Cast & creator
Mikael Persbrandt
Best known for Sex Education, Foundation, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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.
Also known as: میکائیل پرشبرانت
97
film credits
25
television credits
121
1990–2026 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (122)
Showing 122 of 122 credits
Sex Education
Jakob Nyman
2019
Foundation
The Mule
2021
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Beorn
2014
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Beorn
2013
Rederiet
Ola Simonsson
1992
Beck
Gunvald Larsson
1999
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Greybeard
2017
The Kingdom
Helmer Jr.
1994
102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger
Reader (voice)
1998
The Girl in the Spider's Web
Alexander Zalachenko
2018
Plura's Kitchen
Self - Guest
2011
The Salvation
Peter Jensen
2014
Svensson, Svensson
1994
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Victor Karlosson
2020
Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
2009
The Siege of Jadotville
Dag Hammarskjold
2016
The Unlikely Murderer
Hans Holmér
2021
Tillsammans med Strömstedts
Himself
2017
Invisible Heroes
Harald Edelstam
2019
Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
Dag Hammarskjöld
2023
Alone in Berlin
Prall
2016
In a Better World
Anton
2010
Innocently Convicted
2008
Expeditionen
Self
2019
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
Carl Hamilton
2012
The Hypnotist
Erik Maria Bark
2012
Enemy's Enemy
Vanchaufför
1990
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Self
2018
Reindeer Mafia
Stagge
2023
Ett jobb för Berg
Self
2015
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Self / Helmer Jr
2022
Ett herrans liv
Self
2006
Cop Killer
Police 1
1994
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
Carl Hamilton
2012
Odyssey
Mysterious Viking
2025
The 7 Deadly Sins
Himself
2007Medicinmannen
Martin Holst
2005
Kaotokeino-opprøret (TV-serien)
Carl Johan Ruth
2008
Mauri och Morberg - på en liten resa
Self
2025
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
Gunvald Larsson
1998
Stockholm East
Johan
2011
One Way
Tomas Gaal
2006
Everlasting Moments
Sigfrid Larsson
2008
Anna Holt - Den vite riddaren
Hellman
1994
Beck 03 - White Nights
Gunvald Larsson
1998
Beck 27 - Room 302
Gunvald Larsson
2015
Marie Göranzon - När rampljuset slocknar
Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
2026
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
Gunvald Larsson
2006
Vänligen: Lars Lerin
Self
2016
Somewhere Else
Stefan
2011
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
Gunvald Larsson
2007Nigger
Svante
1990
Anna Holt
Jocke
1996
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
Gunvald Larsson
1997
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
Gunvald Larsson
2002
Beck - The Man with the Icons
Gunvald Larsson
1997
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
Gunvald Larsson
2002
Heaven's Heart
Lars
2008
Solstorm
Tomas Söderberg
2007
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
Gunvald Larsson
2009
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
Gunvald Larsson
2006
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
Gunvald Larsson
1998
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
Gunvald Larsson
2007
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
Gunvald Larsson
1998
Search
Björn
2006
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
Gunvald Larsson
2010
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
Gunvald Larsson
2007Lovisa och Carl Michael
Westman
2005
Till Sun Rises
Peder
2021
Nobody Owns Me
Hasse
2013
Wonderful and Loved by All
Mikael Persbrandt
2007
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
Gunvald Larsson
2001
9 millimeter
Konstantin
1997
No Tears
Lars
2006
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
Gunvald Larsson
2007
Beck 11 - The Cartel
Gunvald Larsson
2001
Kidnapping
Markus
2025
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
Gunvald Larsson
2015
Now
Adam (young)
2003
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
Gunvald Larsson
2001
Beck 07 - The Money Man
Gunvald Larsson
1998
Beck 29 - Invasion
Gunvald Larsson
2015
Day and Night
Thomas
2004
The Last Contract
Roger Nyman
1998
Beck 12 - The Loner
Gunvald Larsson
2002
Bang Bang Orangutang
Åke
2005
Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott
Self (archive footage)
2016
The Kautokeino Rebellion
Carl Johan Ruth
2008
Everyone Loves Alice
Johan
2002
Beck 19 - The Vulture
Gunvald Larsson
2007
Gossip
Åke Frigårdh
2000
X&Y
The Famous Actor
2018
Someone You Love
Thomas Jacob
2014
Beck 06 - The Monster
Gunvald Larsson
1998
Gunnar Govin - en man, en röst, en resa
Kurt
2003
Beck 28 - The Family
Gunvald Larsson
2015Fatimas tredje hemlighet
The paramedic
1999
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
Gunvald Larsson
2002Miss Julie: 100 Years in the Limelight
2006
Beck - bakom kulisserna
Gunvald Larsson (archive footage)
2024
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
Gunvald Larsson
2002
One Eye Red
Mikael Persbrandt
2007
At Point Blank
Frank
2003
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
Gunvald Larsson
2007
The Cake General
Hasse P
2018The Cake General
Executive Producer
2018Double Shift
Jocke
2005
Nature's Warrior
Hjorth
1997
Adult Behaviour… It's All in the Mind
Georg
1999
Dragonflies
Kullman
2001
Beck 31 - Gunvald
Gunvald Larsson
2016
Between Summers
Peter
1995Playing with Fire
Axel
2004
Beneath the Surface
Roffe
1997
Ellinors bröllop
C-O
1996
Three Suns
Ulf
2004
Gangster
Thomas
2007
Carl och spelreklamshelvetet
Self (archive footage)
2019
Deadly Drift
Andreas Persson
1999
Hela härligheten
Glenn
1998
The Lovelife of a Fat Thief
Priest
2006
Den starkare
X
2004