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.
as Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
as Mysterious Viking
as Self(6 eps)
as Markus(8 eps)
as Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
as Dag Hammarskjöld
as Stagge(8 eps)
as Self / Helmer Jr
as Peder
as Hans Holmér(5 eps)
as The Mule(4 eps)
as Victor Karlosson
as Self(8 eps)
as Self (archive footage)
as Harald Edelstam(6 eps)
as Jakob Nyman(20 eps)
as The Famous Actor
as Alexander Zalachenko
as Self
as Hasse P
as Greybeard
as Himself(1 ep)
as Dag Hammarskjold
as Prall
as Self(1 ep)
as Self (archive footage)
as Gunvald Larsson
as Self(1 ep)
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Peter Jensen
as Thomas Jacob
as Hasse
as Erik Maria Bark
as Carl Hamilton
as Carl Hamilton
as Stefan
as Johan
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Anton
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Self(1 ep)
as Sigfrid Larsson
as Lars
as Carl Johan Ruth
as Carl Johan Ruth(3 eps)
as Gunvald Larsson
as Tomas Söderberg
as Himself(1 ep)
as Gunvald Larsson
as Mikael Persbrandt
as Mikael Persbrandt
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Thomas
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Tomas Gaal
as Lars
as Björn
as Gunvald Larsson
as Priest
as Self(1 ep)
as Westman
as Åke
as Martin Holst(8 eps)
as Jocke
as X
as Thomas
as Ulf
as Axel
as Frank
as Adam (young)
as Johan
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Kullman
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Åke Frigårdh
as Gunvald Larsson(34 eps)
as Andreas Persson
as The paramedic
as Glenn
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Reader (voice)
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Roger Nyman
as Gunvald Larsson
as Gunvald Larsson
as Roffe
as Gunvald Larsson
as Hjorth
as Konstantin
as C-O
as Jocke(6 eps)
as Peter
as Helmer Jr.(5 eps)
as Hellman(4 eps)
as Police 1
as Ola Simonsson(30 eps)
as Vanchaufför(8 eps)
as Svante
as Self - Poem Reader(1 ep)