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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 5, 1934
Died
April 6, 2023
Place of Birth
Stockholm, Sweden
Ingvar Hirdwall
1.0 Popularity
Biography
Ingvar Hirdwall (December 5, 1934 – April 6, 2023) was born in Stockholm, and was educated at Gothenburg City Theatre stage school 1957-1960. Since the early 1960s until his death he has been active as an actor in many films, TV series and on theatrical stages, mainly Stockholms stadsteater. He is well known in Sweden, was often portraying obstinate or strange characters, like the eccentric neighbor in the many Swedish Martin Beck TV-movies made from 1997 on. He was also often in director Lars Molin's productions. In December 1993, Hirdwall played the leading role in the Swedish TV company SVT's annual children's Christmas “Advent calendar” - Tomtemaskinen (The mechanical santa), one of the Pettson and Findus stories by Sven Nordqvist - with one 15-minute part shown each day up until Christmas Eve. Hirdwall played the character of Pettson. Hirdwall received the Swedish Guldbagge Award for Best Actor at the 17th Guldbagge Awards for Barnens ö (Children's Island) and the Thaliapriset prize in 1993. Hirdwall was married to the actress Marika Lindström. They have two children, director Jacob Hirdwall and actress Agnes Hirdwall.
Known For
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Grannen (archive footage)
Beck - bakom kulisserna
2024
7.3
Grannen
Beck 50 - Deadlock
2023
6.6
Grannen
Beck 49 - Inferno
2023
6.1
Grannen
Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo
2023
5.9
Grannen
Beck 47 - The Death Trap
2022
6.3
Grannen
Beck 46 - The Crying Cop
2022
5.6
Grannen
Beck 45 - 58 Minutes
2022
6.0
Grannen
Beck 44 - Rage Room
2022
5.4
Grannen
Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past
2021
5.8
Grannen
Beck - Den förlorade sonen
2021
Credits
Beck - bakom kulisserna
as Grannen (archive footage)
2024
0.0
Beck 50 - Deadlock
as Grannen
2023
7.3
Beck 49 - Inferno
as Grannen
2023
6.6
Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo
as Grannen
2023
6.1
Beck 47 - The Death Trap
as Grannen
2022
5.9
Beck 46 - The Crying Cop
as Grannen
2022
6.3
Beck 45 - 58 Minutes
as Grannen
2022
5.6
Beck 44 - Rage Room
as Grannen
2022
6.0
Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past
as Grannen
2021
5.4
Beck - Den förlorade sonen
as Grannen
2021
5.8
Beck 41 - Death in Samarra
as Grannen
2021
5.3
Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt
as Grannen
2020
5.5
Beck 39 - Undercover
as Grannen
2020
5.2
Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate
as Grannen
2018
5.7
Beck 37 - Without Intent
as Grannen
2018
5.1
Beck 36 - The Thin Ice
as Grannen
2018
4.5
Beck 35 - Your Own Blood
as Grannen
2018
5.1
Beck: The Last Day
as Grannen
2016
5.5
Beck 33 - End of the Road
as Grannen
2016
5.3
Beck 32 - Steinar
as Grannen
2016
5.5
Beck 31 - Gunvald
as Grannen
2016
5.6
Miraklet i Viskan
as Halvar
2015
4.9
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
as Grannen
2015
5.2
Beck 29 - Invasion
as Grannen
2015
5.1
Beck 28 - The Family
as Grannen
2015
5.8
Beck 27 - Room 302
as Valdemar
2015
6.1
Wallander: The Troubled Man
as Lundberg
2013
5.8
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
as Grannen
2010
6.0
Millennium
as Dirch Frode
2010
7.6
The Secret
as Self
2009
8.0
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
as Grannen
2009
5.6
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Dirch Frode
2009
7.5
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
as Grannen
2007
5.6
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
as Grannen
2007
6.7
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
as Grannen
2007
5.6
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
as Grannen
2007
5.5
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
as Grannen
2007
6.0
Beck 19 - The Vulture
as Grannen
2007
5.4
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
as Grannen
2006
6.1
Offside
as Boston
2006
5.4
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
as Grannen
2006
5.9
The Individual Citizen
as Gunnar Bergström
2006
5.1
Mouth to Mouth
as Mats's father John
2005
4.6
Wallander
as Lundberg
2005
6.9
Deadline Torp
as Birger Johansen
2005
4.7
Kent - ett porträtt av Kent Andersson
as Self
2004
0.0
The Caretaker
as Davies
2004
0.0
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With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof
as Self
2004
0.0
Daybreak
as Knut
2003
6.0
Let's Play House
as Roland
2003
5.3
Miffo
as Karl Henrik
2003
5.0
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
as Grannen
2002
6.5
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
as Grannen
2002
6.2
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
as Grannen
2002
6.0
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
as The Neighbor
2002
5.8
Beck 12 - The Loner
as Grannen
2002
5.9
Beck 11 - The Cartel
as Grannen
2001
5.5
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
as Grannen
2001
5.7
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
as Grannen
2001
6.5
Anderssons älskarinna
as Erik, fadern
2001
3.5
Beck
as Grannen
1999
6.8
Ivar Kreuger
as Statsminister Ekman
1998
6.0
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
as Grannen
1998
6.7
Beck 07 - The Money Man
as Grannen
1998
5.9
Beck 06 - The Monster
as Grannen
1998
5.4
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
as The Neighbor
1998
5.5
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
as The Neighbor
1998
5.9
The Tattooed Widow
as Egon Andersson
1998
6.6
Beck 03 - White Nights
as The Neighbor
1998
6.3
Beck - The Man with the Icons
as Grannen
1997
5.6
Skärgårdsdoktorn
as Ewe Tannander
1997
7.5
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
as Grannen
1997
6.3
En kvinnas huvud
as Düber
1997
0.0
Tartuffe - hycklaren
as The king
1997
6.0
A Kind of Hades
as The old man
1996
4.0
Christmas Oratorio
as Edman
1996
5.8
The Potato Seller
as Johansson
1996
5.3
🎬
The Zone
as Erik Lagerlöf
1996
7.2
The Zone
as Erik Lagerlöf
1996
9.0
Like It Never Was Before
as Strange Man
1995
5.2
Onkel Vanja
as Teljegin
1994
0.0
Tomtemaskinen
as Pettson
1993
6.0
Kejsarn av Portugallien
as Jan
1992
7.0
KvällsPressen
as Sockander
1992
7.0
Kvällspressen
as Bengt Sockander
1992
5.0
Honungsvargar
as Axel
1990
0.0
1939
as Annika's father
1989
4.5
The Miracle in Valby
as Petra's Father
1989
5.2
Tre kärlekar
as Egon Nilsson
1989
9.0
Ondskans år
as Dr. Herbert Ahlström
1987
0.0
Kunglig toilette
as Restaurateur
1986
6.4
Sammansvärjningen
as Liljensparre
1986
8.0
Fläskfarmen
as Monty
1986
7.5
🎬
Korset
as Police Inspector Jörgen Wennström
1985
0.0
August Strindberg: A Life
as Läraren
1985
4.7
The Man from Majorca
as Fors
1984
6.4
🎬
Savannen
as Operator
1983
0.0
🎬
A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon
as Gustaf Edgren
1983
0.0
Midvinterduell
as Egon
1983
6.3
Pelikanen
1982
0.0
Dom unga örnarna
as Gunnar Grävmo
1982
0.0
🎬
The Guldbagge Awards
as Self - Best Actor winner
1981
5.5
Drottning Kristina
as Axel Oxenstierna
1981
0.0
Babels hus
as Bernt Svensson, Primus son
1981
6.7
Children's Island
as Stig Utler
1980
6.2
A Dream Play
as Affischören
1980
8.0
Jackpot
as Sven
1980
0.0
Godnatt, jord
1979
0.0
Rikedom
as John
1978
0.0
Svenska noveller
as John
1978
0.0
Man on the Roof
as Åke Eriksson
1976
7.1
Gustav III
as Horn
1974
0.0
Sandlådan
as Robert
1972
0.0
Hemmet
as Hjalmar Augustsson
1972
0.0
Flotten
as Freddy
1972
0.0
🎬
Berndt och Anita
as Berndt
1969
0.0
För vänskaps skull
1965
0.0
My Love Is Like a Rose
as Pajen
1963
4.0
Raven's End
as Sixten
1963
7.0
Trängningen
as Fredriksson
1962
0.0
Julkalendern
as Pettson
1960
7.1
🎬
Stall-Erik and the Snapphans
as Måns
N/A
0.0