Filip Niclas Berg (born 2 October 1986) is a
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actor
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who became known to international audiences for his roles Sebbe in the movies ''
The Ketchup Effect
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Plot
Friends and future seventh-year (upper primary school) students Sofie, Amanda and Emma anxiously a ...
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'', which was nominated for best foreign-language film at the
Academy Awards
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. He also had a leading role in both series of the TV drama, ''
Black Lake''.
Berg was born in
Danderyd
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,
Stockholm County
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. As a student he attended the
Adolf Fredrik's Music School
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in
Stockholm.
His other roles include a supporting role in the 2003 movie, ''
Ondskan'', also starring
Andreas Wilson
Andreas Axel Janota Wilson (born 7 March 1981) is a Swedish actor who played the leading role in the Oscar-nominated (for best foreign movie) ''Evil''. He has also starred in '' Kill Your Darlings'', '' Babas bilar'' and '' Den utvalde''. He was ...
and
Gustaf Skarsgård
Gustaf Caspar Orm Skarsgård (born 12 November 1980) is a Swedish actor. He is known for his roles in ''Evil'' (2003), '' The Way Back'' (2010) and ''Kon-Tiki'' (2012). He also appeared in the HBO TV series '' Westworld'' (2018), as Merlin in t ...
. He played the main character in the Swedish
zombie
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TV series ''
The Last Reality Show
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''.
Selected filmography
Selected television
*''
Black Lake'', 2016, "Svartsjön"
References
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External links
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Swedish male actors
1986 births
Living people
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