Ingvar Hirdwall
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 5, 1934
- Died
- April 6, 2023 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
Stall-Erik and the Snapphans
Movie · as Måns
Beck - bakom kulisserna
Movie · as Grannen (archive footage)
Beck 49 - Inferno
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 50 - Deadlock
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 44 - Rage Room
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 46 - The Crying Cop
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 45 - 58 Minutes
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 47 - The Death Trap
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 41 - Death in Samarra
Movie · as Grannen
Beck - Den förlorade sonen
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 39 - Undercover
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 35 - Your Own Blood
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 36 - The Thin Ice
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 37 - Without Intent
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 33 - End of the Road
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 32 - Steinar
Movie · as Grannen
Beck: The Last Day
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 31 - Gunvald
Movie · as Grannen
Miraklet i Viskan
Movie · as Halvar
Beck 29 - Invasion
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 27 - Room 302
Movie · as Valdemar
Beck 28 - The Family
Movie · as Grannen
Wallander: The Troubled Man
Movie · as Lundberg
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
Movie · as Grannen
Millennium
TV · as Dirch Frode · 2 eps
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Movie · as Dirch Frode
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
Movie · as Grannen
The Secret
Movie · as Self
Stormen
TV · as Bernt · 3 eps
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 19 - The Vulture
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
Movie · as Grannen
Den enskilde medborgaren
Movie · as Gunnar Bergström
Offside
Movie · as Boston
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
Movie · as Grannen
Deadline Torp
Movie · as Birger Johansen
Mouth to Mouth
Movie · as Mats's father John
Wallander
TV · as Lundberg · 1 ep
Kent - ett porträtt av Kent Andersson
Movie · as Self
With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof
Movie · as Self
The Caretaker
Movie · as Davies
Miffo
Movie · as Karl Henrik
Daybreak
Movie · as Knut
Let's Play House
Movie · as Roland
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 12 - The Loner
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
Movie · as The Neighbor
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 11 - The Cartel
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
Movie · as Grannen
Anderssons älskarinna
TV · as Erik, fadern · 6 eps
Beck
TV · as Grannen · 50 eps
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
Movie · as Grannen
The Tattooed Widow
Movie · as Egon Andersson
Beck 03 - White Nights
Movie · as The Neighbor
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
Movie · as The Neighbor
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
Movie · as The Neighbor
Beck 06 - The Monster
Movie · as Grannen
Beck 07 - The Money Man
Movie · as Grannen
Ivar Kreuger
TV · as Statsminister Ekman · 3 eps
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
Movie · as Grannen
Beck - The Man with the Icons
Movie · as Grannen
Tartuffe - hycklaren
Movie · as The king
En kvinnas huvud
Movie · as Düber
Skärgårdsdoktorn
TV · as Ewe Tannander · 1 ep
The Potato Seller
Movie · as Johansson
Christmas Oratorio
Movie · as Edman
A Kind of Hades
Movie · as The old man
The Zone
TV · as Erik Lagerlöf · 6 eps
Ett sorts Hades
TV · as Old Man · 2 eps
Like It Never Was Before
Movie · as Strange Man
Onkel Vanja
Movie · as Teljegin
Tomtemaskinen
TV · as Pettson · 24 eps
Kejsarn av Portugallien
TV · as Jan · 3 eps
Kvällspressen
TV · as Bengt Sockander · 6 eps
Honungsvargar
Movie · as Axel
The Miracle in Valby
Movie · as Petra's Father
1939
Movie · as Annika's father
Tre kärlekar
TV · as Egon Nilsson · 16 eps
Ondskans år
Movie · as Dr. Herbert Ahlström
Kunglig toilette
Movie · as Restaurateur
Fläskfarmen
Movie · as Monty
Sammansvärjningen
TV · as Liljensparre · 3 eps
August Strindberg: A Life
TV · as Läraren · 6 eps
Korset
TV · as Police Inspector Jörgen Wennström · 3 eps
The Man from Majorca
Movie · as Fors
Savannen
Movie · as Operator
A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon
Movie · as Gustaf Edgren
Midvinterduell
Movie · as Egon
Pelikanen
Movie
Dom unga örnarna
Movie · as Gunnar Grävmo
As The Only One Present
Movie · as Kevin
Drottning Kristina
TV · as Axel Oxenstierna · 2 eps
Babels hus
TV · as Bernt Svensson, Primus son · 6 eps
The Guldbagge Awards
TV · as Self - Best Actor winner · 1 ep
Children's Island
Movie · as Stig Utler
A Dream Play
Movie · as Affischören
Jackpot
Movie · as Sven
Godnatt, jord
TV · 7 eps
Rikedom
Movie · as John
Svenska noveller
TV · as John · 1 ep
Man on the Roof
Movie · as Åke Eriksson
Gustav III
Movie · as Horn
Flotten
Movie · as Freddy
Hemmet
Movie · as Hjalmar Augustsson
Sandlådan
Movie · as Robert
Ostindienfarare
TV · as Kaptenen · 3 eps
Berndt och Anita
Movie · as Berndt
För vänskaps skull
Movie
Raven's End
Movie · as Sixten
My Love Is Like a Rose
Movie · as Pajen
Trängningen
Movie · as Fredriksson
Julkalendern
TV · as Pettson · 24 eps