Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
9/25/1963
Place of Birth
Jakobsberg i Stockholms län, Sverige
Also Known As
میکائیل پرشبرانت
Mikael Persbrandt
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 Theatr...
Known For
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Beorn
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Beorn
The Salvation
as Peter Jensen
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
as Greybeard
The Cake General
as Hasse P
The Girl in the Spider's Web
as Alexander Zalachenko
Between Summers
as Peter
The Kautokeino Rebellion
as Carl Johan Ruth
Odyssey
as Mysterious Viking
Gunnar Govin - en man, en röst, en resa
as Kurt
Den starkare
as X
In a Better World
as Anton
One Way
as Tomas Gaal
No Tears
as Lars
Heaven's Heart
as Lars
Gangster
as Thomas
X&Y
as The Famous Actor
The Last Contract
as Roger Nyman
The Lovelife of a Fat Thief
as Priest
Stockholm East
as Johan
Career Timeline
2025
2019
2018
2016
2015
2014
2012
2009
2008
2007
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
as Gunvald Larsson
Solstorm
as Tomas Söderberg
The 7 Deadly Sins
as Himself
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
as Gunvald Larsson
One Eye Red
as Mikael Persbrandt
Wonderful and Loved by All
as Mikael Persbrandt
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
as Gunvald Larsson
Gangster
as Thomas
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 19 - The Vulture
as Gunvald Larsson
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
1999
1998
Hela härligheten
as Glenn
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 07 - The Money Man
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 06 - The Monster
as Gunvald Larsson
102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger
as Reader (voice)
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
as Gunvald Larsson
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
as Gunvald Larsson
The Last Contract
as Roger Nyman
Beck 03 - White Nights
as Gunvald Larsson