Mikael Persbrandt

Mikael Persbrandt

1963-09-25 Jakobsberg i Stockholms län, Sverige 96 Credits

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...

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Odyssey

Odyssey

2025

as Mysterious Viking

Acting

Natasha Flynn, a coke-fueled London estate agent, hides her crumbling life behind luxury. When loan sharks offer cash to hide a kidnapped agent, she's...

Beck - bakom kulisserna

Beck - bakom kulisserna

2024

as Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)

Acting

In the documentary Beck: Behind the Scenes we get an exclusive insight into the production of the latest Beck films (51 and 52). Here we are taken on ...

Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace

Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace

2023

as Dag Hammarskjöld

6.2
Acting

A speculative biopic about Swedish UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, the anti-colonialist, allegedly queer diplomat who died under mysterious cir...

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus

2022

as Self / Helmer Jr

Acting

Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creative challenges Lars von Trier presents his cast and crew to bring his vision to life from script t...

Till Sun Rises

Till Sun Rises

2021

as Peder

4.8
Acting

Peder runs into his ex-girlfriend Hanna one day. They're happily married with new partners but although many years has passed Peder and Hanna are stil...

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

2020

as Victor Karlosson

6.4
Acting

Two small-town singers chase their pop star dreams at a global music competition, where high stakes, scheming rivals and onstage mishaps test their bo...

Carl och spelreklamshelvetet

Carl och spelreklamshelvetet

2019

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Internet comedian Carl Déman from the humor group JLC lived a life that looked glorious. But beneath the surface was a terrible gambling addiction tha...

X&Y

X&Y

2018

as The Famous Actor

6.1
Acting

An artist has chosen a famous male actor for them together, in the context of a feature film, to deconstruct themselves and their invading roles. They...

The Girl in the Spider's Web

The Girl in the Spider's Web

2018

as Alexander Zalachenko

6.1
Acting

After being enlisted to recover a dangerous computer program, hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web ...

Bergman: A Year in a Life

Bergman: A Year in a Life

2018

as Self

7.4
Acting

The year 1957 was one of the most prolific for the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman: he shot two films, released two of his most celebrated films and ...

The Cake General

The Cake General

2018

as Hasse P

6.2
Acting

Set in 1984, Hans Pettersson (Hasse P.) decides to create the largest sandwich cake ever made in order to put his home town, Köping, on the map.

The Cake General

The Cake General

2018

Executive Producer

6.2
Producing

Set in 1984, Hans Pettersson (Hasse P.) decides to create the largest sandwich cake ever made in order to put his home town, Köping, on the map.

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

2017

as Greybeard

6.5
Acting

When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Ar...

The Siege of Jadotville

The Siege of Jadotville

2016

as Dag Hammarskjold

7.1
Acting

Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.

Alone in Berlin

Alone in Berlin

2016

as Prall

6.7
Acting

Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with...

Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott

Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott

2016

as Self (archive footage)

5.0
Acting

The whole story of how the books about Martin Beck came to be is told here. It's a love story. A young couple wanted to talk about the injustices in s...

Beck 31 - Gunvald

Beck 31 - Gunvald

2016

as Gunvald Larsson

5.6
Acting

An investigative journalist is found beaten to death in his home, where the fingerprints of a notorious criminal debt collector are also found. The mu...

Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders

Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders

2015

as Gunvald Larsson

5.2
Acting

An elderly woman dies in a hospital in Stockholm and it turns out that she suffered from an incurable disease. Her son refuses to believe that it was ...

Beck 29 - Invasion

Beck 29 - Invasion

2015

as Gunvald Larsson

5.1
Acting

The bodies of two buried men are found and despite persistent attempts, they cannot be identified. When another man is murdered they discover new evid...

Beck 28 - The Family

Beck 28 - The Family

2015

as Gunvald Larsson

5.7
Acting

When a well-known crime boss is murdered by a sniper in front of his family, Beck and his team are challenged to discover which one of his many enemie...

