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Ingvar Hirdwall

Actor | * 12/05/1934 († 88, 04/06/2023) | Stockholm (Sweden)
Lars Ingvar Hirdwall (5 December 1934 – 6 April 2023) was a Swedish actor. In Sweden he is best known for his role in the Martin Beck film series; internationally he was perhaps best known for his role as the lawyer Dirch Frode in the Millennium films. ()

Hirdwall was born in Stockholm, and was educated at Gothenburg City Theatre stage school 1957-1960. Since the early 1960s 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, 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 is married to the actress Marika Lindström. They have two children, director Jacob Hirdwall and actress Agnes Hirdwall.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Thriller

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Reine is supposed to go to a summer camp called Children's Island but decides to remain in Stockholm over the summer while his mother is working at a hospital. She thinks he is at the camp, and he tel ...

Children's Island

Certification unknown

1980 | 3.0/5 | 1h 58min
Drama, Kids & Family, Romance / Love
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Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, l ...

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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2009 | 3.8/5 | 2h 32min
Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
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Sweden, shortly before Christmas. Surgeon Rickard is told the job he expected goes to a Dane, because of his substance abuse. It's too late to cancel dinner with his in-laws. The guest couple announce ...

Daybreak

Certification unknown

2003 | 3.1/5 | 1h 50min
Drama
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Tre kärlekar

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1989 | 1h per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Ingvar Hirdwall

Litteris et Artibus Swedish Academy's Theatre Award
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Movies with Ingvar Hirdwall as Actor(95)

as Måns2025 Stall-Erik and the Snapphans
as Grannen2023 Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo
as Grannen2023 Beck 49 - Inferno
as Grannen2023 Beck 50 - Deadlock
as Axel Oxentierna2023 Drottning Kristina
as Grannen2022 Beck 46 - The Crying Police
as Grannen2022 Beck 45 - 58 Minutes
as Grannen2022 Beck 47 - Dödsfällan
as Grannen2022 Beck 44 - Rage Room
as Grannen2021 Beck 43 - A New Life
as Grannen2021 Beck 41 - Death in Samarra
as Grannen2021 The Prodigal Son
as Grannen2020 Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt
as Grannen2020 Beck 39 - Undercover
as Grannen2018 Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate
as Grannen2018 Beck 36 - The Thin Ice
as Grannen2018 Beck 37 - Without Intent
as Grannen2018 Beck 35 - Flesh & Blood
as Grannen2016 Beck 31 - Gunvald
as Grannen2016 Beck 32 - Steinar
2016 Beck 33 - End of the Road
as Grannen2016 Beck: The Last Day
as Halvar2015 Miraklet i Viskan
as Valdemar2015 Beck 27 - Room 302
as Grannen2015 Beck 28 - The Family
as Grannen2015 Beck 29 - Invasion
as Grannen2015 Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
as Lundberg2013 Wallander 27 - The Troubled Man
as Grannen2010 Beck 26 - Buried Alive
as Dirch Frode2009 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Grannen2009 Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
as himself2009 The Secret
as Grannen2007 Beck 19 - The Vulture
as Grannen2007 Beck 20 - The Lawyer
as Grannen2007 Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
as Grannen2007 Beck 22 - The Weak Link
as Grannen2007 Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
as Grannen2007 Beck 24 - In the Name of God
as Gunnar Bergström2006 Den enskilde medborgaren
as Boston2006 Offside
as Grannen2006 Beck 17 - The Scorpion
2006 Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
as Birger Johansen2005 Deadline Torp
as Mats's father John2005 Mouth to Mouth
as Davies2004 The Caretaker
as Karl Henrik2003 Miffo
as Knut2003 Daybreak
as Roland2003 Let's Play House
2002 Beck 12 - The Loner
as The Neighbor2002 Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
as Grannen2002 Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
2002 Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
as Grannen2002 Beck 16 - The Last Witness
as Grannen2001 Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
as Grannen2001 Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
2001 Beck 11 - The Cartel
as The Neighbor1998 Beck 03 - White Nights
as The Neighbor1998 Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
as The Neighbor1998 Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
as Grannen1998 Beck 06 - The Monster
as Grannen1998 Beck 07 - The Money Man
as Grannen1998 Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
as Egon Andersson1998 The Tattooed Widow
as The king1997 Tartuffe - hycklaren
as Düber1997 En kvinnas huvud
as Grannen1997 Beck - The Man with the Icons
as Grannen1997 Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
as The old man1996 Ett sorts Hades
as Johansson1996 Potatishandlaren
as Edman1996 Christmas Oratorio
as Strange Man1995 Like It Never Was Before
as Teljegin1994 Onkel Vanja
as Axel1990 Honungsvargar
as Annika's father1989 1939
as Petra's Father1989 The Miracle in Valby
as Dr. Herbert Ahlström1987 Ondskans år
as Restaurateur1986 Kunglig toilette
as Monty1986 Fläskfarmen
as Fors1984 The Man from Majorca
as Egon1983 Midvinterduell
as Gustaf Edgren1983 A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon
as Gunnar Grävmo1982 Dom unga örnarna
as Sven1980 Jackpot
as Affischören1980 A Dream Play
as Stig Utler1980 Children's Island
as John1978 Rikedom
as Åke Eriksson1976 Man on the Roof
as Horn1974 Gustav III
1972 Hemmet
1972 Sandlådan
as Freddy1972 Flotten
as Berndt1969 Berndt och Anita
as Pajen1963 My Love Is Like a Rose
as Sixten1963 Raven's End
as Fredriksson1962 Trängningen

TV Shows/Series with Ingvar Hirdwall as Actor(12)

as Lundberg2005 Wallander
as Erik, fadern2001 Anderssons älskarinna
as Grannen1999 Beck
as Ewe Tannander1997 Skärgårdsdoktorn
as Sockander, chefredaktör1992 Kvällspressen
as Egon Nilsson1989 Tre kärlekar
as Liljensparre1986 Sammansvärjningen
as Police Inspector Jörgen Wennström1985 Korset
as Läraren1985 August Strindberg: Ett liv
as Bernt Svensson, Primus son1981 Babels hus
as Axel Oxenstierna1981 Drottning Kristina
1979 Godnatt, jord

Full Name: Lars Ingvar Hirdwall
Citizenship: Sweden
Born: Wednesday, 12/05 1934 (December) in Stockholm (Sweden)
Died: Thursday, 04/06 2023 (April) in Stockholms Adolf Fredrik (aged: 88)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: Swedish (SV)
Spouses (current/former): Marika Lindström, Margita Ahlin
Children: Jacob Hirdwall
Other names for Ingvar Hirdwall (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Lars Ingvar Eriksson"
Ingvar Hirdwall frequently works together with these people:
Peter Haber (57x, Actor)
Rolf Börjlind (41x, Crew)
Rebecka Hemse (40x, Actress)
Per Wahlöö (37x, Crew)
Maj Sjöwall (37x, Crew)
Måns Nathanaelson (34x, Actor)
Anna-Lena Melin (34x, Crew)
Lars Blomgren (32x, Crew)
Mikael Persbrandt (31x, Actor)
Stefan Ljungberg (29x, Crew)
Cecilia Börjlind (27x, Crew)
Inge Johansson (6x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:7310, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/07/2024