(2009) Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
as Gunvald Larsson
(2003) Now
as Adam (young)
(2013) Nobody Owns Me
as Hasse
(1998) Hela härligheten
as Glenn
(2000) Gossip
as Åke Frigårdh
(1995) Between Summers
as Peter
(2005) Lovisa och Carl Michael
as Westman
(1997) Nature's Warrior
as Hjorth
(2014) Someone You Love
as Thomas Jacob
(2007) Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
as Gunvald Larsson
(2007) Beck 24 - In the Name of God
as Gunvald Larsson
(1997) Beck - The Man with the Icons
as Gunvald Larsson
(2014) The Salvation
as Peter Jensen
(2015) Beck 28 - The Family
as Gunvald Larsson
(2015) Beck 27 - Room 302
as Gunvald Larsson
(2002) Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
as Gunvald Larsson
(2007) Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
as Gunvald Larsson
(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
(2002) Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
as Gunvald Larsson
(2002) Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
as Gunvald Larsson
(2002) Beck 12 - The Loner
as Gunvald Larsson
(2001) Beck 11 - The Cartel
as Gunvald Larsson
(2001) Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
as Gunvald Larsson
(1998) Beck 07 - The Money Man
as Gunvald Larsson
(1998) Beck 06 - The Monster
as Gunvald Larsson
(1998) Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
as Gunvald Larsson
(1998) Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
as Gunvald Larsson
(1998) Beck 03 - White Nights
as Gunvald Larsson
(2001) Dragonflies
as Kullman
(2016) Alone in Berlin
as Prall
(2015) Beck 29 - Invasion
as Gunvald Larsson
(2006) Search
as Björn
(2022) Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
as Self / Helmer Jr
(2015) Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
as Gunvald Larsson
(1996) Ellinors bröllop
as C-O
(2016) Beck 31 - Gunvald
as Gunvald Larsson
(1997) Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
as Gunvald Larsson
(2016) The Siege of Jadotville
as Dag Hammarskjold
(2025) Odyssey
as ---
(2004) Den starkare
as X
(2017) King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
as Greybeard
(2018) The Cake General
as Hasse P
(2018) X&Y
as The Famous Actor
(1998) 102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger
as Reader (voice)
(1994) Cop Killer
as Police 1
(1999) Fatimas tredje hemlighet
as The paramedic
(2007) Wonderful and Loved by All
as Mikael Persbrandt
(1990) Nigger
as Svante
(2006) Miss Julie: 100 Years in the Limelight
as ---
(2018) Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
(2018) The Girl in the Spider's Web
as Alexander Zalachenko
(2003) Gunnar Govin - en man, en röst, en resa
as Kurt
(2020) Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
as Victor Karlosson
(2007) One Eye Red
as Mikael Persbrandt
(2021) Till Sun Rises
as Peder
(2024) Beck - bakom kulisserna
as Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
(2019) Carl och spelreklamshelvetet
as Self (archive footage)
(2016) Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott
as Self (archive footage)
(1992) Rederiet
as Ola Simonsson
(2008) Innocently Convicted
as ---
(2006) Ett herrans liv
as Self
(1994) Svensson, Svensson
as ---
(2021) The Unlikely Murderer
as Hans Holmér
(1999) Beck
as Gunvald Larsson
(2021) Foundation
as The Mule
(2017) Tillsammans med Strömstedts
as Himself
(1990) Enemy's Enemy
as Vanchaufför
(2005) Medicinmannen
as Martin Holst
(2007) The 7 Deadly Sins
as Himself
(2019) Sex Education
as Jakob Nyman
(2016) Vänligen: Lars Lerin
as Self
(2019) Invisible Heroes
as Harald Edelstam
(2019) Expeditionen
as Self
(2009) Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
as ---
(1994) Anna Holt - Den vite riddaren
as Hellman
(1996) Anna Holt
as Jocke
(2023) Reindeer Mafia
as Stagge
(1994) The Kingdom
as Helmer Jr.
(2025) Otmica
as Markus
(2008) Kaotokeino-opprøret (TV-serien)
as Carl Johan Ruth