Acting
Ingvar Hirdwall
SV, NO, DA, EN cinema · 103 credits
Born
5 December 1934
Died
6 April 2023 (aged 88)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography
Beck - bakom kulisserna
as Grannen (archive footage)
Beck 49 - Inferno
as Grannen
Beck 50 - Deadlock
as Grannen
Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo
as Grannen
Beck 44 - Rage Room
as Grannen
Beck 46 - The Crying Cop
as Grannen
Beck 45 - 58 Minutes
as Grannen
Beck 47 - The Death Trap
as Grannen
Beck 41 - Death in Samarra
as Grannen
Beck - Den förlorade sonen
as Grannen
Beck 39 - Undercover
as Grannen
Beck 35 - Your Own Blood
as Grannen
Beck 36 - The Thin Ice
as Grannen
Beck 37 - Without Intent
as Grannen
Beck 33 - End of the Road
as Grannen
Beck 32 - Steinar
as Grannen
Beck: The Last Day
as Grannen
Beck 31 - Gunvald
as Grannen
Miraklet i Viskan
as Halvar
Beck 29 - Invasion
as Grannen
Beck 27 - Room 302
as Valdemar
Beck 28 - The Family
as Grannen
Wallander: The Troubled Man
as Lundberg
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
as Grannen
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Dirch Frode
The Secret
as Self
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
as Grannen
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
as Grannen
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
as Grannen
Beck 19 - The Vulture
as Grannen
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
as Grannen
Den enskilde medborgaren
as Gunnar Bergström
Offside
as Boston
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
as Grannen
Deadline Torp
as Birger Johansen
Mouth to Mouth
as Mats's father John
The Caretaker
as Davies
Miffo
as Karl Henrik
Daybreak
as Knut
Let's Play House
as Roland
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
as Grannen
Beck 12 - The Loner
as Grannen
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
as The Neighbor
Beck 11 - The Cartel
as Grannen
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
as Grannen
The Tattooed Widow
as Egon Andersson
Beck 03 - White Nights
as The Neighbor
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
as The Neighbor
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
as The Neighbor
Beck 06 - The Monster
as Grannen
Beck 07 - The Money Man
as Grannen
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
as Grannen
Tartuffe - hycklaren
as The king
En kvinnas huvud
as Düber
The Potato Seller
as Johansson
Christmas Oratorio
as Edman
Zonen
1996
The Zone
as Erik Lagerlöf
A Kind of Hades
as The old man
Like It Never Was Before
as Strange Man
Onkel Vanja
as Teljegin
KvällsPressen
as Sockander
Honungsvargar
as Axel
The Miracle in Valby
as Petra's Father
1939
as Annika's father
Ondskans år
as Dr. Herbert Ahlström
Kunglig toilette
as Restaurateur
Fläskfarmen
as Monty
Savannen
1983
Savannen
as Operator
A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon
as Gustaf Edgren
Midvinterduell
as Egon
Dom unga örnarna
as Gunnar Grävmo
Children's Island
as Stig Utler
A Dream Play
as Affischören
Jackpot
as Sven
Rikedom
as John
Man on the Roof
as Åke Eriksson
Gustav III
as Horn
Flotten
as Freddy
Hemmet
as Hjalmar Augustsson
Sandlådan
as Robert
Raven's End
as Sixten
Trängningen
as Fredriksson