Ingvar Hirdwall
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-12-05
Day of Death
2023-04-06 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Stockholm, Sweden
Ingvar Hirdwall
Biography
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
Acting
Stall-Erik and the Snapphans
as Måns
(2024)
Beck - bakom kulisserna
as Grannen (archive footage)
(2023)
Beck 49 - Inferno
as Grannen
(2023)
Beck 50 - Deadlock
as Grannen
(2023)
Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo
as Grannen
(2022)
Beck 46 - The Crying Cop
as Grannen
(2022)
Beck 45 - 58 Minutes
as Grannen
(2022)
Beck 44 - Rage Room
as Grannen
(2022)
Beck 47 - The Death Trap
as Grannen
(2021)
Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past
as Grannen
(2021)
Beck - Den förlorade sonen
as Grannen
(2021)
Beck 41 - Death in Samarra
as Grannen
(2020)
Beck 39 - Undercover
as Grannen
(2020)
Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt
as Grannen
(2018)
Beck 35 - Your Own Blood
as Grannen
(2018)
Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate
as Grannen
(2018)
Beck 36 - The Thin Ice
as Grannen
(2018)
Beck 37 - Without Intent
as Grannen
(2016)
Beck: The Last Day
as Grannen
(2016)
Beck 31 - Gunvald
as Grannen
(2016)
Beck 32 - Steinar
as Grannen
(2016)
Beck 33 - End of the Road
as Grannen
(2015)
Beck 27 - Room 302
as Valdemar
(2015)
Beck 29 - Invasion
as Grannen
(2015)
Miraklet i Viskan
as Halvar
(2015)
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
as Grannen
(2015)
Beck 28 - The Family
as Grannen
(2013)
Wallander: The Troubled Man
as Lundberg
(2010)
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
as Grannen
(2009)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Dirch Frode
(2009)
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
as Grannen
(2009)
The Secret
as Self
(2007)
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
as Grannen
(2007)
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
as Grannen
(2007)
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
as Grannen
(2007)
Beck 19 - The Vulture
as Grannen
(2007)
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
as Grannen
(2007)
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
as Grannen
(2006)
Offside
as Boston
(2006)
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
as Grannen
(2006)
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
as Grannen
(2006)
The Individual Citizen
as Gunnar Bergström
(2005)
Mouth to Mouth
as Mats's father John
(2005)
Deadline Torp
as Birger Johansen
(2004)
The Caretaker
as Davies
(2004)
(2004)
(2003)
Miffo
as Karl Henrik
(2003)
Daybreak
as Knut
(2003)
Let's Play House
as Roland
(2002)
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
as Grannen
(2002)
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
as Grannen
(2002)
Beck 12 - The Loner
as Grannen
(2002)
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
as The Neighbor
(2002)
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
as Grannen
(2001)
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
as Grannen
(2001)
Beck 11 - The Cartel
as Grannen
(2001)
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
as Grannen
(1998)
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
as Grannen
(1998)
The Tattooed Widow
as Egon Andersson
(1998)
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
as The Neighbor
(1998)
Beck 07 - The Money Man
as Grannen
(1998)
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
as The Neighbor
(1998)
Beck 06 - The Monster
as Grannen
(1998)
Beck 03 - White Nights
as The Neighbor
(1997)
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
as Grannen
(1997)
Beck - The Man with the Icons
as Grannen
(1997)
Tartuffe - hycklaren
as The king
(1997)
En kvinnas huvud
as Düber
(1996)
Christmas Oratorio
as Edman
(1996)
The Potato Seller
as Johansson
(1996)
The Zone
as Erik Lagerlöf
(1996)
A Kind of Hades
as The old man
(1995)
Like It Never Was Before
as Strange Man
(1994)
Onkel Vanja
as Teljegin
(1992)
KvällsPressen
as Sockander
(1990)
Honungsvargar
as Axel
(1989)
1939
as Annika's father
(1989)
The Miracle in Valby
as Petra's Father
(1987)
Ondskans år
as Dr. Herbert Ahlström
(1986)
Fläskfarmen
as Monty
(1986)
Kunglig toilette
as Restaurateur
(1984)
The Man from Majorca
as Fors
(1983)
Midvinterduell
as Egon
(1983)
A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon
as Gustaf Edgren
(1983)
Savannen
as Operator
(1982)
(1982)
Dom unga örnarna
as Gunnar Grävmo
(1980)
Children's Island
as Stig Utler
(1980)
Jackpot
as Sven
(1980)
A Dream Play
as Affischören
(1978)
Rikedom
as John
(1976)
Man on the Roof
as Åke Eriksson
(1974)
Gustav III
as Horn
(1972)
Hemmet
as Hjalmar Augustsson
(1972)
Sandlådan
as Robert
(1972)
Flotten
as Freddy
(1969)
Berndt och Anita
as Berndt
(1965)
(1963)
Raven's End
as Sixten
(1963)
My Love Is Like a Rose
as Pajen
(1962)
Trängningen
as Fredriksson