Cast & creator
Ingvar Hirdwall
Best known for Wallander, Beck, Millennium
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.
103
film credits
22
television credits
125
1960–2024 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (125)
Showing 125 of 125 credits
Wallander
Lundberg
2005
Beck
Grannen
1999
Millennium
Dirch Frode
2010
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Dirch Frode
2009
Julkalendern
Pettson
1960
The Guldbagge Awards
Self - Best Actor winner
1981
Skärgårdsdoktorn
Ewe Tannander
1997
Tomtemaskinen
Pettson
1993
Svenska noveller
John
1978
Tre kärlekar
Egon Nilsson
1989August Strindberg: A Life
Läraren
1985
Godnatt, jord
1979
Kvällspressen
Bengt Sockander
1992
Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past
Grannen
2021
Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate
Grannen
2018
Ett sorts Hades
Old Man
1996
Drottning Kristina
Axel Oxenstierna
1981
Kejsarn av Portugallien
Jan
1992
The Caretaker
Davies
2004
Children's Island
Stig Utler
1980
Babels hus
Bernt Svensson, Primus son
1981
The Zone
Erik Lagerlöf
1996
Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo
Grannen
2023
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
Grannen
1998
Beck 03 - White Nights
The Neighbor
1998
Beck 27 - Room 302
Valdemar
2015
Beck - Den förlorade sonen
Grannen
2021
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
Grannen
2006
Beck 33 - End of the Road
Grannen
2016
Man on the Roof
Åke Eriksson
1976
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
Grannen
2007
Beck 44 - Rage Room
Grannen
2022
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
Grannen
1997
Beck 37 - Without Intent
Grannen
2018
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
Grannen
2002
Beck - The Man with the Icons
Grannen
1997
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
Grannen
2002
Beck 45 - 58 Minutes
Grannen
2022
Beck: The Last Day
Grannen
2016
Beck 36 - The Thin Ice
Grannen
2018
Fläskfarmen
Monty
1986
Anderssons älskarinna
Erik, fadern
2001
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
Grannen
2009
Beck 35 - Your Own Blood
Grannen
2018
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
Grannen
2006
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
The Neighbor
1998
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
Grannen
2007
Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Grannen
2020Savannen
Operator
1983
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
The Neighbor
1998
Raven's End
Sixten
1963
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
Grannen
2010
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
Grannen
2007
Ivar Kreuger
Statsminister Ekman
1998
Kunglig toilette
Restaurateur
1986
Beck 49 - Inferno
Grannen
2023
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
Grannen
2001
Beck 41 - Death in Samarra
Grannen
2021
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
Grannen
2007
Beck 11 - The Cartel
Grannen
2001
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
Grannen
2015
Beck 46 - The Crying Cop
Grannen
2022
Sammansvärjningen
Liljensparre
1986
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
Grannen
2001
Beck 07 - The Money Man
Grannen
1998
Daybreak
Knut
2003
Beck 29 - Invasion
Grannen
2015
Beck 12 - The Loner
Grannen
2002Stall-Erik and the Snapphans
Måns
Beck 50 - Deadlock
Grannen
2023
Stormen
Bernt
2009
Beck 39 - Undercover
Grannen
2020
Beck 19 - The Vulture
Grannen
2007
A Kind of Hades
The old man
1996
Miraklet i Viskan
Halvar
2015
The Potato Seller
Johansson
1996
Korset
Police Inspector Jörgen Wennström
1985
Beck 06 - The Monster
Grannen
1998
Beck 32 - Steinar
Grannen
2016
Beck 28 - The Family
Grannen
2015
Wallander: The Troubled Man
Lundberg
2013
Offside
Boston
2006
1939
Annika's father
1989
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
Grannen
2002
My Love Is Like a Rose
Pajen
1963
A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon
Gustaf Edgren
1983
The Man from Majorca
Fors
1984
Beck - bakom kulisserna
Grannen (archive footage)
2024
För vänskaps skull
1965
The Tattooed Widow
Egon Andersson
1998
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
The Neighbor
2002
Beck 47 - The Death Trap
Grannen
2022
Gustav III
Horn
1974
The Miracle in Valby
Petra's Father
1989
Like It Never Was Before
Strange Man
1995
With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof
Self
2004
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
Grannen
2007
Onkel Vanja
Teljegin
1994
Miffo
Karl Henrik
2003
Mouth to Mouth
Mats's father John
2005
Kent - ett porträtt av Kent Andersson
Self
2004
A Dream Play
Affischören
1980
Beck 31 - Gunvald
Grannen
2016
Den enskilde medborgaren
Gunnar Bergström
2006Berndt och Anita
Berndt
1969
Let's Play House
Roland
2003
Midvinterduell
Egon
1983
Sandlådan
Robert
1972As The Only One Present
Kevin
1981
Christmas Oratorio
Edman
1996
Honungsvargar
Axel
1990
En kvinnas huvud
Düber
1997
Dom unga örnarna
Gunnar Grävmo
1982
KvällsPressen
Sockander
1992
Deadline Torp
Birger Johansen
2005
Tartuffe - hycklaren
The king
1997
The Secret
Self
2009The Zone
Erik Lagerlöf
1996
Hemmet
Hjalmar Augustsson
1972
Rikedom
John
1978
Jackpot
Sven
1980Pelikanen
1982
Flotten
Freddy
1972
Ondskans år
Dr. Herbert Ahlström
1987
Trängningen
Fredriksson
1962