Mikael Persbrandt
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.
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Movies (98)
Marie Göranzon - När rampljuset slocknar
2026 · Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
Odyssey
2025 · Mysterious Viking
Jorge Iwasaki Spiritus
2025 · Andres
Beck - bakom kulisserna
2024 · Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
2023 · Dag Hammarskjöld
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022 · Self / Helmer Jr
Till Sun Rises
2021 · Peder
Festival de la canción de Eurovisión: La historia de Fire Saga
2020 · Victor Karlosson
Carl och spelreklamshelvetet
2019 · Self (archive footage)
X&Y
2018 · The Famous Actor
La chica en la telaraña
2018 · Alexander Zalachenko
Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018 · Self
The Cake General
2018 · Hasse P, Executive Producer
El Rey Arturo: La Leyenda de la Espada
2017 · Greybeard
El Asedio de Jadotville
2016 · Dag Hammarskjold
Solos en Berlín
2016 · Prall
Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Beck 31 - Gunvald
2016 · Gunvald Larsson
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
2015 · Gunvald Larsson
Beck 29 - Invasion
2015 · Gunvald Larsson
Beck 28 - The Family
2015 · Gunvald Larsson
Beck 27 - Room 302
2015 · Gunvald Larsson
El Hobbit 3: La batalla de los Cinco Ejércitos
2014 · Beorn
La salvación
2014 · Peter Jensen
Someone You Love
2014 · Thomas Jacob
El Hobbit 2: La desolación de Smaug
2013 · Beorn
Nobody Owns Me
2013 · Hasse
The Hypnotist
2012 · Erik Maria Bark
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
2012 · Carl Hamilton
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
2012 · Carl Hamilton
Somewhere Else
2011 · Stefan
Stockholm East
2011 · Johan
In a Better World
2010 · Anton
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
2010 · Gunvald Larsson
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
2009 · Gunvald Larsson
Everlasting Moments
2008 · Sigfrid Larsson
Heaven's Heart
2008 · Lars
The Kautokeino Rebellion
2008 · Carl Johan Ruth
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
2007 · Gunvald Larsson
Solstorm
2007 · Tomas Söderberg
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
2007 · Gunvald Larsson
One Eye Red
2007 · Mikael Persbrandt
Wonderful and Loved by All
2007 · Mikael Persbrandt
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
2007 · Gunvald Larsson
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
2007 · Gunvald Larsson
Gangster
2007 · Thomas
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
2007 · Gunvald Larsson
Beck 19 - The Vulture
2007 · Gunvald Larsson
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
2006 · Gunvald Larsson
One Way
2006 · Tomas Gaal
No Tears
2006 · Lars
Search
2006 · Björn
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
2006 · Gunvald Larsson
Miss Julie: 100 Years in the Limelight
2006
The Lovelife of a Fat Thief
2006 · Priest
Lovisa och Carl Michael
2005 · Westman
Bang Bang, Orangután
2005 · Åke
Double Shift
2005 · Jocke
Den starkare
2004 · X
Day and Night
2004 · Thomas
Three Suns
2004 · Ulf
Playing with Fire
2004 · Axel
At Point Blank
2003 · Frank
Gunnar Govin - en man, en röst, en resa
2003 · Kurt
Now
2003 · Adam (young)
Everyone Loves Alice
2002 · Johan
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
2002 · Gunvald Larsson
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
2002 · Gunvald Larsson
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
2002 · Gunvald Larsson
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
2002 · Gunvald Larsson
Beck 12 - The Loner
2002 · Gunvald Larsson
Beck 11 - The Cartel
2001 · Gunvald Larsson
Dragonflies
2001 · Kullman
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
2001 · Gunvald Larsson
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
2001 · Gunvald Larsson
Gossip
2000 · Åke Frigårdh
Adult Behaviour… It's All in the Mind
1999 · Georg
Deadly Drift
1999 · Andreas Persson
Fatimas tredje hemlighet
1999 · The paramedic
Hela härligheten
1998 · Glenn
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
1998 · Gunvald Larsson
Beck 07 - The Money Man
1998 · Gunvald Larsson
Beck 06 - The Monster
1998 · Gunvald Larsson
102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger
1998 · Reader (voice)
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
1998 · Gunvald Larsson
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
1998 · Gunvald Larsson
The Last Contract
1998 · Roger Nyman
Beck 03 - White Nights
1998 · Gunvald Larsson
Beck - The Man with the Icons
1997 · Gunvald Larsson
Beneath the Surface
1997 · Roffe
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
1997 · Gunvald Larsson
Nature's Warrior
1997 · Hjorth
9 millimeter
1997 · Konstantin
Ellinors bröllop
1996 · C-O
Between Summers
1995 · Peter
Cop Killer
1994 · Police 1
Nigger
1990 · Svante
Vargarna
· Roffe ”Puma” Bergström
TV shows (26)
Mauri och Morberg - på en liten resa
2025 · Self
Kidnapping
2025 · Markus
Reindeer Mafia
2023 · Stagge
The Unlikely Murderer
2021 · Hans Holmér
Fundación
2021 · The Mule
Expeditionen
2019 · Self
Héroes Invisibles
2019 · Harald Edelstam
Sex Education
2019 · Jakob Nyman
Tillsammans med Strömstedts
2017 · Himself
Vänligen: Lars Lerin
2016 · Self
Ett jobb för Berg
2015 · Self
Plura's Kitchen
2011 · Self - Guest
Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
2009 · Self
Innocently Convicted
2008
Kaotokeino-opprøret (TV-serien)
2008 · Carl Johan Ruth
The 7 Deadly Sins
2007 · Himself
Ett herrans liv
2006 · Self
Medicinmannen
2005 · Martin Holst
Beck
1999 · Gunvald Larsson
Anna Holt
1996 · Jocke
The Kingdom
1994 · Helmer Jr.
Svensson, Svensson
1994
Anna Holt - Den vite riddaren
1994 · Hellman
Rederiet
1992 · Ola Simonsson
Enemy's Enemy
1990 · Vanchaufför
Tolvslaget på Skansen
1977 · Self - Poem Reader