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Ingvar Hirdwall

Ingvar Hirdwall

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1934-12-05

Birth Place

Stockholm, Sweden

Movies and TV shows :

1939

1939

1989

4.7

Movie
A Dream Play

A Dream Play

1980

8.0

Movie
A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon

A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon

1983

0.0

Movie
A Kind of Hades

A Kind of Hades

1996

7.0

Movie
poster

Anderssons älskarinna

2001

4.3

TV
poster

August Strindberg: Ett liv

1985

6.0

TV
poster

Babels hus

1981

6.7

TV
poster

Beck

1999

6.7

TV
Beck - bakom kulisserna

Beck - bakom kulisserna

2024

0.0

Movie
Beck - Den förlorade sonen

Beck - Den förlorade sonen

2021

5.7

Movie
Beck - The Man with the Icons

Beck - The Man with the Icons

1997

5.7

Movie
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy

Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy

1997

6.5

Movie
Beck 03 - White Nights

Beck 03 - White Nights

1998

6.2

Movie
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye

Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye

1998

6.0

Movie
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl

Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl

1998

5.4

Movie
Beck 06 - The Monster

Beck 06 - The Monster

1998

5.4

Movie
Beck 07 - The Money Man

Beck 07 - The Money Man

1998

5.8

Movie
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness

Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness

1998

6.8

Movie
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance

Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance

2001

6.6

Movie
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face

Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face

2001

6.0

Movie
Beck 11 - The Cartel

Beck 11 - The Cartel

2001

5.6

Movie
Beck 12 - The Loner

Beck 12 - The Loner

2002

6.1

Movie
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown

Beck 13 - Sender Unknown

2002

5.6

Movie
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man

Beck 14 - The Advertising Man

2002

6.1

Movie
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball

Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball

2002

6.0

Movie
Beck 16 - The Last Witness

Beck 16 - The Last Witness

2002

6.4

Movie
Beck 17 - The Scorpion

Beck 17 - The Scorpion

2006

6.0

Movie
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar

Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar

2006

6.2

Movie
Beck 19 - The Vulture

Beck 19 - The Vulture

2007

5.3

Movie
Beck 20 - The Lawyer

Beck 20 - The Lawyer

2007

6.0

Movie
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting

Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting

2007

5.5

Movie
Beck 22 - The Weak Link

Beck 22 - The Weak Link

2007

5.5

Movie
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream

Beck 23 - The Silent Scream

2007

6.8

Movie
Beck 24 - In the Name of God

Beck 24 - In the Name of God

2007

5.7

Movie
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm

Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm

2009

5.5

Movie
Beck 26 - Buried Alive

Beck 26 - Buried Alive

2010

6.0

Movie
Beck 27 - Room 302

Beck 27 - Room 302

2015

6.0

Movie
Beck 28 - The Family

Beck 28 - The Family

2015

5.7

Movie
Beck 29 - Invasion

Beck 29 - Invasion

2015

5.1

Movie
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders

Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders

2015

5.2

Movie
Beck 31 - Gunvald

Beck 31 - Gunvald

2016

5.7

Movie
Beck 32 - Steinar

Beck 32 - Steinar

2016

5.4

Movie
Beck 33 - End of the Road

Beck 33 - End of the Road

2016

5.2

Movie
Beck 35 - Your Own Blood

Beck 35 - Your Own Blood

2018

4.8

Movie
Beck 36 - The Thin Ice

Beck 36 - The Thin Ice

2018

4.5

Movie
Beck 37 - Without Intent

Beck 37 - Without Intent

2018

4.8

Movie
Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate

Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate

2018

5.5

Movie
Beck 39 - Undercover

Beck 39 - Undercover

2020

4.7

Movie
Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt

Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt

2020

5.3

Movie
Beck 41 - Death in Samarra

Beck 41 - Death in Samarra

2021

5.2

Movie
Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past

Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past

2021

5.2

Movie
Beck 44 - Rage Room

Beck 44 - Rage Room

2022

5.9

Movie
Beck 45 - 58 Minutes

Beck 45 - 58 Minutes

2022

5.6

Movie
Beck 46 - The Crying Cop

Beck 46 - The Crying Cop

2022

6.2

Movie
Beck 47 - The Death Trap

Beck 47 - The Death Trap

2022

5.9

Movie
Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo

Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo

2023

6.0

Movie
Beck 49 - Inferno

Beck 49 - Inferno

2023

6.4

Movie
Beck 50 - Deadlock

Beck 50 - Deadlock

2023

7.6

Movie
Beck: The Last Day

Beck: The Last Day

2016

5.4

Movie
Berndt och Anita

Berndt och Anita

1969

0.0

Movie
Children's Island

Children's Island

1980

6.0

Movie
Christmas Oratorio

Christmas Oratorio

1996

5.6

Movie
Daybreak

Daybreak

2003

6.2

Movie
Deadline Torp

Deadline Torp

2005

4.7

Movie
Dom unga örnarna

Dom unga örnarna

1982

0.0

Movie
poster

Drottning Kristina

1981

0.0

TV
En kvinnas huvud

En kvinnas huvud

1997

0.0

Movie
Fläskfarmen

Fläskfarmen

1986

7.5

Movie
Flotten

Flotten

1972

0.0

Movie
För vänskaps skull

För vänskaps skull

1965

0.0

Movie
poster

Godnatt, jord

1979

0.0

TV
Gustav III

Gustav III

1974

0.0

Movie
Hemmet

Hemmet

1972

0.0

Movie
Honungsvargar

Honungsvargar

1990

0.0

Movie
Ivar Kreuger

Ivar Kreuger

1998

5.0

Movie
poster

Ivar Kreuger

1998

6.0

TV
Jackpot

Jackpot

1980

0.0

Movie
poster

Julkalendern

1960

7.1

TV
poster

Kejsarn av Portugallien

1992

7.0

TV
Kent - ett porträtt av Kent Andersson

Kent - ett porträtt av Kent Andersson

2004

0.0

Movie
poster

Korset

1985

0.0

TV
Kunglig toilette

Kunglig toilette

1986

6.4

Movie
poster

Kvällspressen

1992

5.0

TV
KvällsPressen

KvällsPressen

1992

7.0

Movie
Let's Play House

Let's Play House

2003

6.0

Movie
Like It Never Was Before

Like It Never Was Before

1995

5.4

Movie
Man on the Roof

Man on the Roof

1976

7.2

Movie
Midvinterduell

Midvinterduell

1983

6.2

Movie
Miffo

Miffo

2003

5.2

Movie
Miraklet i Viskan

Miraklet i Viskan

2015

5.3

Movie
Mouth to Mouth

Mouth to Mouth

2005

4.6

Movie
My Love Is Like a Rose

My Love Is Like a Rose

1963

0.0

Movie
Offside

Offside

2006

5.4

Movie
Ondskans år

Ondskans år

1987

0.0

Movie
Onkel Vanja

Onkel Vanja

1994

0.0

Movie
Pelikanen

Pelikanen

1982

0.0

Movie
Raven's End

Raven's End

1963

7.0

Movie
Rikedom

Rikedom

1978

0.0

Movie
poster

Sammansvärjningen

1986

8.0

TV
Sandlådan

Sandlådan

1972

0.0

Movie
Savannen

Savannen

1983

0.0

Movie
poster

Skärgårdsdoktorn

1997

7.5

TV
Stall-Erik and the Snapphans

Stall-Erik and the Snapphans

2025

0.0

Movie
poster

Svenska noveller

1978

0.0

TV
Tartuffe - hycklaren

Tartuffe - hycklaren

1997

6.0

Movie
The Caretaker

The Caretaker

2004

0.0

Movie
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2009

7.5

Movie
poster

The Guldbagge Awards

1981

5.5

TV
The Individual Citizen

The Individual Citizen

2006

4.9

Movie
The Man from Majorca

The Man from Majorca

1984

6.7

Movie
The Miracle in Valby

The Miracle in Valby

1989

5.1

Movie
The Potato Seller

The Potato Seller

1996

5.7

Movie
The Secret

The Secret

2009

8.0

Movie
The Tattooed Widow

The Tattooed Widow

1998

7.1

Movie
The Zone

The Zone

1996

7.2

Movie
poster

The Zone

1996

0.0

TV
poster

Tomtemaskinen

1993

0.0

TV
Trängningen

Trängningen

1962

0.0

Movie
poster

Tre kärlekar

1989

9.0

TV
poster

Wallander

2005

6.9

TV
Wallander: The Troubled Man

Wallander: The Troubled Man

2013

5.7

Movie
With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof

With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof

2004

0.0

Movie