Mats Bergman (born 5 May 1948) is a Swedish actor. He is the son of director

Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors of all time, his films have been described as "profoun ...

and Ellen Lundström, twin brother of actress Anna Bergman, and a half-brother of Swedish- Norwegian author Linn Ullmann.

Biography

Bergman graduated from Sweden's National Theatre Academy (Scenskolan) in

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in 1971. Since 1987 he has been a stage actor at Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre, and has also appeared at Stockholm City Theatre and Norrbottensteatern. He has acted in Almqvist's '' Drottningens juvelsmycke'', Bulgakov's ''Mästaren och Margarita'' (''

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''), Brecht's ''Tolvskillingsoperan'' (''

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''), Botho Strauss' ''Rummet och tiden'',

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's ''Misantropen'' ('' Le Misanthrope'') and Brecht's ''Den goda människan i Sezuan'' ('' The Good Person of Szechwan''). He has also performed frequently in theatre productions for children, most recently in the adaptation of Elsa Beskow's children's story ''Petter och Lotta på stora landsvägen'' (2005 & 2006). Bergman has gained a reputation as a

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. He has appeared in TV and film roles in a number of well-known productions, including as Aron in ''

Fanny and Alexander ''Fanny and Alexander'' () is a 1982 Historical drama, period drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The plot focuses on two siblings and their large family in Uppsala, Sweden during the first decade of the twentieth century. Follow ...

'', and as a cigar-loving salesman in '' Kan du vissla Johanna?'' (1994), traditionally shown each Christmas Eve in Sweden. He has also played the antique expert Erik Johansson in TV series ''Berlinder auktioner'' (2003) and a teacher in the acclaimed Swedish psychological drama film ''Ondskan'' (''Evil''), also in 2003. More recently he has been playing the dry-witted forensic detective Nyberg in the Swedish crime films about Det. Insp. Kurt Wallander, with

Krister Henriksson Jan Krister Allan Henriksson (born 12 November 1946) is a Swedish actor. He is best known for playing Kurt Wallander in the television films based on the novels by Henning Mankell. Early life Henriksson was born in Grisslehamn, Norrtäl ...

in the lead (32 episodes).

Selected filmography

*1981 - ''Drottning Kristina (Queen Kristina)'' (TV-theatre) *1982 - '' Fanny och Alexander'' *1987 - ''Träff i helfigur'' *1988 - '' Gull-Pian'' *1989 - ''Vildanden'' (aka

Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright, poet and actor. Ibsen is considered the world's pre-eminent dramatist of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama." He pioneered ...

's ''

The Wild Duck ''The Wild Duck'' (original Norwegian title: ''Vildanden'') is an 1884 play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It explores the complexities of truth and illusion through the story of a family torn apart by secrets and the intrusion of a ...

'') (TV-theatre) *1989 - '' 1939'' *1991 - '' Den ofrivillige golfaren'' *1992 - '' En komikers uppväxt'' (TV-series) *1994 - '' Kan du vissla Johanna?'' *1996 - ''Monopol'' *1999 - '' Hälsoresan – En smal film av stor vikt'' *2000 - ''Födelsedagen'' *2003 - ''Berlinder auktioner'' (TV-series) *2003 - '' Ondskan'' *2004 - ''

Danslärarens återkomst ''The Return of the Dancing Master'' is a 2000 novel by Sweden, Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell. It was translated into English language, English in 2003 by Laurie Thompson, and won the 2005 Gumshoe Award for Best European Crime Novel, presen ...

'' (TV) *2005–2013 - ''

Wallander Wallander may refer to: TV, film, books * Kurt Wallander, a fictional Swedish police inspector in novels by Henning Mankell :*Wallander (film series), ''Wallander'' (film series), Swedish-language television films of the Wallander stories starring ...

'' (as Nyberg)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergman, Mats 1948 births Living people Swedish male film actors Swedish twins Male actors from Gothenburg Swedish male television actors Swedish male stage actors 20th-century Swedish male actors 21st-century Swedish male actors Mats