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Joel Spira
Joel Boris Spira (born 18 July 1981) is a Swedish film, television, and theatre actor. Personal While studying biology at the Stockholm University Spira decided to give acting a chance. After just spending one semester at Spegelteatern in Stockholm he applied to the well respected Malmö Theatre Academy where he got immediately accepted. He graduated in 2007. Career Theatre Spira has since graduating from Malmö Theatre Academy appeared in several plays. He played Mowgli in Rudyard Kiplings The Jungle Book at Länsteatern in Västerås, Sweden. He later appeared in Lejonets unge at Länsteaten in Örebro. He is since 2009 part of the cast of The Brothers Lionheart at the Stockholm City Theatre where he plays the secondary lead character Jonathan. Film Spira made his movie debut in the 2009 short film ''Travemünde Trelleborg''. His first appearance in a feature film was in the 2010 movie ''Snabba cash'' (English translation "Easy Money") by Swedish director Daniel Espinos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.5 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. The city serves as the county seat of Stockholm County. Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country's Gros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Espinosa
Jorge Daniel Espinosa (born 23 March 1977) is a Swedish film director from Trångsund, Stockholm, of Chilean origin. Early life He attended the National Film School of Denmark and graduated in 2001. Career His third feature film, '' Easy Money'', was the Swedish film with the most admissions in Sweden in 2010. Espinosa was in talks about directing the film adaptation of ''Assassin's Creed ''Assassin's Creed'' is a historical fiction, historical action-adventure video game series and media franchise published by Ubisoft and developed mainly by its studio Ubisoft Montreal using the game engine Anvil (game engine), Anvil and its m ...'' but was ultimately replaced by Justin Kurzel. He also directed the critically panned Sony's Spider-Man Universe film ''Morbius (film), Morbius'' (2022). Filmography References External links * * 1977 births Living people Swedish film directors Swedish screenwriters Swedish male screenwriters Swedish film producers Swedish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Male Actors
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1981 Births
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Jessica Grabowsky
Jessica Grabowsky (born 8 April 1980) is a Finnish actress. She was nominated for the Jussi Award in the category of Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the 2011 film ''Missä kuljimme kerran''. In 2014, she was nominated a second time for the Jussi Award in the same category for her lead role in ''8-pallo''. Grabowsky graduated from the Helsinki Theatre Academy in 2007. Early life Born in Siilinjärvi, Grabowsky's family spoke Swedish, as her mother is a Finland Swede from Ostrobothnia. Her surname is of Polish origin, and she has Russian ancestry through her grandmother, who, along with her mother, escaped from Russia to Finland during the Russian revolution. Before her acting career, Grabowsky worked as a waitress. Selected filmography *''Ilonen talo'' (2006) *''Kotikatu'' (2009–2010) *''Missä kuljimme kerran'' (2011) *'' Hulluna Saraan'' (2012) *''8-pallo'' (2013) *'' Tjockare än vatten'' (''Thicker than water'', TV series, 2014–2020) *''Midnatts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliette Opheim
Aliette Opheim (born 1985) is a Swedish actress. She is best known for her roles in ''Caliphate'' (2020) and ' (2021–2025). She was recognized at Kristallen for both series, with a nomination and a win, respectively. She also won a Rising Star Award at the 2015 Stockholm International Film Festival. Biography Opheim was born in 1985. She grew up in Täby and has a younger brother who was adopted from Ethiopia. She left home right after finishing high school. At the age of 19, she had her first role in a feature film with '' Sandor slash Ida'' (2005). In early adulthood, she struggled with a destructive relationship and worked as a stripper to pay off her debt. A turning point occurred when her grandmother was diagnosed with ALS. Opheim moved to Trollhättan to take care of her until her death. She then attended the Academy of Music and Drama at the University of Gothenburg from 2012–2015. In 2020, she starred in ''Caliphate'', a TV thriller about Islamic fundamentalism s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Björn Bengtsson
Björn Mikael Bengtsson (born 28 October 1972 in Malmö) is a Swedish actor. Biography Bengtsson studied at Gothenburg Theatre Academy 1993–96. He has worked at Malmö City Theatre, Helsingborg City Theatre and the National Swedish Touring Theatre. Bengtsson portrayed Sigefrid in BBC America and BBC Two's historical drama series The Last Kingdom (TV series), The Last Kingdom. , bbc.co.uk Filmography Film Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bengtsson, Bjorn 1972 births Swedish male actors Living people Male actors from Malmö ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thicker Than Water (2014 TV Series)
