Mikael Persbrandt first appeared in the Swedish soap opera ‘Rederiet’ in 1992 where he played the role of ‘Ola Simonsson.’ He went on to make his silver screen debut in the 1994 Swedish police film ‘The Police Murderer’ directed by Peter Keglevic. He next starred in films and television shows like ‘Sommaren’ (1995), ‘Anna Holt’ (1996), and ‘Under ytan’ (1996). In 1997, he starred as ‘Gunvald Larsson’ in the Pelle Seth-directed film, ‘Beck.’ That same year, he reprised his role as ‘Gunvald Larsson’ in ‘Beck – Mannen med ikonerna,’ ‘Beck – Spår i mörker,’ and ‘Beck – Pensionat Pärlan.’ In 1998, he voiced ‘Shan Yu’ (Swedish dub) in the American animated musical adventure film ‘Mulan’ directed by Barry Cook and Tony Bancroft. The film earned praise from critics and performed well at the box office, grossing over $304.3 million on a $90 million budget. He next starred in films like ‘Dinosaur’ (1999), ‘Titan A.E.’ (2000), ‘Beck – Hämndens pris’ (2000), ‘Beck – Mannen utan ansikte’ (2001), ‘Beck – Enslingen’ (2001), ‘Atlantis: The Lost Empire’ (2001), ‘Beck – Okänd avsändare’ (2002), ‘Beck – Annonsmannen’ (2002), ‘Alla älskar Alice’ (2002), and ‘Rånarna’ (2003).
Persbrandt voiced ‘Gill’ (Swedish dub) in the 2003 American computer-animated adventure film ‘Finding Nemo’ directed by Andrew Stanton. The film saw critical acclaim upon release and went on to become a massive commercial success, grossing over $940.3 million on a budget of $94 million. He was next seen in ‘Dag och natt’ (2004), ‘Medicinmannen’ (2005), ‘Bang Bang Orangutang’ (2005), ‘Open Season’ (2006), ‘Beck – Skarpt läge’ (2006), ‘Beck – Advokaten’ (2006), ‘Beck – Den japanska shungamålningen’ (2007), ‘Beck – Den svaga länken’ (2007), ‘Beck – I Guds namn’ (2007), ‘Solstorm’ (2007), ‘Kautokeino-opprøret’ (2008), ‘Everlasting Moments’ (2008), and ‘Beck – I stormens öga’ (2009). In 2010, he starred as ‘Anton’ in the Danish drama thriller film ‘In a Better World’ directed by Susanne Bier. The film received favorable reviews from critics and earned a 78% approval score on Rotten Tomatoes. He continued to star in films and television series such as ‘Stockholm East’ (2011), ‘Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation’ (2011), ‘The Hypnotist’ (2012), ‘Agent Hamilton: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter’ (2012), ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ (2013), ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ (2014), ‘The Salvation’ (2014), ‘Beck – Familjen’ (2015), ‘Beck – Sjukhusmorden’ (2015), ‘The Last Kingdom’ (2015-2017), ‘Beck – Gunvald’ (2016), ‘Alone in Berlin’ (2016), ‘The Siege of Jadotville’ (2016), ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’ (2017), and ‘X&Y’ (2018).
In 2019, he joined the main cast of the British comedy-drama streaming television series ‘Sex Education’ as ‘Jakob Nyman.’ The series was renewed for a fourth season in 2021. Persbrandt was last seen in the 2021 comedy-drama film ‘Tills solen går upp’ directed by Peter Dalle. He will be next seen in the upcoming film ‘Agent Hamilton: In Her Majesty's Service.’
This is the second movie the in three part film series The Hobbit based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s book of the same name. In the movie, Bilbo Baggins continues his pursuit, with Wizard Gandalf and fellow dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield, to retake the Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from dragon Smaug.
Two boys develop a special and unique friendship, after their families intersect with one another. However, loneliness and sorrow awaits both the families.
Based on the novel The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien, this epic fantasy film serves as one of the three prequels to The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. The film revolves around a hobbit Bilbo Baggins, who engages in a war along with his comrades, to protect the Lonely Mountain from falling into the hands of darkness.
Based on real events, this war thriller film revolves around an Irish commander and his battalion of 150 men, who withstand a siege against 3000 Congolese troops. They manage to kill a total of 300 enemy soldiers and wound 1000 of them, with 16 of their own wounded and zero deaths of their own.
In this alternate Arthurian legend, Arthur is orphaned at a young age after his uncle leads a coup to dethrone his father, King Uther Pendragon of Briton, and kills his mother. Raised by prostitutes, he becomes strong and street-smart, but unaware of his lineage until he comes in possession of Excalibur, the legendary sword of magical powers.
During the 1870s, Danish-American settler Jon sets out to avenge his family’s murder. One of the goons he kills is brother of ruthless land baron Henry Delarue, who has the entire town under his thumb. As the furious Delarue hunts down Jon, the scared community refuses to stand by him. Ex-soldier Jon must fight this battle alone to take down the outlaws.
Two aspiring musicians Lars and Sigrit receive an opportunity to represent their nation at the world’s biggest singing competition. They finally have a chance to prove themselves, while their bond is tested as well.
Carl Hamilton is a Swedish undercover special agent who tracks 200 stolen grenades to a Russian organization. He decides to join the organization that is planning to sell the weapons to terrorists, to learn more about them. However, things don’t go as expected, as during the deal, some men kill both the sellers and the buyers, and run away with the grenades.
Detective Joona is looking for a killer who has murdered an entire family except for Josef, the sole survivor. In order to catch the killer, Joona seeks the help of Dr Erik, who specializes in acute trauma and hypnotism, so that they can obtain details of the case from Josef, who is in a coma. However, Dr Erik is going through his own problems, as he is reliant on heavy sleeping pills, due to his marital problems. Things get worse when someone kidnaps Benjamin, Eric’s son.
