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Date of Birth

25 September 1963, Jakobsberg, Stockholms län, Sweden

Birth Name

Mikael Åke Persbrandt

Nickname

Micke

Height

6' 2½" (1.89 m)

Mini Biography

His interest in acting started when working as an extra in Ingmar Bergman's staging of William Shakespeare's "King Lear." After meeting the author and director Stig Larsson he got a part in the TV-series Nigger (1990) (TV). After this, he came to Teater Galeasen, where he made several acclaimed characterizations. He has also cooperated with Thorsten Flinck in plays like Anton Chekhov's "The Three Sisters" or Bertolt Brecht's "Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti" (Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti). In his film career, he has so far played several policemen, as in Polismördaren (1994) (V), "Anna Holt - polis" (1996) and the movies about Martin Beck, starting with "Beck" (1997).

IMDb Mini Biography By: Mattias Thuresson

Trivia

Engaged to Maria Bonnevie from March 1998 to 2003.

Test filmed for a role in The 13th Warrior (1999), but didn't get it.

Persbrandt filmed 259 days in 1997, something (for the obvious reasons) he's never going to do again, he says.

His favorite Hollywood actors are Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Gary Oldman and Sean Penn. Actresses are Gena Rowlands and Jessica Lange.

Went to Los Angeles for an audition of John Woo's Windtalkers (2002), but the role later went to Peter Stormare.

In 2002, he was a guest at Ola Lindholm's show called Riktig Talkshow.

Visited the slums of Sao Paulo, Brazil, together with soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimovic for an organization supporting the children's rights.

Son, Igor Edgar Persbrandt Lundell, with girlfriend Sanna Lundell, was born May 6, 2006.

In his youth, he liked playing soccer and boxing. Although hanging around with his "tough" mates, he later started applied to the Academy of Ballet in 1983.

Lives in his house on Ingarö (a suburb outside of Stockholm).

Made his stage debut at the Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern in Stockholm (1984).

Visited former child soldiers in Liberia for a Swedish UNICEF campaign against the exploitation of children (2004).

Being the subject of much gossip in the Swedish press, he decided to sue a Swedish tabloid (2006).

Girlfriend, Sanna Lundell, gave birth to a son, Åke Lo Persbrandt, on August 19, 2009. This is the couples second child together.

Where Are They Now

(1999) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, Sweden.

(February 2006) "Miss Julie" at Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, Sweden.

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