Beck 27 - Room 302

Beck 27 - Room 302

2015

as Gunvald Larsson

6.0
Acting

The body of a young woman is found in a Stockholm hotel room. It appears that she has been strangled after a night partying with two young men, but th...

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014

as Beorn

7.3
Acting

Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruine...

The Salvation

The Salvation

2014

as Peter Jensen

6.5
Acting

In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow tow...

Someone You Love

Someone You Love

2014

as Thomas Jacob

5.5
Acting

Someone You Love is a story about world famous singer-songwriter Thomas Jacob who lives in Los Angeles. He is a successful man with a lot of burned br...

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013

as Beorn

7.6
Acting

The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to ge...

Nobody Owns Me

Nobody Owns Me

2013

as Hasse

6.7
Acting

The story of a lone father's relationship with his daughter, of the destructive power of alcohol, of a child's vulnerability, but also of love, betray...

The Hypnotist

The Hypnotist

2012

as Erik Maria Bark

5.6
Acting

After a young woman and her parents are murdered by a killer determined to wipe out the entire family, Detective Inspector Joona Linna works with a ps...

Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter

Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter

2012

as Carl Hamilton

5.9
Acting

Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton's 7-year-old goddaughter Nathalie is kidnapped. When the kidnapping's underlying motive becomes known, the ...

Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation

Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation

2012

as Carl Hamilton

6.1
Acting

Carl Hamilton manages to infiltrate an international gang that has stolen advanced Swedish GPS-guided missiles. But the league is subjected to a sudde...

Somewhere Else

Somewhere Else

2011

as Stefan

5.0
Acting

Alongside a tranquil road somewhere in Sweden live a number of people who are pretty much like people in general. When a highly improbable and catastr...

Stockholm East

Stockholm East

2011

as Johan

5.6
Acting

Stockholm East is the love story between two strangers, bound together by a tragedy that has taken its toll on both their lives and relationships. Whe...

In a Better World

In a Better World

2010

as Anton

7.1
Acting

The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in...

Beck 26 - Buried Alive

Beck 26 - Buried Alive

2010

as Gunvald Larsson

6.0
Acting

In a playground in the centre of the urban idyll, the police find a buried wooden box containing a famous and well-respected prosecutor. Martin Beck a...

Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm

Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm

2009

as Gunvald Larsson

5.5
Acting

When the charred remains of woman are found, Säpo, the Swedish Security Services, suspect Gunvald Larsson of being mixed up in her murder. The dead wo...

Everlasting Moments

Everlasting Moments

2008

as Sigfrid Larsson

7.3
Acting

In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters...

Heaven's Heart

Heaven's Heart

2008

as Lars

5.8
Acting

Two couples, old friends, end up in a heated debate over adultery at a dinner party.

The Kautokeino Rebellion

The Kautokeino Rebellion

2008

as Carl Johan Ruth

6.0
Acting

Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village.

Beck 24 - In the Name of God

Beck 24 - In the Name of God

2007

as Gunvald Larsson

5.8
Acting

A paparazzi photographer gets brutally murdered in Stockholm. His apartment is searched and the computer together with photo equipment is missing.

Solstorm

Solstorm

2007

as Tomas Söderberg

5.4
Acting

While in a party promoted by her chief and friend Måns Wenngren, the fiscal attorney, Rebecka Martinsson, receives a call from her former sister-in-la...

Beck 23 - The Silent Scream

Beck 23 - The Silent Scream

2007

as Gunvald Larsson

6.8
Acting

Two young girls are killed on railway by a passing train. It does not seem to fit the profile of a normal suicide. So if this is a double homicide who...

One Eye Red

One Eye Red

2007

as Mikael Persbrandt

5.2
Acting

Halim has seen through it all. He has seen through the Integration plan a secret conspiracy that tries to turn all immigrants into Swedes. Unfortunate...

