Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 05, 1934
Died
Apr 06, 2023
Place of Birth
Stockholm, Sweden
Credits
125 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Beck - bakom kulisserna
Grannen (archive footage)
Beck 50 - Deadlock
Grannen
Beck 49 - Inferno
Grannen
Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo
Grannen
Beck 47 - The Death Trap
Grannen
Beck 46 - The Crying Cop
Grannen
Beck 45 - 58 Minutes
Grannen
Beck 44 - Rage Room
Grannen
Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past
Grannen
Beck - Den förlorade sonen
Grannen
Beck 41 - Death in Samarra
Grannen
Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Grannen
Beck 39 - Undercover
Grannen
Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate
Grannen
Beck 37 - Without Intent
Grannen
Beck 36 - The Thin Ice
Grannen
Beck 35 - Your Own Blood
Grannen
Beck: The Last Day
Grannen
Beck 33 - End of the Road
Grannen
Beck 32 - Steinar
Grannen
Beck 31 - Gunvald
Grannen
Miraklet i Viskan
Halvar
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
Grannen
Beck 29 - Invasion
Grannen
Beck 28 - The Family
Grannen
Beck 27 - Room 302
Valdemar
Wallander: The Troubled Man
Lundberg
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
Grannen
Millennium
Dirch Frode
The Secret
Self
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
Grannen
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Dirch Frode
Stormen
Bernt
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
Grannen
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
Grannen
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
Grannen
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
Grannen
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
Grannen
Beck 19 - The Vulture
Grannen
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
Grannen
Offside
Boston
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
Grannen
Den enskilde medborgaren
Gunnar Bergström
Mouth to Mouth
Mats's father John
Wallander
Lundberg
Deadline Torp
Birger Johansen
Kent - ett porträtt av Kent Andersson
Self
The Caretaker
Davies
With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof
Self
Daybreak
Knut