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 47 - The Death Trap as Grannen
- Beck 44 - Rage Room as Grannen
- Beck 46 - The Crying Cop as Grannen
- Beck 45 - 58 Minutes as Grannen
2021
- Beck 41 - Death in Samarra as Grannen
- Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past as Grannen
- Beck - Den förlorade sonen as Grannen
2020
- Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt as Grannen
- Beck 39 - Undercover as Grannen
2018
- Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate as Grannen
- Beck 35 - Your Own Blood as Grannen
- Beck 37 - Without Intent 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
- Miraklet i Viskan as Halvar
- Beck 29 - Invasion as Grannen
- Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders as Grannen
- Beck 27 - Room 302 as Valdemar
- Beck 28 - The Family as Grannen
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
- The Secret as Self
- Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm as Grannen
2007
- Beck 19 - The Vulture as Grannen
- Beck 20 - The Lawyer as Grannen
- Beck 23 - The Silent Scream as Grannen
- Beck 22 - The Weak Link as Grannen
- Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting as Grannen
- Beck 24 - In the Name of God as Grannen
2006
- Offside as Boston
- The Individual Citizen as Gunnar Bergström
- Beck 17 - The Scorpion as Grannen
- Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar as Grannen
2005
- Wallander as Lundberg
- Deadline Torp as Birger Johansen
- Mouth to Mouth as Mats's father John
2004
- Kent - ett porträtt av Kent Andersson as Self
- The Caretaker as Davies
- With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof as Self
2003
- Miffo as Karl Henrik
- Let's Play House as Roland
- Daybreak as Knut
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
- Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face as Grannen
- Beck 11 - The Cartel as Grannen
- Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance as Grannen
- Anderssons älskarinna as Erik, fadern
1999
- Beck as Grannen
1998
- The Tattooed Widow as Egon Andersson
- Beck 06 - The Monster as Grannen
- Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl as The Neighbor
- Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness as Grannen
- Beck 07 - The Money Man as Grannen
- Beck 03 - White Nights as The Neighbor
- Ivar Kreuger as Statsminister Ekman
- Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye as The Neighbor
1997
- Tartuffe - hycklaren as The king
- Beck - The Man with the Icons as Grannen
- Skärgårdsdoktorn as Ewe Tannander
- Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy as Grannen
- En kvinnas huvud as Düber
1996
- The Zone as Erik Lagerlöf
- The Potato Seller as Johansson
- Christmas Oratorio as Edman
- A Kind of Hades as The old man
- The Zone as Erik Lagerlöf
1995
- Like It Never Was Before as Strange Man
1994
- Onkel Vanja as Teljegin
1993
- Tomtemaskinen as Pettson
1992
- KvällsPressen as Sockander
- Kejsarn av Portugallien as Jan
- Kvällspressen as Bengt Sockander
1990
- Honungsvargar as Axel
1989
- 1939 as Annika's father
- The Miracle in Valby as Petra's Father
- Tre kärlekar as Egon Nilsson
1987
- Ondskans år as Dr. Herbert Ahlström
1986
- Fläskfarmen as Monty
- Kunglig toilette as Restaurateur
- Sammansvärjningen as Liljensparre
1985
- August Strindberg: A Life as Läraren
- Korset as Police Inspector Jörgen Wennström
1984
- The Man from Majorca as Fors
1983
- Midvinterduell as Egon
- Savannen as Operator
- A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon as Gustaf Edgren
1982
- Pelikanen
- Dom unga örnarna as Gunnar Grävmo
1981
- The Guldbagge Awards as Self - Best Actor winner
- Babels hus as Bernt Svensson, Primus son
- Drottning Kristina as Axel Oxenstierna
1980
- Jackpot as Sven
- Children's Island as Stig Utler
- A Dream Play as Affischören
1979
1978
- Rikedom as John
- Svenska noveller 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