Ingvar Hirdwall
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Ingvar Hirdwall

Acting

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.

Films Featuring Ingvar Hirdwall

Miffo

20035.3

Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness

19986.7

Daybreak

20036.4

Man on the Roof

19767.1

The Miracle in Valby

19895.5

Deadline Torp

20056.0

The Potato Seller

19965.6

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

20097.5

Raven's End

19637.0

Beck 44 - Rage Room

20225.8

Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past

20215.2

Beck 45 - 58 Minutes

20225.4

Beck 46 - The Crying Cop

20226.0

Den enskilde medborgaren

20065.3

The Tattooed Widow

19986.9

Kent - ett porträtt av Kent Andersson

2004

Children's Island

19806.3

Offside

20065.3

Like It Never Was Before

19955.4

The Man from Majorca

19846.6

Mouth to Mouth

20055.0

Pelikanen

Pelikanen

19827.0

Savannen

Savannen

19838.0

Flotten

1972

Beck 22 - The Weak Link

20075.6

Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance

20016.6

Beck 26 - Buried Alive

20106.2

Beck 16 - The Last Witness

20026.6

A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon

19837.0

Let's Play House

20035.9

Beck 17 - The Scorpion

20066.0

Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm

20095.7

1939

19894.9

The Secret

20098.0

Christmas Oratorio

19966.3

Midvinterduell

19836.3

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

2004

Wallander: The Troubled Man

20135.8

Hemmet

1972

Sandlådan

19729.0

Beck 33 - End of the Road

20165.2

Beck 11 - The Cartel

20015.6

Beck 12 - The Loner

20026.0

Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar

20066.1

Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball

20026.3

Beck 24 - In the Name of God

20075.7

Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting

20075.5

Berndt och Anita

Berndt och Anita

1969

The Zone

The Zone

19967.5

Beck 13 - Sender Unknown

20025.9

Beck 47 - The Death Trap

20225.9

Beck 49 - Inferno

20236.5

Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo

20236.0

Beck 50 - Deadlock

20237.0

Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl

19985.6

Beck 03 - White Nights

19986.3

Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye

19986.0

Miraklet i Viskan

20154.9

Beck 29 - Invasion

20154.9

Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders

20155.1

Beck 27 - Room 302

20156.0

Beck 28 - The Family

20155.7

Stall-Erik and the Snapphans

Stall-Erik and the Snapphans

För vänskaps skull

1965

Beck 32 - Steinar

20165.6

Beck: The Last Day

20165.5

Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy

19976.3

Beck - The Man with the Icons

19975.6

Kunglig toilette

19866.6

Tartuffe - hycklaren

19976.7

The Caretaker

2004

My Love Is Like a Rose

19637.0

Trängningen

196210.0

A Kind of Hades

19965.3

Beck 35 - Your Own Blood

20185.1

Beck 36 - The Thin Ice

20184.5

Beck 37 - Without Intent

20185.2

Gustav III

19749.0

Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate

20185.7

Onkel Vanja

19948.0

En kvinnas huvud

199710.0

Ondskans år

19879.0

Beck 31 - Gunvald

20165.6

A Dream Play

19808.5

Fläskfarmen

19867.7

Honungsvargar

19908.0

Dom unga örnarna

19829.0

KvällsPressen

19927.0

Rikedom

1978

Beck 23 - The Silent Scream

20076.6

Beck 19 - The Vulture

20075.5

Beck 06 - The Monster

19985.6

Beck 07 - The Money Man

19986.2

Beck 20 - The Lawyer

20075.9

Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face

20015.8

Jackpot

1980

Beck 39 - Undercover

20205.2

Beck 41 - Death in Samarra

20215.1

Beck - Den förlorade sonen

20215.8

Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt

20205.3

Beck 14 - The Advertising Man

20026.1

Beck - bakom kulisserna

2024

As The Only One Present

As The Only One Present

1981