Mikael Persbrandt

Actor · Born 25 September 1963 in Jakobsberg i Stockholms län, Sverige · 67 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

62 of Mikael Persbrandt’s films and series stream in Sweden right now — 48 on TV4 Play, 7 on Cineasterna, 7 on Netflix, 4 on Prime Video and 5 more services. 1 more is not on any service at the moment. Highest rated available: Sex Education (2019) ★ 8.2.

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.

Acting

• Sex Education (2019)
• Beck (1999)
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
• Rederiet (1992)
• The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
• The Kingdom (1994)
• The Salvation (2014)
• The Unlikely Murderer (2021)
• The Hypnotist (2012)
• Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation (2012)
• Svensson, Svensson (1994)
• The Siege of Jadotville (2016)

As self

• Tillsammans med Strömstedts (2017)
• Mauri och Morberg - på en liten resa (2025)
• Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus (2022)
• Ett jobb för Berg (2015)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
• Alone in Berlin (2016)
• One Way (2006)
• The Kautokeino Rebellion (2008)
• Someone You Love (2014)
• Stockholm East (2011)
• Day and Night (2004)
• At Point Blank (2003)
• Now (2003)
• Dragonflies (2001)
• 9 millimeter (1997)
• Heaven's Heart (2008)