Ingvar Hirdwall
Acting · Born 1934-12-05 · age 88 at death · 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.
Titles
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Millennium
Man on the Roof
Wallander
Beck
The Man from Majorca
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
Beck - The Man with the Icons
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
Beck 03 - White Nights
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
Raven's End
Beck 12 - The Loner
Beck 27 - Room 302
Beck 06 - The Monster
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
Beck 11 - The Cartel
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
Beck 07 - The Money Man
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
Miffo
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
Beck 28 - The Family
Beck 32 - Steinar
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
Beck 29 - Invasion
Beck 19 - The Vulture
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
Beck 31 - Gunvald
Children's Island
Like It Never Was Before
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
Offside
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
Beck: The Last Day
Beck 33 - End of the Road
Beck 35 - Your Own Blood
Daybreak
Beck 36 - The Thin Ice
Beck 37 - Without Intent
Beck 44 - Rage Room
Beck 45 - 58 Minutes
1939
Wallander: The Troubled Man
Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate
Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt
The Potato Seller
Midvinterduell
Beck 41 - Death in Samarra
Beck 47 - The Death Trap
Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo