Mikael Persbrandt

Early life

Persbrandt was born and grew up in Jakobsberg, Järfälla Municipality, Stockholm County. He was baptized in the Finnish Church in Gamla stan. Persbrandt has stated that he has Swedo-Finnish ancestry from Åland on his mother's side, and that he thinks his paternal ancestors were Walloons.

Career

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*.

Public image and legal issues

Sex appeal

Persbrandt has often been noted for his good looks, and when Swedish media makes lists of the most attractive Swedish men, he has often been on those lists.

''Expressen'' dispute

In December 2005, Persbrandt notified police that the newspaper Expressen had made false accusations about him having acute alcohol poisoning and being admitted to a clinic in Uppsala. The information was inaccurate. Expressen apologised and admitted that their information was false, but the apology was not accepted by Persbrandt. Otto Sjöberg, at the time editor of the newspaper was fined 75,000 SEK (≈ 6800 €, US$8900), in damages to Persbrandt.

Drug use

Persbrandt was arrested twice in 2011 for cocaine use and received a fine. In April 2014, he was sentenced to five months' imprisonment for another cocaine offence, but on appeal this was reduced to 75 hours' community service.

Personal life

He is in a relationship with Sanna Lundell and the couple have three children together. He had previously been married to Maria Bonnevie.

Theatre

All the performances are in Swedish.

Filmography

Discography

Albums

References

References

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7. (5 October 2011). "Männen som svenska kvinnor vill ha".
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11. (8 March 2017). "Mikael Persbrandts och Sanna Lundells nya kärleksliv på lyxgården". Expressen.
12. "Mikael Persbrandt discography". Hung Medien.