Ingvar Hirdwall
Acting
- 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
Filmography
Beck - bakom kulisserna
Beck 50 - Deadlock
Beck 49 - Inferno
Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo
Beck 47 - The Death Trap
Beck 46 - The Crying Cop
Beck 45 - 58 Minutes
Beck 44 - Rage Room
Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past
Beck - Den förlorade sonen
Beck 41 - Death in Samarra
Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Beck 39 - Undercover
Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate
Beck 37 - Without Intent
Beck 36 - The Thin Ice
Beck 35 - Your Own Blood
Beck: The Last Day
Beck 33 - End of the Road
Beck 32 - Steinar
Beck 31 - Gunvald
Miraklet i Viskan
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
Beck 29 - Invasion
Beck 28 - The Family
Beck 27 - Room 302
Wallander: The Troubled Man
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
Millennium
The Secret
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stormen
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
Beck 19 - The Vulture
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
Offside
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
Den enskilde medborgaren
Mouth to Mouth
Wallander
Deadline Torp
Kent - ett porträtt av Kent Andersson
The Caretaker
With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof
Daybreak
Let's Play House
Miffo
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
Beck 12 - The Loner
Beck 11 - The Cartel
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance