Magnus Samuelsson
Born: 1969-12-21 in Linköping; Sweden
Known For: Acting
Biography
Magnus Samuelsson (born December 21, 1969), is a Swedish actor, former strongman and winner of the 1998 World's Strongest Man contest in Morocco. The son of a former Swedish arm wrestling champion, he has also been ranked among the best arm wrestlers in the world and was a European Arm Wrestling champion before becoming a professional strongman. Samuelsson holds the record for reaching the World's Strongest Man finals 10 times, a feat which he achieved over a 13-year span from 1995–2007. He has also achieved a podium place in WSM on five separate occasions. Magnus Samuelsson was offered a role in the film Gladiator but declined. One of the reasons he declined was that he believed the film was going to be a B movie. The agent who had phoned him to offer the role had told him that he would "fight with swords and so", and also named a couple of actors in the cast, which Magnus Samuelsson did not recognize. In 2009 Samuelsson won the Swedish version of the television series Dancing with the Stars, beating songwriter Laila Bagge in the final. Samuelsson plays Gunnar Nyberg, a detective in the 2011 Swedish crime thriller series Arne Dahl. It has also been aired in Germany and UK. The series is now available on Amazon Prime.
Filmography
2026
- Mirror as Gunnar
2025
- El-Turk as Gunther
- Blind Tracks as Björne
- The Time Thief as Esbjörn Holmgång
2023
- The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die as Clapa
- Black Lotus as Ber
- We Hunt Giants as Village chief
2022
- Medieval as Lars
2019
- The Witcher as King Henselt of Kaedwen
2018
- Hälsningar Från as Self
2017
- What a Circus! as Göran
2015
- The Last Kingdom as Clapa
- Arne Dahl 09 - Afterquake as Gunnar
- Arne Dahl: Mörkertal as Gunnar
- Arne Dahl - A Midsummer Night's Dream as Gunnar Nyberg
- Arne Dahl: Himmelsöga as Gunnar Nyberg
- Arne Dahl: Dödsmässa as Gunnar Nyberg
2013
- Tina på besök as Self
2012
- Arne Dahl: Bad Blood as Gunnar Nyberg
- Arne Dahl: Many Waters as Gunnar Nyberg
- Arne Dahl: To the Top of the Mountain as Gunnar Nyberg
- Arne Dahl: The Europe Blues as Gunnar Nyberg
2011
- Arne Dahl: The Blinded Man as Gunnar Nyberg
2009
- Who Pulled the Plug? 3 as Arnold
2003
- Hem till Midgård as Igor
1990
- Fångarna på fortet as Self