''Thicker Than Water'' (''Tjockare än vatten'') is a television drama produced by Sweden's SVT in cooperation with Finland's Svenska Yle. Most of the action is set in Åland. The show's first season, consisting of ten episodes, was shown in Sweden in 2014, the second in 2016. Plot Three siblings are reunited at their mother's guesthouse in Åland at the start of the summer. When Anna-Lisa Waldemar takes her own life, the siblings—eldest brother Lasse, a struggling Stockholm restaurateur, younger sister Jonna, an actor, and middle child Oskar, who manages the guesthouse alongside his wife Liv—discover that her will requires them to spend the season running the business before they can inherit it from her. Secrets from twenty years earlier and from more recent times are uncovered, as well as more than one body, as the siblings attempt to overcome their differences for the sake of their mother—and the money. Cast and characters * Björn Bengtsson as Lasse Waldemar * Joel S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crimes Of Passion (TV Series)
''Crimes of Passion'' is the English collective title for a series of six feature-length crime films released in 2013, based on six of the early novels of the prolific Swedish crime novelist Maria Lang (real name Dagmar Lange), written in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The films were co-produced by Svensk Filmindustri and Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4. The first film was released in Swedish cinemas on 8 March 2013, and received indifferent or poor reviews from most Swedish critics. The remaining five were released on DVD in Sweden during the autumn of 2013 and were all made available on TV4's subscription video on demand service TV4 Play Premium in June 2014. In October and November 2014, the six films were shown on TV4's DTTV service. On 11 December 2013 BBC Four announced that it had bought the British broadcasting rights to ''Crimes of Passion'', with the series premiering on BBC Four on 30 August 2014. The films have been described as ''Mad Men'' meeting '' The Kil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anno 1790
''Anno 1790'' is a Swedish Historical fiction, historic crime drama starring Peter Eggers, Joel Spira and Linda Zilliacus. The ten episodes were broadcast on Sveriges Television, SVT in the autumn of 2011.Drama i SVT , svt.se Concept The series is based on an original idea by executive producer Johan Mardell and lead writer Jonas Frykberg. Richard Petrelius directed most episodes, aided by Levan Akin and Christina Humle. The Guldbagge Award-winning cinematographer Geir Hartly Andreassen was also signed on to the projectNordisk Film & TV Fond SEK62 Million Anno 179 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television aktiebolag, Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Sweden, Swedish national public broadcasting, public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag (national parliament). Prior to 2019, SVT was funded by a Television licensing in Sweden, television licence fee payable by all owners of television sets. The Swedish public broadcasting system is largely modelled after the system used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Television shares many traits with its British counterpart, the BBC. SVT is a public limited company that can be described as a "quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation." Together with the other two public broadcasters, Sveriges Radio and Sveriges Utbildningsradio, it is owned by an independent foundation, ''Foundation Management for SR, SVT, and UR, Förvaltningsstiftelsen för Sveriges Radio AB, Sveriges Television AB och Sveriges Utbildningsradio AB''. The fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Lapidus
Jens Jacob Lapidus (; born 24 May 1974) is a Swedish criminal defense lawyer and author known for his books about the Stockholm underworld. Life and career Lapidus was born into a middle class family in the Stockholm suburb Gröndal, with a mother who was a social worker. His family is Jewish. As a young man he was active in the Stureplan party scene, which plays a role in his novels. He made his writing debut in August 2006 with ''Easy Money'', an account of the Stockholm underworld, and the first of his ''Stockholm Noir'' trilogy. Two years later the second installment ''Aldrig fucka upp'' was published by Wahlström & Widstrand. A graphic novel with illustrator Peter Bergting ( The Portent) entitled ''Gängkrig 145'' was published in May 2009. While this project does take place in the same universe as the novels, it is not the third part of the ''Stockholm Noir'' trilogy but rather a side story. The third part was published in 2011 with the title ''Livet deluxe''. In 2014 Lapi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
