Ingvar Hirdwall
Known for Acting · 123 credits
- Born
- 1934-12-05
- Died
- 2023-04-06
- Place of birth
- Stockholm, Sweden
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.
Known For
TV Shows (21)
Wallander
2005
as Lundberg
Beck
1999
as Grannen
The Guldbagge Awards
1981
as Self - Best Actor winner
Julkalendern
1960
as Pettson
Millennium
2010
as Dirch Frode
Skärgårdsdoktorn
1997
as Ewe Tannander
Kvällspressen
1992
as Bengt Sockander
August Strindberg: A Life
1985
as Läraren
Svenska noveller
1978
as John
Godnatt, jord
1979
Kejsarn av Portugallien
1992
as Jan
Korset
1985
as Police Inspector Jörgen Wennström
Babels hus
1981
as Bernt Svensson, Primus son
The Zone
1996
as Erik Lagerlöf
Tre kärlekar
1989
as Egon Nilsson
Sammansvärjningen
1986
as Liljensparre
Drottning Kristina
1981
as Axel Oxenstierna
Ivar Kreuger
1998
as Statsminister Ekman
Tomtemaskinen
1993
as Pettson
Anderssons älskarinna
2001
as Erik, fadern
Stormen
2009
as Bernt
Movies (102)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2009
as Dirch Frode
Children's Island
1980
as Stig Utler
Beck 11 - The Cartel
2001
as Grannen
1939
1989
as Annika's father
Onkel Vanja
1994
as Teljegin
Like It Never Was Before
1995
as Strange Man
Ondskans år
1987
as Dr. Herbert Ahlström
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
1998
as Grannen
Beck 35 - Your Own Blood
2018
as Grannen
Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past
2021
as Grannen
Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt
2020
as Grannen
Man on the Roof
1976
as Åke Eriksson
Deadline Torp
2005
as Birger Johansen
Miffo
2003
as Karl Henrik
The Man from Majorca
1984
as Fors
Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate
2018
as Grannen
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
1997
as Grannen
Beck: The Last Day
2016
as Grannen
Beck - The Man with the Icons
1997
as Grannen
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
2007
as Grannen
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
2010
as Grannen
Beck 29 - Invasion
2015
as Grannen
The Tattooed Widow
1998
as Egon Andersson
Beck 03 - White Nights
1998
as The Neighbor
Beck - bakom kulisserna
2024
as Grannen (archive footage)
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
2001
as Grannen
Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo
2023
as Grannen
Beck 41 - Death in Samarra
2021
as Grannen
Kunglig toilette
1986
as Restaurateur
Beck 32 - Steinar
2016
as Grannen
Beck 33 - End of the Road
2016
as Grannen
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
2007
as Grannen
Beck 06 - The Monster
1998
as Grannen
Christmas Oratorio
1996
as Edman
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
2006
as Grannen
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
2002
as The Neighbor
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
2007
as Grannen
Beck 45 - 58 Minutes
2022
as Grannen
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
2015
as Grannen
Beck 19 - The Vulture
2007
as Grannen
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
2007
as Grannen
Beck 12 - The Loner
2002
as Grannen
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
2007
as Grannen
Beck 28 - The Family
2015
as Grannen
Beck 39 - Undercover
2020
as Grannen
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
2002
as Grannen
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
2002
as Grannen
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
2009
as Grannen
Beck 07 - The Money Man
1998
as Grannen
Beck 47 - The Death Trap
2022
as Grannen
Beck 31 - Gunvald
2016
as Grannen
Beck - Den förlorade sonen
2021
as Grannen
För vänskaps skull
1965
Daybreak
2003
as Knut
Midvinterduell
1983
as Egon
The Potato Seller
1996
as Johansson
Beck 36 - The Thin Ice
2018
as Grannen
Raven's End
1963
as Sixten
Miraklet i Viskan
2015
as Halvar
Mouth to Mouth
2005
as Mats's father John
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
2001
as Grannen
Jackpot
1980
as Sven
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
2002
as Grannen
The Zone
1996
as Erik Lagerlöf
Beck 27 - Room 302
2015
as Valdemar
Beck 37 - Without Intent
2018
as Grannen
Offside
2006
as Boston
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
2006
as Grannen
The Miracle in Valby
1989
as Petra's Father
Beck 50 - Deadlock
2023
as Grannen
KvällsPressen
1992
as Sockander
Stall-Erik and the Snapphans
as Måns
Beck 49 - Inferno
2023
as Grannen
A Kind of Hades
1996
as The old man
Gustav III
1974
as Horn
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
1998
as The Neighbor
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
1998
as The Neighbor
Den enskilde medborgaren
2006
as Gunnar Bergström
Beck 44 - Rage Room
2022
as Grannen
Fläskfarmen
1986
as Monty
The Caretaker
2004
as Davies
Wallander: The Troubled Man
2013
as Lundberg
My Love Is Like a Rose
1963
as Pajen
En kvinnas huvud
1997
as Düber
The Secret
2009
as Self
Tartuffe - hycklaren
1997
as The king
A Dream Play
1980
as Affischören
With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof
2004
as Self
A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon
1983
as Gustaf Edgren
Let's Play House
2003
as Roland
Honungsvargar
1990
as Axel
Savannen
1983
as Operator
Beck 46 - The Crying Cop
2022
as Grannen
Sandlådan
1972
as Robert
Flotten
1972
as Freddy
Dom unga örnarna
1982
as Gunnar Grävmo
Rikedom
1978
as John
Pelikanen
1982
Berndt och Anita
1969
as Berndt
Hemmet
1972
as Hjalmar Augustsson
Trängningen
1962
as Fredriksson
Kent - ett porträtt av Kent Andersson
2004
as Self
About Ingvar Hirdwall
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 pl… With 123 credits spanning from 1960 to 2024, Ingvar Hirdwall has appeared in 102 films and 21 TV shows.
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- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) — as Dirch Frode
- Children's Island (1980) — as Stig Utler
- Beck 11 - The Cartel (2001) — as Grannen
- 1939 (1989) — as Annika's father
- Onkel Vanja (1994) — as Teljegin
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