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Michael Nyqvist

Michael Nyqvist

Birthday: 1960-11-08 | Place of Birth: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Rolf Åke Mikael Nyqvist (8 November 1960 – 27 June 2017), better known as Michael Nyqvist, was a Swedish actor. Educated at the School of Drama in Malmö, he became well known for playing police officer Banck in the first series of Martin Beck films made in 1997, and later for his leading role in the film Grabben i graven bredvid in 2002. He was most recognized internationally for his role in the acclaimed Millennium series as Mikael Blomkvist, as well as the lead villains in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (as Kurt Hendricks) and John Wick (as Viggo Tarasov). In 2004, he played the leading role in the Academy Award-nominated Best Foreign Film As It Is in Heaven. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Nyqvist, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2019
A Hidden Life

as    Bishop Joseph Fliessen

2017
Madiba

as    H.F. Verwoerd

2016
Frank & Lola

as    Alan

2016
I.T.

as    Henrik

2016
Colonia

as    Paul Schäfer

2015
The Girl King

as    Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna

2015
100 Code

as    Mikael Eklund

2015
The Girl in the Book

as    Milan Daneker

2014
Days and Nights

as    Johan

2014
John Wick

as    Viggo Tarasov

2013
Europa Report

as    Andrei Blok

2013
Disconnect

as    Stephen Schumacher

2013
Zero Hour

as    White Vincent

2011
2011
Abduction

as    Nikola Kozlow

2010
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

as    Mikael Blomkvist

2010
The Girl Who Played with Fire

as    Mikael Blomkvist

2009
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

as    Mikael Blomkvist

2008
Iscariot

as    Masen

2008
Downloading Nancy

as    Stan

2007
The Black Pimpernel

as    Harald Edelstam

2007
Arn: The Knight Templar

as    Magnus Folkesson

2004
As It Is in Heaven

as    Daniel Daréus

2004
London Voodoo

as    Magnus

2004
ABBA - The Last Video

as    Michael Nyqvist

2001
His and Hers

as    Doctor

2000
Hjärta av sten

as    Lev

1998
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness

as    John Banck

1997
Beck - The Man with the Icons

as    John Banck