Ingvar Hirdwall
Acting • Born 1934-12-05 – Died 2023-04-06
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.
Filmography
122 credits
Miffo
Movie • 2003
Karl Henrik
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
Movie • 1998
Grannen
Daybreak
Movie • 2003
Knut
Man on the Roof
Movie • 1976
Åke Eriksson
The Miracle in Valby
Movie • 1989
Petra's Father
Deadline Torp
Movie • 2005
Birger Johansen
The Potato Seller
Movie • 1996
Johansson
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Movie • 2009
Dirch Frode
Raven's End
Movie • 1963
Sixten
Beck 44 - Rage Room
Movie • 2022
Grannen
Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past
Movie • 2021
Grannen
Beck 45 - 58 Minutes
Movie • 2022
Grannen
Beck 46 - The Crying Cop
Movie • 2022
Grannen
Den enskilde medborgaren
Movie • 2006
Gunnar Bergström
The Tattooed Widow
Movie • 1998
Egon Andersson
Kent - ett porträtt av Kent Andersson
Movie • 2004
Self
Children's Island
Movie • 1980
Stig Utler
Offside
Movie • 2006
Boston
Like It Never Was Before
Movie • 1995
Strange Man
The Man from Majorca
Movie • 1984
Fors
Mouth to Mouth
Movie • 2005
Mats's father John
Pelikanen
Movie • 1982
Savannen
Movie • 1983
Operator
Flotten
Movie • 1972
Freddy
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
Movie • 2007
Grannen
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
Movie • 2001
Grannen
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
Movie • 2010
Grannen
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
Movie • 2002
Grannen
A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon
Movie • 1983
Gustaf Edgren
Let's Play House
Movie • 2003
Roland
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
Movie • 2006
Grannen
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
Movie • 2009
Grannen
1939
Movie • 1989
Annika's father
The Secret
Movie • 2009
Self
Christmas Oratorio
Movie • 1996
Edman
Midvinterduell
Movie • 1983
Egon
With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof
Movie • 2004
Self
Wallander: The Troubled Man
Movie • 2013
Lundberg
Hemmet
Movie • 1972
Hjalmar Augustsson
Sandlådan
Movie • 1972
Robert
Beck 33 - End of the Road
Movie • 2016
Grannen
Beck 11 - The Cartel
Movie • 2001
Grannen
Beck 12 - The Loner
Movie • 2002
Grannen
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
Movie • 2006
Grannen
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
Movie • 2002
Grannen
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
Movie • 2007
Grannen
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
Movie • 2007
Grannen
Berndt och Anita
Movie • 1969
Berndt
The Zone
Movie • 1996
Erik Lagerlöf
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
Movie • 2002
The Neighbor
Beck 47 - The Death Trap
Movie • 2022
Grannen
Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo
Movie • 2023
Grannen
Beck 49 - Inferno
Movie • 2023
Grannen
Beck 50 - Deadlock
Movie • 2023
Grannen
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
Movie • 1998
The Neighbor
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
Movie • 1998
The Neighbor
Beck 03 - White Nights
Movie • 1998
The Neighbor
Miraklet i Viskan
Movie • 2015
Halvar
Beck 29 - Invasion
Movie • 2015
Grannen
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
Movie • 2015
Grannen
Beck 27 - Room 302
Movie • 2015
Valdemar
Beck 28 - The Family
Movie • 2015
Grannen
Stall-Erik and the Snapphans
Movie
Måns
För vänskaps skull
Movie • 1965
Beck 32 - Steinar
Movie • 2016
Grannen
Beck: The Last Day
Movie • 2016
Grannen
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
Movie • 1997
Grannen
Beck - The Man with the Icons
Movie • 1997
Grannen
Kunglig toilette
Movie • 1986
Restaurateur
Tartuffe - hycklaren
Movie • 1997
The king
The Caretaker
Movie • 2004
Davies
My Love Is Like a Rose
Movie • 1963
Pajen
Trängningen
Movie • 1962
Fredriksson
A Kind of Hades
Movie • 1996
The old man
Beck 35 - Your Own Blood
Movie • 2018
Grannen
Beck 36 - The Thin Ice
Movie • 2018
Grannen
Beck 37 - Without Intent
Movie • 2018
Grannen
Gustav III
Movie • 1974
Horn
Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate
Movie • 2018
Grannen
Onkel Vanja
Movie • 1994
Teljegin
En kvinnas huvud
Movie • 1997
Düber
Ondskans år
Movie • 1987
Dr. Herbert Ahlström
Beck 31 - Gunvald
Movie • 2016
Grannen
A Dream Play
Movie • 1980
Affischören
Fläskfarmen
Movie • 1986
Monty
Honungsvargar
Movie • 1990
Axel
Dom unga örnarna
Movie • 1982
Gunnar Grävmo
KvällsPressen
Movie • 1992
Sockander
Rikedom
Movie • 1978
John
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
Movie • 2007
Grannen
Beck 19 - The Vulture
Movie • 2007
Grannen
Beck 06 - The Monster
Movie • 1998
Grannen
Beck 07 - The Money Man
Movie • 1998
Grannen
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
Movie • 2007
Grannen
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
Movie • 2001
Grannen
Jackpot
Movie • 1980
Sven
Beck 39 - Undercover
Movie • 2020
Grannen
Beck 41 - Death in Samarra
Movie • 2021
Grannen
Beck - Den förlorade sonen
Movie • 2021
Grannen
Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Movie • 2020
Grannen
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
Movie • 2002
Grannen
Beck - bakom kulisserna
Movie • 2024
Grannen (archive footage)
Skärgårdsdoktorn
TV • 1997
Ewe Tannander
August Strindberg: A Life
TV • 1985
Läraren
Beck
TV • 1999
Grannen
Svenska noveller
TV • 1978
John
Julkalendern
TV • 1960
Pettson
Sammansvärjningen
TV • 1986
Liljensparre
Tre kärlekar
TV • 1989
Egon Nilsson
Ivar Kreuger
TV • 1998
Statsminister Ekman
Kejsarn av Portugallien
TV • 1992
Jan
Tomtemaskinen
TV • 1993
Pettson
Godnatt, jord
TV • 1979
Wallander
TV • 2005
Lundberg
Korset
TV • 1985
Police Inspector Jörgen Wennström
Drottning Kristina
TV • 1981
Axel Oxenstierna
Anderssons älskarinna
TV • 2001
Erik, fadern
Kvällspressen
TV • 1992
Bengt Sockander
Babels hus
TV • 1981
Bernt Svensson, Primus son
The Guldbagge Awards
TV • 1981
Self - Best Actor winner
The Zone
TV • 1996
Erik Lagerlöf
Millennium
TV • 2010
Dirch Frode