Ingvar Hirdwall

Known for ActingBorn 1934-12-05Died 2023-04-06 Stockholm, Sweden

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.Read more

Movies & web series

En kvinnas huvud

Korset

Trängningen

The Zone

Tre kärlekar

Ondskans år

Dom unga örnarna

Gustav III

Sandlådan

A Dream Play

The Secret

Onkel Vanja

Honungsvargar

Savannen

Millennium

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Fläskfarmen

Skärgårdsdoktorn

The Zone

Tomtemaskinen

Kvällspressen

Sammansvärjningen

Beck 50 - Deadlock

Babels hus

Ivar Kreuger

KvällsPressen

Kejsarn av Portugallien

Wallander

Man on the Roof

The Tattooed Widow

A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon

Pelikanen

Beck 49 - Inferno

Beck

Godnatt, jord

Julkalendern

Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness

Tartuffe - hycklaren

Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance

Raven's End

My Love Is Like a Rose

Beck 23 - The Silent Scream

Beck 16 - The Last Witness

Daybreak

Kunglig toilette

The Man from Majorca

Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy

Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball