Rolf Lassgård facts for kids
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Rolf Lassgård
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Lassgård in 2009
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Rolf Holger Lassgård
29 March 1955 Östersund, Sweden
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| Occupation | Actor |
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Birgitta Lassgård
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| Children | 3 |
Rolf Holger Lassgård (born on March 29, 1955) is a famous Swedish actor. He is well-known for his many roles in exciting crime drama movies and TV shows.
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About Rolf Lassgård's Acting Career
Rolf Lassgård was born in Östersund, Sweden. When he was young, he loved playing ice hockey. He also joined a theater group. Later, he studied acting at the National Swedish School of Acting from 1975 to 1978.
Early Acting Roles
After acting school, Rolf joined a theater company called Skånska Teatern. He stayed there for four years. His first TV appearance was in 1980. He played "Puck" in a play called A Midsummer Night's Dream. In 1982, he moved to another theater company, Folkteatern, where he gave many great performances.
Winning Awards for His Work
Rolf Lassgård started getting noticed for his film roles. He was nominated for an award called the Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his part in the movie Önskas. The next year, he won this award for his role in Night of the Orangutan.
Big Roles in Movies and TV
Rolf's big break came in 1992. He starred in the film Min store tjocke far (which means "My big fat father"). For this movie, he won another Guldbagge Award for best male actor.
He has played many different characters since then. He was known as policeman Gunvald Larsson in a series of films from 1993–94. These films were based on the Martin Beck detective novels. He also played Kurt Wallander in TV movies based on the Henning Mankell novels from 1994 to 2007.
More recently, Rolf played a crime psychologist in the TV series Sebastian Bergman. From 2011 to 2015, he appeared in the Norwegian comedy series Dag. In 2013, he starred in the crime series The Death of a Pilgrim. This show was about the assassination of a famous politician.
One of his most famous roles was as Ove in the 2015 film A Man Called Ove. This movie was very popular. He won another Guldbagge Award for best male actor for this role.
Rolf Lassgård's Family Life
Rolf Lassgård married actress Birgitta Lassgård in 1989. They had been together since 1982. They have three children. They divorced in 2021.
Selected Movies and TV Shows
Here are some of the movies and TV shows Rolf Lassgård has been in:
- 1991 - Önskas
- 1992 - Night of the Orangutan
- 1993 - Murder at the Savoy
- 1993 - Roseanna
- 1993 - The Fire Engine That Disappeared
- 1993 - The Man on the Balcony
- 1994 - Mördare utan ansikte (Faceless Killers)
- 1994 - The Police Murderer
- 1994 - Stockholm Marathon
- 1995 - Hundarna i Riga (The Dogs of Riga)
- 1996 - Den vita lejoninnan (The White Lioness)
- 1998 - Under the Sun
- 1996 - The Hunters
- 1999 - Tarzan (as the Swedish voice of Clayton)
- 2001 - Villospår (Sidetracked)
- 2002 - Den 5:e kvinnan (The Fifth Woman)
- 2003 - Mannen som log (The Man Who Smiled)
- 2005 - Steget efter (One Step Behind)
- 2006 - Brandvägg (Firewall)
- 2006 - After the Wedding
- 2007 - Pyramiden (The Pyramid)
- 2008 - De gales hus
- 2009 - Storm
- 2010 - Bella Block - Das schwarze Fenster
- 2011 - The Hunters 2
- 2012 - Sebastian Bergman
- 2013 - The Death of a Pilgrim
- 2014 - Another Time, Another Life
- 2015 - A Man Called Ove
- 2016 - The Lion Woman
- 2017 - Downsizing
- 2018 - Jägarna (The Hunters)
- 2019 - The Spy
- 2020 - Min Pappa Marianne (My Father Marianne)
- 2023 - Blackwater
- 2024 - Whiskey on the Rocks
See also
In Spanish: Rolf Lassgård para niños
