Kjell Bertil Leonard Bergqvist (born 23 February 1953) is a
Swedish actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
.
Bergqvist finished the
Royal Dramatic Training Academy in 1973 and made his debut in ''
En enkel melodi'' and ''Jack''. He has since cooperated for many years with scriptwriter and director
Ulf Malmros
Ulf Peter Vilhelm Malmros (born 16 March 1965) is a Swedish screenwriter and film director.
Career
Aged 13 Malmros started making home movies. Later he moved to Stockholm and studied at Dramatiska Institutet.
In 2006 Malmros received the Guldb ...
. During the 1990s he participated in several police films playing
Martin Beck
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's colleague Lennart Kollberg. He played two different characters in the Swedish horror television series
Chock in 1997. In 2001, he got a
Guldbagge Award
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for his lead role in ''
Den bästa sommaren'' and in 2002 he was nominated for the lead role Leif in ''
Leva livet''. Across three seasons, he portrayed the titular role of ''
Bäckström'' (2020, 2022, 2024).
Kjell was for a time married to
Miss Universe 1984 winner
Yvonne Ryding (Yvonne Ryding-Bergqvist; currently divorced).
He starred in
Avicii
Tim Bergling (8 September 1989 – 20 April 2018), known professionally as Avicii, was a Swedish DJ, remixer, and record producer. At age 16, he began posting his remixes on electronic music forums, which led to his first record deal. He rose ...
's music video Silhouettes, as the doctor. This video was released on 7 June 2012.
Selected filmography
* 1979 – ''
Katitzi''
* 1988 – ''
Besökarna''
* 1993 – ''
Roseanna''
* 1993 – ''
The Fire Engine That Disappeared''
* 1993 – ''
Murder at the Savoy''
* 1993 – ''
The Man on the Balcony''
* 1994 – ''
The Police Murderer''
* 1994 – ''
Stockholm Marathon''
* 1996 - ''
Silvermannen''
* 1997 - ''
Chock'' (TV series)
* 2000 - ''
A Summer Tale''
* 2001 - ''
Days Like This''
* 2003 - ''
Evil
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Evil is commonly seen as the opposite, or sometimes absence, of good. It can be an extreme ...
''
* 2003 - ''
Slim Susie''
* 2004 - ''
Drowning Ghost''
* 2005 - ''
Tjenare kungen''
* 2006 - ''
Göta kanal 2 – Kanalkampen
''Göta kanal 2 – Kanalkampen'' (English: ''Göta Canal 2 - Canal Battle'') is a comedy film directed by Pelle Seth.
It is a sequel to '' Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen?'' and was followed by '' Göta kanal 3: Kanalkungens hemligh ...
''
* 2009 - ''
Bröllopsfotografen
''Bröllopsfotografen'' () is a Sweden, Swedish tragicomedy film from 2009. It was directed and written by Ulf Malmros.
Plot
The film is mostly set in Stockholm and in the small industrial town of Molkom in the Swedish province of Värmland, where ...
''
* 2013 - ''
Waltz for Monica''
* 2020 – ''
Bäckström''
References
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External links
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Swedish male actors
1953 births
Living people
Best Actor Guldbagge Award winners
Best Supporting Actor Guldbagge Award winners
Male actors from Stockholm