1. Mikael Persbrandt is internationally known for his starring role in the Academy Award-winning feature, In a Better World, directed by Susanne Bier.
12 Facts About Mikael Persbrandt
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Mikael Persbrandt's performance earned him a 2011 European Film Award nomination for Best Actor.
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Mikael Persbrandt was baptized in the Finnish Church in Gamla stan.
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Mikael Persbrandt has performed onstage with the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and in numerous film and TV roles.
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Mikael Persbrandt is well known for his role as the hardboiled police inspector Gunvald Larsson, in the Beck series of films.
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Mikael Persbrandt won the Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a leading role twice, the first in 2009 for Everlasting Moments and the second in 2014 for Nobody Owns Me.
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In 2015, Mikael Persbrandt reported that he would quit starring in his popular role of Gunvald Larsson.
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Mikael Persbrandt was a leading actor in the film The Salvation.
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Mikael Persbrandt has often been noted for his good looks, and when Swedish media makes lists of the most attractive Swedish men, he has often been on those lists.
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In December 2005, Mikael Persbrandt notified police that the newspaper Expressen had made false accusations about him having acute alcohol poisoning and being admitted to a clinic in Uppsala.
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Mikael Persbrandt was arrested twice in 2011 for cocaine use and received a fine.
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Mikael Persbrandt is in a relationship with Sanna Lundell and the couple have three children together.