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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 25, 1963
Place of Birth
Jakobsberg i Stockholms län, Sverige
Also Known As
- میکائیل پرشبرانت
Mikael Persbrandt
2.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.0
Mysterious Viking
Odyssey
2025
8.0
Self
Mauri och Morberg - på en liten resa
2025
8.0
Markus
Kidnapping
2025
0.0
Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
Beck - bakom kulisserna
2024
6.2
Dag Hammarskjöld
Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
2023
7.6
Stagge
Reindeer Mafia
2023
0.0
Self / Helmer Jr
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022
4.8
Peder
Till Sun Rises
2021
6.6
Hans Holmér
The Unlikely Murderer
2021
7.7
The Mule
Foundation
2021
Credits
Odyssey
as Mysterious Viking
2025
5.0
Mauri och Morberg - på en liten resa
as Self
2025
8.0
Kidnapping
as Markus
2025
8.0
Beck - bakom kulisserna
as Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
2024
0.0
Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
as Dag Hammarskjöld
2023
6.2
Reindeer Mafia
as Stagge
2023
7.6
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
as Self / Helmer Jr
2022
0.0
Till Sun Rises
as Peder
2021
4.8
The Unlikely Murderer
as Hans Holmér
2021
6.6
Foundation
as The Mule
2021
7.7
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
as Victor Karlosson
2020
6.4
Expeditionen
as Self
2019
8.0
Carl och spelreklamshelvetet
as Self (archive footage)
2019
0.0
Invisible Heroes
as Harald Edelstam
2019
7.4
Sex Education
as Jakob Nyman
2019
8.2
X&Y
as The Famous Actor
2018
5.9
The Girl in the Spider's Web
as Alexander Zalachenko
2018
6.2
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
2018
7.4
The Cake General
as Hasse P
2018
6.0
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
as Greybeard
2017
6.6
Tillsammans med Strömstedts
as Himself
2017
10.0
The Siege of Jadotville
as Dag Hammarskjold
2016
7.1
Alone in Berlin
as Prall
2016
6.7
Vänligen: Lars Lerin
as Self
2016
10.0
Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott
as Self (archive footage)
2016
5.0
Beck 31 - Gunvald
as Gunvald Larsson
2016
5.6
Ett jobb för Berg
as Self
2015
0.0
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
as Gunvald Larsson
2015
5.2
Beck 29 - Invasion
as Gunvald Larsson
2015
5.1
Beck 28 - The Family
as Gunvald Larsson
2015
5.8
Beck 27 - Room 302
as Gunvald Larsson
2015
6.1
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Beorn
2014
7.3
The Salvation
as Peter Jensen
2014
6.5
Someone You Love
as Thomas Jacob
2014
5.3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Beorn
2013
7.6
Nobody Owns Me
as Hasse
2013
6.7
The Hypnotist
as Erik Maria Bark
2012
5.6
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
as Carl Hamilton
2012
5.9
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
as Carl Hamilton
2012
6.1
Somewhere Else
as Stefan
2011
5.0
Stockholm East
as Johan
2011
5.5
In a Better World
as Anton
2010
7.1
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
as Gunvald Larsson
2010
6.0
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
as Gunvald Larsson
2009
5.6
Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
2009
0.0
Everlasting Moments
as Sigfrid Larsson
2008
7.3
Innocently Convicted
2008
4.7
Heaven's Heart
as Lars
2008
5.4
The Kautokeino Rebellion
as Carl Johan Ruth
2008
6.0
Kaotokeino-opprøret (TV-serien)
as Carl Johan Ruth
2008
0.0
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
as Gunvald Larsson
2007
5.6
Solstorm
as Tomas Söderberg
2007
5.3
The 7 Deadly Sins
as Himself
2007
10.0
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
as Gunvald Larsson
2007
6.7
One Eye Red
as Mikael Persbrandt
2007
5.3
Wonderful and Loved by All
as Mikael Persbrandt
2007
5.8
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
as Gunvald Larsson
2007
5.6
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
as Gunvald Larsson
2007
5.5
Gangster
as Thomas
2007
2.1
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
as Gunvald Larsson
2007
6.0
Beck 19 - The Vulture
as Gunvald Larsson
2007
5.4
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
as Gunvald Larsson
2006
6.1
One Way
as Tomas Gaal
2006
5.5
No Tears
as Lars
2006
0.0
Search
as Björn
2006
3.3
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
as Gunvald Larsson
2006
5.9
The Lovelife of a Fat Thief
as Priest
2006
4.5
Ett herrans liv
as Self
2006
9.5
🎬
Miss Julie: 100 Years in the Limelight
2006
0.0
🎬
Lovisa och Carl Michael
as Westman
2005
3.5
Bang Bang Orangutang
as Åke
2005
5.0
Medicinmannen
as Martin Holst
2005
4.5
🎬
Double Shift
as Jocke
2005
3.5
Den starkare
as X
2004
8.0
Day and Night
as Thomas
2004
6.3
Three Suns
as Ulf
2004
2.7
🎬
Playing with Fire
as Axel
2004
0.0
At Point Blank
as Frank
2003
5.1
Gunnar Govin - en man, en röst, en resa
as Kurt
2003
5.0
Now
as Adam (young)
2003
5.4
Everyone Loves Alice
as Johan
2002
5.3
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
as Gunvald Larsson
2002
6.5
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
as Gunvald Larsson
2002
6.2
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
as Gunvald Larsson
2002
6.0
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
as Gunvald Larsson
2002
5.8
Beck 12 - The Loner
as Gunvald Larsson
2002
5.9
Beck 11 - The Cartel
as Gunvald Larsson
2001
5.5
Dragonflies
as Kullman
2001
4.1
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
as Gunvald Larsson
2001
5.7
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
as Gunvald Larsson
2001
6.5
Gossip
as Åke Frigårdh
2000
3.2
Beck
as Gunvald Larsson
1999
6.8
Adult Behaviour… It's All in the Mind
as Georg
1999
5.6
Deadly Drift
as Andreas Persson
1999
4.5
🎬
Fatimas tredje hemlighet
as The paramedic
1999
2.5
Hela härligheten
as Glenn
1998
7.0
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
as Gunvald Larsson
1998
6.7
Beck 07 - The Money Man
as Gunvald Larsson
1998
5.9
Beck 06 - The Monster
as Gunvald Larsson
1998
5.4
102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger
as Reader (voice)
1998
10.0
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
as Gunvald Larsson
1998
5.5
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
as Gunvald Larsson
1998
5.9
The Last Contract
as Roger Nyman
1998
5.6
Beck 03 - White Nights
as Gunvald Larsson
1998
6.3
Beck - The Man with the Icons
as Gunvald Larsson
1997
5.6
Beneath the Surface
as Roffe
1997
8.2
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
as Gunvald Larsson
1997
6.3
Nature's Warrior
as Hjorth
1997
4.8
9 millimeter
as Konstantin
1997
4.2
Ellinors bröllop
as C-O
1996
7.0
Anna Holt
as Jocke
1996
4.0
Between Summers
as Peter
1995
4.2
The Kingdom
as Helmer Jr.
1994
7.5
Svensson, Svensson
1994
5.2
Anna Holt - Den vite riddaren
as Hellman
1994
6.5
Cop Killer
as Police 1
1994
5.9
Rederiet
as Ola Simonsson
1992
7.8
Enemy's Enemy
as Vanchaufför
1990
6.5
🎬
Nigger
as Svante
1990
5.5