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Ingvar Hirdwall

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1934-12-05

Deathday: 2023-04-06 (88 years old)

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

all 122

Movies 103

TV Shows 19

self 5

Måns

Ingvar Hirdwall

Biography

Filmography

all 122

Movies 103

TV Shows 19

self 5

Stall-Erik and the Snapphans (2025)

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)

Beck 37 - Without Intent (2018)

Beck 36 - The Thin Ice (2018)

Beck 35 - Your Own Blood (2018)

Beck: The Last Day (2016)

Beck 33 - End of the Road (2016)

Beck 32 - Steinar (2016)

Beck 31 - Gunvald (2016)

Miraklet i Viskan (2015)

Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders (2015)

Beck 29 - Invasion (2015)

Beck 28 - The Family (2015)

Beck 27 - Room 302 (2015)

Wallander 27 - The Troubled Man (2013)

Beck 26 - Buried Alive (2010)

The Secret (2009)

Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm (2009)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

Beck 24 - In the Name of God (2007)

Beck 23 - The Silent Scream (2007)

Beck 22 - The Weak Link (2007)

Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting (2007)

Beck 20 - The Lawyer (2007)

Beck 19 - The Vulture (2007)

Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar (2006)

Offside (2006)

Beck 17 - The Scorpion (2006)

The Individual Citizen (2006)

Mouth to Mouth (2005)

Wallander (2005)

Deadline Torp (2005)

Kent - ett porträtt av Kent Andersson (2004)

The Caretaker (2004)

With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof (2004)

Daybreak (2003)

Let's Play House (2003)

Miffo (2003)

Beck 16 - The Last Witness (2002)

Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball (2002)

Beck 14 - The Advertising Man (2002)

Muraren (2002)

Beck 13 - Sender Unknown (2002)

Beck 12 - The Loner (2002)

Beck 11 - The Cartel (2001)

Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face (2001)

Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance (2001)

Anderssons älskarinna (2001)

Beck (1999)

Ivar Kreuger (1998)

Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness (1998)

Beck 07 - The Money Man (1998)

Beck 06 - The Monster (1998)

Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl (1998)

Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye (1998)

The Tattooed Widow (1998)

Beck 03 - White Nights (1998)

Ivar Kreuger (1998)

Beck - The Man with the Icons (1997)

Skärgårdsdoktorn (1997)

Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy (1997)

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-12-05

Deathday

2023-04-06 (88 years old)

Birth Name

Lars Ingvar Eriksson

Birth Place

S:t Görans church parish, Sweden

Spouse

Marika Lindström

Children

Jacob Hirdwall

Citizenships

Sweden

Awards

Swedish Academy's Theatre Award, Litteris et Artibus