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Ingvar Hirdwall
Actor

Ingvar Hirdwall

5 Dec 1934Born
6 Apr 2023Died
88Age at death
121Credits

Biography

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.

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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.

Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 121 credits.

  1. TBAStall-Erik and the SnapphansFilm: Måns
  2. 2024Beck - bakom kulissernaFilm: Grannen (archive footage)
  3. 2023Beck 50 - DeadlockFilm: Grannen
  4. 2023Beck 49 - InfernoFilm: Grannen
  5. 2023Beck 48 - Quid Pro QuoFilm: Grannen
  6. 2022Beck 47 - The Death TrapFilm: Grannen
  7. 2022Beck 46 - The Crying CopFilm: Grannen
  8. 2022Beck 45 - 58 MinutesFilm: Grannen
  9. 2022Beck 44 - Rage RoomFilm: Grannen
  10. 2021Beck 43 - Haunted by the PastFilm: Grannen
  11. 2021Beck - Den förlorade sonenFilm: Grannen
  12. 2021Beck 41 - Death in SamarraFilm: Grannen
  13. 2020Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable DoubtFilm: Grannen
  14. 2020Beck 39 - UndercoverFilm: Grannen
  15. 2018Beck 38 - The Devil's AdvocateFilm: Grannen
  16. 2018Beck 37 - Without IntentFilm: Grannen
  17. 2018Beck 36 - The Thin IceFilm: Grannen
  18. 2018Beck 35 - Your Own BloodFilm: Grannen
  19. 2016Beck: The Last DayFilm: Grannen
  20. 2016Beck 33 - End of the RoadFilm: Grannen
  21. 2016Beck 32 - SteinarFilm: Grannen
  22. 2016Beck 31 - GunvaldFilm: Grannen
  23. 2015Miraklet i ViskanFilm: Halvar
  24. 2015Beck 30 - The Hospital MurdersFilm: Grannen
  25. 2015Beck 29 - InvasionFilm: Grannen
  26. 2015Beck 28 - The FamilyFilm: Grannen
  27. 2015Beck 27 - Room 302Film: Valdemar
  28. 2013Wallander: The Troubled ManFilm: Lundberg
  29. 2010Beck 26 - Buried AliveFilm: Grannen
  30. 2010MillenniumSeries: Dirch Frode (2 episodes)
  31. 2009Beck 25 - The Eye of the StormFilm: Grannen
  32. 2009The Girl with the Dragon TattooFilm: Dirch Frode
  33. 2009StormenSeries: Bernt (3 episodes)
  34. 2007Beck 24 - In the Name of GodFilm: Grannen
  35. 2007Beck 23 - The Silent ScreamFilm: Grannen
  36. 2007Beck 22 - The Weak LinkFilm: Grannen
  37. 2007Beck 21 - The Japanese PaintingFilm: Grannen
  38. 2007Beck 20 - The LawyerFilm: Grannen
  39. 2007Beck 19 - The VultureFilm: Grannen
  40. 2006Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root CellarFilm: Grannen
  41. 2006OffsideFilm: Boston
  42. 2006Beck 17 - The ScorpionFilm: Grannen
  43. 2006Den enskilde medborgarenFilm: Gunnar Bergström
  44. 2005Mouth to MouthFilm: Mats's father John
  45. 2005WallanderSeries: Lundberg (1 episode)
  46. 2005Deadline TorpFilm: Birger Johansen
  47. 2004The CaretakerFilm: Davies
  48. 2003DaybreakFilm: Knut
  49. 2003Let's Play HouseFilm: Roland
  50. 2003MiffoFilm: Karl Henrik
  51. 2002Beck 16 - The Last WitnessFilm: Grannen
  52. 2002Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass BallFilm: Grannen
  53. 2002Beck 14 - The Advertising ManFilm: Grannen
  54. 2002Beck 13 - Sender UnknownFilm: The Neighbor
  55. 2002Beck 12 - The LonerFilm: Grannen
  56. 2001Beck 11 - The CartelFilm: Grannen
  57. 2001Beck 10 - The Man Without a FaceFilm: Grannen
  58. 2001Beck 09 - The Price of VengeanceFilm: Grannen
  59. 2001Anderssons älskarinnaSeries: Erik, fadern (6 episodes)
  60. 1999BeckSeries: Grannen (50 episodes)
  61. 1998Ivar KreugerSeries: Statsminister Ekman (3 episodes)
  62. 1998Beck 08 - Trails in DarknessFilm: Grannen
  63. 1998Beck 07 - The Money ManFilm: Grannen
  64. 1998Beck 06 - The MonsterFilm: Grannen
  65. 1998Beck 05 - The Boarding House PearlFilm: The Neighbor
  66. 1998Beck 04 - Eye for an EyeFilm: The Neighbor
  67. 1998The Tattooed WidowFilm: Egon Andersson
  68. 1998Beck 03 - White NightsFilm: The Neighbor
  69. 1997Beck - The Man with the IconsFilm: Grannen
  70. 1997SkärgårdsdoktornSeries: Ewe Tannander (1 episode)
  71. 1997Beck 01 - The Decoy BoyFilm: Grannen
  72. 1997En kvinnas huvudFilm: Düber
  73. 1997Tartuffe - hycklarenFilm: The king
  74. 1996A Kind of HadesFilm: The old man
  75. 1996Ett sorts HadesSeries: Old Man (2 episodes)
  76. 1996Christmas OratorioFilm: Edman
  77. 1996The Potato SellerFilm: Johansson
  78. 1996The ZoneFilm: Erik Lagerlöf
  79. 1996The ZoneSeries: Erik Lagerlöf (6 episodes)
  80. 1995Like It Never Was BeforeFilm: Strange Man

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