Early life

Persbrandt was born in Jakobsberg, Järfälla Municipality, Stockholm County.

Career

He has performed on stage with the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and numerous film and TV roles. Persbrandt is best 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.

On 13 October 2007 Persbrandt left the Royal Dramatic Theatre due to difficulties combining work for TV/film with theater. Many of the Royal Dramatic Theatre ensemble responded in a very negative manner. One of them was Jan Malmsjö who made a strong statement about Persbrandt on live television. Malmsjö loudly proclaimed that "He has pissed on us!", insinuating that it was a breach of contract from Mikael Persbrandt.

Public image and legal issues

Expressen fight

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 apologized 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.

Cocaine purchase

In April 2014, he was sentenced to five months imprisonment for purchasing 12 grams of cocaine. He was convicted after his number was discovered on a drug dealer's telephone. His lawyer denied the allegations, insisting that a third party must have used Persbrandt's telephone.

Theatre

(All performances in Swedish)

Year	Production	Location	Role	Notes
1984	King Lear	The Royal Dramatic Theatre	Extra
1985	Julius Caesar	The Royal Dramatic Theatre	Extra
1991	Rekviem	Teater Galeasen
1992	Ferrando Bruno	Teater Galeasen
1993	Gatan	Teater Galeasen
	Roberto Zucco	Teater Galeasen
1994	Three Sisters	Teater Plaza
1995	Änglar	Teater Galeasen
1996	Puntila	The Royal Dramatic Theatre
	Death of a salesman	Teater Plaza
1998	The Good Person of Szechwan	The Royal Dramatic Theatre
	Lång dags färd mot natt	The Royal Dramatic Theatre
1999	Don Juan	The Royal Dramatic Theatre
2000	Maria Stuart	The Royal Dramatic Theatre
	Vildanden	The Royal Dramatic Theatre
2002	Leka med elden	The Royal Dramatic Theatre
2004	Arbetarklassens sista hjältar	Lilla elverket
2005	Miss Julie	The Royal Dramatic Theatre
	Lik som män	Vasateatern
2007	Måsen	Teater Galeasen
2009	I väntan på Godot	Stockholm City Theatre
2014	Dödsdansen	Maxim Theatre

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1992	Rederiet	Ola Simonsson
1994	Polismördaren	Police 1
	Svensson, Svensson	Jesper
1995	Sommaren	Peter
1996	Anna Holt	Jocke
	Under ytan	Roffe
1997	Beck - Lockpojken	Gunvald Larsson
	Beck - Mannen med ikonerna
	Beck - Spår i mörker
	Beck - Pensionat Pärlan
	9 millimeter	Konstantin
1998	Beck - Öga för öga	Gunvald Larsson
	Sista kontraktet	Roger Nyman
	102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger	Reader	Voice, documentary
	Beck - The Money Man	Gunvald Larsson
	Beck - Monstret
	Beck - Vita nätter
	Vuxna människor	Georg
	Mulan	Shan Yu	Voice, Swedish dub
1999	Dödlig drift	Andreas Persson
	Dinosaur	Kron	Voice, Swedish dub
	Gossip	Åke Frigårdh
2000	Titan A.E.	Tek	Voice, Swedish dub
	Beck - Hämndens pris	Gunvald Larsson
2001	Beck - Mannen utan ansikte
	Beck - Kartellen
	Beck - Enslingen
2002	Nu	Adam
	Beck - Okänd avsändare	Gunvald Larsson
	Beck - Annonsmannen
	Beck - Sista vittnet
	Alla älskar Alice	Johan Lindberg
	Beck - Pojken i glaskulan	Gunvald Larsson
2003	Rånarna	Frank/Richard
	Tre solar	Ulf
	Finding Nemo	Gill	Voice, Swedish dub
2004	Dag och natt	Thomas
2005	Medicinmannen	Martin Holst
	Bang Bang Orangutang	Åke Jönsson
	Som man bäddar	Jocke
	Inga tårar	Lars Bjerking
	Tjocktjuven	the Priest
2006	Beck - Skarpt läge	Gunvald Larsson
	Beck - Flickan i jordkällaren
	Beck - Gamen
	Beck - Advokaten
2007	Beck - Den japanska shungamålningen
	Beck - Den svaga länken
	Beck - Det tysta skriket
	Beck - I Guds namn
	Ett öga rött	Himself
	Solstorm	Thomas Söderberg
2008	Kautokeino-opprøret	Carl-Johan Ruth
	Everlasting Moments	Sigfrid Larsson
	Die Patin	Sergej Assinowitsch
	Himlens hjärta	Lars
	Oskyldigt dömd	Markus Haglund
2009	Beck - I stormens öga	Gunvald Larsson
2010	Beck - Levande begravd
	In a Better World	Anton
2011	Stockholm East	Johan
	Agent Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation	Carl Hamilton
2012	The Hypnotist	Erik Maria Bark
	Agent Hamilton: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter	Carl Hamilton
2013	Mig äger ingen	Hasse
	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Beorn
2014	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
	En sång från hjärtat	Thomas Jacob
	The Salvation	Peter
	Beck - Rum 302	Gunvald Larsson
2015	Beck - Familjen
	Beck - Invasionen
	Beck - Sjukhusmorden
2016	Beck - Gunvald
	Alone in Berlin	SS Officer Prall
	Jadotville	Dag Hammarskjold
2017	Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur	Kjartan	Post-production
TBA	Agent Hamilton: In Her Majesty's Service	Carl Hamilton	Filming

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Peak positions
		DEN
2014	Someone You Love	29

[ Source: Wikipedia ]