Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1934-12-05
Day of Death
2023-04-06
Place of Birth
Stockholm, Sweden
Ingvar Hirdwall
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 (101)
Beck - bakom kulisserna
2024
Beck 50 - Deadlock
2023
Beck 49 - Inferno
2023
Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo
2023
Beck 47 - The Death Trap
2022
Beck 46 - The Crying Cop
2022
Beck 45 - 58 Minutes
2022
Beck 44 - Rage Room
2022
Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past
2021
Beck - Den förlorade sonen
2021
Beck 41 - Death in Samarra
2021
Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt
2020
Beck 39 - Undercover
2020
Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate
2018