Wonderful and Loved by All

Wonderful and Loved by All

2007

as Mikael Persbrandt

5.7
Acting

Isabella Eklöf is an unemployed actress in her early thirties. Her friends all enjoy stable relationships, children and successful careers. In order t...

Beck 22 - The Weak Link

Beck 22 - The Weak Link

2007

as Gunvald Larsson

5.6
Acting

A teenage girl is found by her parents brutally raped and murdered in the woods. It's now up to Beck and his team to catch the criminal.

Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting

Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting

2007

as Gunvald Larsson

5.4
Acting

After a woman buys a Japanese shunga painting from an auction and later is found murdered in a hotel in Stockholm, the police gets dragged into a murd...

Gangster

Gangster

2007

as Thomas

2.1
Acting

Antonio Moro works for gangster boss Thomas Ståhl. He lives happily with his girlfriend Tanya who is expecting their child. Antonio's future looks bri...

Beck 20 - The Lawyer

Beck 20 - The Lawyer

2007

as Gunvald Larsson

6.0
Acting

The murder of a prominent attorney is connected to one of his recent cases, in which a company was being sued for serious environmental damage. Martin...

Beck 19 - The Vulture

Beck 19 - The Vulture

2007

as Gunvald Larsson

5.4
Acting

Swedish politician John Veden vanishes without a trace. There's no hint he's dead yet but Beck's team gets the case due to Police Chief Oberg's friend...

Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar

Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar

2006

as Gunvald Larsson

6.1
Acting

A small girl is found dead in a deserted underground cellar. She has been dead for some time but there is fresh food for her. Who is she?

One Way

One Way

2006

as Tomas Gaal

5.6
Acting

To cover up his infidelities and protect his upcoming marriage, a star advertiser helps free an accused rapist by giving a false alibi and suffers the...

No Tears

No Tears

2006

as Lars

Acting

Magnus is a photographer specializing in family portraits. When he plans for his mother’s 75th birthday he discovers family secrets that will change h...

Search

Search

2006

as Björn

3.3
Acting

Woman, 38, no children no husband! Lisa wants a change of life. She starts internetdating, but it turns out that the more men she meets, the further f...

Beck 17 - The Scorpion

Beck 17 - The Scorpion

2006

as Gunvald Larsson

6.0
Acting

An abused woman is feverishly sought by police in the murder of her ex-husband but is being hidden by abused woman-advocates. At the same time, Gunval...

The Lovelife of a Fat Thief

The Lovelife of a Fat Thief

2006

as Priest

4.5
Acting

Harry is a pickpocket, torn between two beloved women, one of them the cop who arrested him, the other the ghost of his dead wife. Is Harry ready for ...

Miss Julie: 100 Years in the Limelight

2006

Acting

Documentary about the play Miss Julie and dramatist August Strindberg

Lovisa och Carl Michael

2005

as Westman

3.5
Acting

Bellman and his wife Lovisa live in a loving marriage, but in extreme poverty. They struggle to keep the family together and Lovisa tries to persuade ...

Bang Bang Orangutang

Bang Bang Orangutang

2005

as Åke

5.0
Acting

An overworked and stressed out man in the middle of his career causes the worst tragedy that can happen to a family...

Double Shift

Double Shift

2005

as Jocke

3.5
Acting

Jonas has promised to take time off work to take care of his baby daughter so that his fiancé can go back to work. The problem is that his company, a ...

Den starkare

Den starkare

2004

as X

8.0
Acting

Two friends meet at a café. The silent unmarried Mr Y and the outspoken married Mr X. When Mr X realises that Mr Y was his rival for his wife's love t...

Day and Night

Day and Night

2004

as Thomas

6.5
Acting

Thomas has decided to die, and spends his last day driving around to say good-bye to everybody, his son, wife, mistress and all others. Nobody underst...

Three Suns

Three Suns

2004

as Ulf

2.7
Acting

An epic drama set in the 14th century. Hanna leaves her family to meet her husband after 4 years spent in the East during a long war. Hanna will find ...

