Biography

He started acting school in Malmö and went from there to the Skånska Teatern in Landskrona, performing in plays by Shakespeare or Brecht. He made a breakthrough as Puck in William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer's Night Dream'. He also met his wife Birgitta there. The 1990s meant a lot of work in front of the camera, playing a string of policemen, most notably Kurt Wallander from Henning Mankell's crime novels.

Actor

Svärtan(2026)as Krutgubben

Bamse och havets hemlighet(2025)as Bamse

Petra geht baden(2025)as Erik Andersson

Whiskey on the Rocks(2024)as Thorbjörn Fälldin

When in Rome(2024)as Johannes

Soundtrack

Stockholm Marathon(1994)

Self

P4 Extra(2005)as Self, Self - Guest, Self - Gäst

Framgångspodden(2015)as Self

Carina Bergfeldt(2021)as Self

Efter tio(2006)as Self

Skavlan(2009)as Self

Archive Footage

Mästaren(2019)as Self

Known for

A Man Called Ove2015 · Actor After the Wedding2006 · Actor Downsizing2017 · Actor The Hunters1996 · Actor

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Ingjerd Egeberg and Rolf Lassgård in Downsizing (2017)

Hannes Holm and Rolf Lassgård in A Man Called Ove (2015)

Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Nelly Jamarani, and Zozan Akgün in A Man Called Ove (2015)

Rolf Lassgård in A Man Called Ove (2015)

Credit Score: Rolf Lassgård

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A Man Called Ove

Ove

Fri Sep 30 2016

#	Name	Score	Year	Known	★	Noms	Votes
1	A Man Called Ove	6.50	2016	•	7.7	2	74741
2	After the Wedding	6.50	2007	•	7.6	1	39225
3	Exit	4.00	2019		8.2	0	16105
4	Min pappa Marianne	3.25	2020	•	6.8	0	2531
5	The Magnetist's Fifth Winter	3.25	1999	•	6.5	0	434
6	Under the Sun	3.25	1998	•	6.8	1	3255
7	The Hunters	3.25	1996	•	7.0	0	10235
8	Capricciosa	3.09	2003	•	5.9	0	411
9	Min store tjocke far	3.09	1992	•	5.3	0	508
10	Downsizing	2.38	2017	•	5.8	0	137518