Ingvar Hirdwall
Born: 1934-12-05 in Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 2023-04-06
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2024
- Beck - bakom kulisserna as Grannen (archive footage)
2023
- Beck 50 - Deadlock as Grannen
- Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo as Grannen
- Beck 49 - Inferno as Grannen
2022
- Beck 44 - Rage Room as Grannen
- Beck 46 - The Crying Cop as Grannen
- Beck 45 - 58 Minutes as Grannen
- Beck 47 - The Death Trap as Grannen
2021
- Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past as Grannen
- Beck - Den förlorade sonen as Grannen
- Beck 41 - Death in Samarra as Grannen
2020
- Beck 39 - Undercover as Grannen
- Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt as Grannen
2018
- Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate as Grannen
- Beck 37 - Without Intent as Grannen
- Beck 35 - Your Own Blood as Grannen
- Beck 36 - The Thin Ice as Grannen
2016
- Beck: The Last Day as Grannen
- Beck 33 - End of the Road as Grannen
- Beck 32 - Steinar as Grannen
- Beck 31 - Gunvald as Grannen
2015
- Beck 29 - Invasion as Grannen
- Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders as Grannen
- Beck 28 - The Family as Grannen
- Miraklet i Viskan as Halvar
- Beck 27 - Room 302 as Valdemar
2013
- Wallander: The Troubled Man as Lundberg
2010
- Millennium as Dirch Frode
- Beck 26 - Buried Alive as Grannen
2009
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Dirch Frode
- Stormen as Bernt
- Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm as Grannen
- The Secret as Self
2007
- Beck 22 - The Weak Link as Grannen
- Beck 19 - The Vulture as Grannen
- Beck 24 - In the Name of God as Grannen
- Beck 23 - The Silent Scream as Grannen
- Beck 20 - The Lawyer as Grannen
- Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting as Grannen
2006
- Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar as Grannen
- Beck 17 - The Scorpion as Grannen
- Offside as Boston
- Den enskilde medborgaren as Gunnar Bergström
2005
- Wallander as Lundberg
- Mouth to Mouth as Mats's father John
- Deadline Torp as Birger Johansen
2004
- The Caretaker as Davies
- With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof as Self
- Kent - ett porträtt av Kent Andersson as Self
2003
- Miffo as Karl Henrik
- Daybreak as Knut
- Let's Play House as Roland
2002
- Beck 13 - Sender Unknown as The Neighbor
- Beck 16 - The Last Witness as Grannen
- Beck 12 - The Loner as Grannen
- Beck 14 - The Advertising Man as Grannen
- Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball as Grannen
2001
- Anderssons älskarinna as Erik, fadern
- Beck 11 - The Cartel as Grannen
- Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance as Grannen
- Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face as Grannen
1999
- Beck as Grannen
1998
- Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness as Grannen
- Beck 03 - White Nights as The Neighbor
- Ivar Kreuger as Statsminister Ekman
- The Tattooed Widow as Egon Andersson
- Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye as The Neighbor
- Beck 06 - The Monster as Grannen
- Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl as The Neighbor
- Beck 07 - The Money Man as Grannen
1997
- Skärgårdsdoktorn as Ewe Tannander
- Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy as Grannen
- Tartuffe - hycklaren as The king
- Beck - The Man with the Icons as Grannen
- En kvinnas huvud as Düber
1996
- The Zone as Erik Lagerlöf
- Ett sorts Hades as Old Man
- The Potato Seller as Johansson
- A Kind of Hades as The old man
- Christmas Oratorio as Edman
- The Zone as Erik Lagerlöf
1995
- Like It Never Was Before as Strange Man
1994
- Onkel Vanja as Teljegin
1993
- Tomtemaskinen as Pettson
1992
- Kejsarn av Portugallien as Jan
- Kvällspressen as Bengt Sockander
- KvällsPressen as Sockander
1990
- Honungsvargar as Axel
1989
- Tre kärlekar as Egon Nilsson
- 1939 as Annika's father
- The Miracle in Valby as Petra's Father
1987
- Ondskans år as Dr. Herbert Ahlström
1986
- Fläskfarmen as Monty
- Sammansvärjningen as Liljensparre
- Kunglig toilette as Restaurateur
1985
- August Strindberg: A Life as Läraren
- Korset as Police Inspector Jörgen Wennström
1984
- The Man from Majorca as Fors
1983
- A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon as Gustaf Edgren
- Savannen as Operator
- Midvinterduell as Egon
1982
- Pelikanen
- Dom unga örnarna as Gunnar Grävmo
1981
- The Guldbagge Awards as Self - Best Actor winner
- Drottning Kristina as Axel Oxenstierna
- Babels hus as Bernt Svensson, Primus son
- As The Only One Present as Kevin
1980
- Children's Island as Stig Utler
- A Dream Play as Affischören
- Jackpot as Sven
1979
1978
- Svenska noveller as John
- Rikedom as John
1976
- Man on the Roof as Åke Eriksson
1974
- Gustav III as Horn
1969
- Berndt och Anita as Berndt
1965
1963
- Raven's End as Sixten
- My Love Is Like a Rose as Pajen
1962
- Trängningen as Fredriksson
1960
- Julkalendern as Pettson