Playing with Fire

2004

as Axel

Acting

A comedy about idleness, jealousy and passion. It all takes place in a seaside resort, one morning just before breakfast.

At Point Blank

At Point Blank

2003

as Frank

5.1
Acting

A gang of highly efficient and cold hearted robbers strike against a number of banks in Stockholm. The investigation ends up with the criminal detecti...

Gunnar Govin - en man, en röst, en resa

Gunnar Govin - en man, en röst, en resa

2003

as Kurt

5.0
Acting

Gunnar Govin is making a home movie about the Sweden of today.

Now

Now

2003

as Adam (young)

5.6
Acting

A man and a woman meet in 1960. They marry because that's what you are supposed to do. But something goes wrong on their wedding night. They have no i...

Everyone Loves Alice

Everyone Loves Alice

2002

as Johan

5.3
Acting

A love triangle between a man, two women and three children. When love suddenly explodes in these people's everyday lives, it creates a pressure wave ...

Beck 16 - The Last Witness

Beck 16 - The Last Witness

2002

as Gunvald Larsson

6.4
Acting

A series of grisly murders where the victims faces have been removed by acid starts to turn up around Stockholm. Detective Martin Beck and Gunvald Lar...

Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball

Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball

2002

as Gunvald Larsson

6.0
Acting

Mother of an autistic boy is found murdered in her home. The boy holds the murder weapon, covered in blood..

Beck 14 - The Advertising Man

Beck 14 - The Advertising Man

2002

as Gunvald Larsson

5.9
Acting

A man is raping women after having met them through ads on public noticeboards. At first this seems like an easy crime to solve for Martin Beck and hi...

Beck 13 - Sender Unknown

Beck 13 - Sender Unknown

2002

as Gunvald Larsson

5.6
Acting

Martin Beck, Gunvald Larsson and Alice Levander investigate the mysterious murder of an accountant that was found shot to death at the airport parking...

Beck 12 - The Loner

Beck 12 - The Loner

2002

as Gunvald Larsson

5.9
Acting

An Asian woman is found dead in the water of Stockholm's archipelago. She has been murdered and everything indicates that she was a prostitute. Meanwh...

Beck 11 - The Cartel

Beck 11 - The Cartel

2001

as Gunvald Larsson

5.7
Acting

It's a dark night in Stockholm. A chef is murdered in his own kitchen and Martin Beck gets on the case.

Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face

Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face

2001

as Gunvald Larsson

5.8
Acting

A man is found dead, stabbed to death with a knife. The chocking thing is that his face has been removed. After questioning his wife who described the...

Dragonflies

Dragonflies

2001

as Kullman

4.2
Acting

Eddie and Maria enjoy an idyllic life in their remote countryside farmhouse. But their happiness is threatened by the arrival of Kullmann, an old frie...

Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance

Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance

2001

as Gunvald Larsson

6.5
Acting

Two patrolling cops stumble on to three criminals who have just stolen large amounts of explosives, and are killed in cold blood. Martin Beck and his ...

Gossip

Gossip

2000

as Åke Frigårdh

3.2
Acting

A Hollywood producer auditions ten Swedish actresses for the title role in a big-budget remake of Greta Garbo's classic Queen Christina.

Adult Behaviour… It's All in the Mind

Adult Behaviour… It's All in the Mind

1999

as Georg

5.7
Acting

Frank leads a respectable yuppie life working at a noted Stockholm law firm. He has also been married for eight years to his beautiful wife Nenne, who...

Deadly Drift

Deadly Drift

1999

as Andreas Persson

5.0
Acting

A present-day thriller about a man with a needle in his brain. This needle poisons his mind and tortures him with morbid thoughts and an urge to kill....

Fatimas tredje hemlighet

1999

as The paramedic

2.5
Acting

- Now I will read some poetry for you all. The conditions are as follows: If during my reading I notice the least sign of disinterest, a yawn or a cou...

