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Ingvar Hirdwall

Ingvar Hirdwall

Actor · Born 1934-12-05 · Stockholm, Sweden

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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. 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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) — Dirch Frode
  2. Millennium (2010) — Dirch Frode
  3. Man on the Roof (1976) — Åke Eriksson
  4. Wallander (2005) — Lundberg
  5. Beck (1999) — Grannen
  6. The Man from Majorca (1984) — Fors
  7. Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye (1998) — The Neighbor
  8. Beck - The Man with the Icons (1997) — Grannen
  9. Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy (1997) — Grannen
  10. Beck 14 - The Advertising Man (2002) — Grannen
  11. Beck 03 - White Nights (1998) — The Neighbor
  12. Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness (1998) — Grannen
  13. Beck 12 - The Loner (2002) — Grannen
  14. Beck 27 - Room 302 (2015) — Valdemar
  15. Beck 06 - The Monster (1998) — Grannen
  16. Raven's End (1963) — Sixten
  17. Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance (2001) — Grannen
  18. Beck 16 - The Last Witness (2002) — Grannen
  19. Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl (1998) — The Neighbor
  20. Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face (2001) — Grannen
  21. Beck 11 - The Cartel (2001) — Grannen
  22. Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball (2002) — Grannen
  23. Beck 23 - The Silent Scream (2007) — Grannen
  24. Beck 07 - The Money Man (1998) — Grannen
  25. Beck 24 - In the Name of God (2007) — Grannen
  26. Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting (2007) — Grannen
  27. Beck 13 - Sender Unknown (2002) — The Neighbor
  28. Miffo (2003) — Karl Henrik
  29. Beck 17 - The Scorpion (2006) — Grannen
  30. Beck 28 - The Family (2015) — Grannen
  31. Beck 32 - Steinar (2016) — Grannen
  32. Beck 20 - The Lawyer (2007) — Grannen
  33. Beck 26 - Buried Alive (2010) — Grannen
  34. Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar (2006) — Grannen
  35. Beck 29 - Invasion (2015) — Grannen
  36. Beck 19 - The Vulture (2007) — Grannen
  37. Beck 22 - The Weak Link (2007) — Grannen
  38. Beck 31 - Gunvald (2016) — Grannen
  39. Children's Island (1980) — Stig Utler
  40. Like It Never Was Before (1995) — Strange Man