Hela härligheten

Hela härligheten

1998

as Glenn

7.0
Acting

Torsten William Olsson is a 43-year-old teacher, living in a small town. He has never had a woman and is desperate for a romance. When he starts fanta...

Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness

Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness

1998

as Gunvald Larsson

6.8
Acting

A serial killer that decapitates people is on the loose in the Stockholm subway. Martin Beck and his colleagues try to catch the killer, while the pan...

Beck 07 - The Money Man

Beck 07 - The Money Man

1998

as Gunvald Larsson

5.9
Acting

A gay police officer's double life is paid by Becks archenemy, Gavling. A man who runs Stockholm's underworld. In return have the homosexual police, b...

Beck 06 - The Monster

Beck 06 - The Monster

1998

as Gunvald Larsson

5.5
Acting

A bomb threat is called in to a police station in Stockholm. The police bomb squad blows the briefcase to pieces and it looks like false alarm, until ...

102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger

102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger

1998

as Reader (voice)

10.0
Acting

102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger (Swedish: 102 år i hjärtat av Europa) is a Swedish documentary film from 1998 directed by...

Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl

Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl

1998

as Gunvald Larsson

5.4
Acting

Inspector Beck and his team get involved in a large-scale smuggling of cesium 133. A gang from the east uses refugees who with a promise to stay in Sw...

Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye

Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye

1998

as Gunvald Larsson

6.1
Acting

In this film Beck and his team are trying to find a serial killer, whose victims are spread all over Sweden. An obvious connection is that all the vic...

The Last Contract

The Last Contract

1998

as Roger Nyman

5.6
Acting

Young police officer Roger is on the trail of the international master assassin, while the assassin follows his plan to murder Swedish Prime Minister ...

Beck 03 - White Nights

Beck 03 - White Nights

1998

as Gunvald Larsson

6.3
Acting

When the police reveal a narcotic smuggling the driver is shot dead. It appears that the driver is Superintendent Martin Beck's son. Beck breaks down ...

Beck - The Man with the Icons

Beck - The Man with the Icons

1997

as Gunvald Larsson

5.6
Acting

Beck and his men investigates a murder of a Russian woman. At the same time as SÄPO (The Swedish Security Agency) sees a chance of getting a Russian i...

Beneath the Surface

Beneath the Surface

1997

as Roffe

8.2
Acting

23-year old Sandra has been doing drugs for many years and has realized that she is in need of some kind of treatment. At the clinic she is told that ...

Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy

Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy

1997

as Gunvald Larsson

6.3
Acting

A man working at a garbage incinerator discovers the body of a dead man burned to ashes in the oven. Police detective Martin Beck handles the case. Al...

Nature's Warrior

Nature's Warrior

1997

as Hjorth

4.8
Acting

13 year old Kim feels at home in the wilderness. One night, nature's soul appears to him in the form of an Indian, and designates him nature's protect...

9 millimeter

9 millimeter

1997

as Konstantin

4.2
Acting

The suburb that is a society within a society, a place where young guys do anything for respect. A place where criminality and violence is a part of ...

Ellinors bröllop

Ellinors bröllop

1996

as C-O

7.0
Acting

Peter and his friend Göran are both students, aged 21. Eight years ago Peter had a girlfriend, Ellinor, whom he has not seen since. One day he gets an...

Between Summers

1995

as Peter

5.8
Acting

Torun and Mikael have been married for a few years. When vacationing on the Danish coast, their young son Melker accidentally drowns. Torun initially ...

Cop Killer

Cop Killer

1994

as Police 1

5.9
Acting

A woman is found murdered in a closed amusement park. A young couple who happen to be there at the same time become, without their knowledge, suspects...

Nigger

1990

as Svante

5.5
Acting

Nigger is a dark comedy about a young couple who are going to be parents. When the child comes, there's a surprise.