Simon Jönsson Berger, known as Simon J. Berger (born 1June 1979) is a Swedish actor. He is the son of musician Bengt Berger and artist Gittan Jönsson.Sexig anspänning med jackan på

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. Retrieved 24 March 2016. He grew up in

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and in

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. He was educated at the Fridhems Folkhögskola and Teaterhögskolan in

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, from which he graduated in 2007. Berger has also acted at Scen Österlen, Lunds Studentteater, Malmö Stadsteater and

Royal Dramatic Theatre The Royal Dramatic Theatre (, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages. The theatre has been at its present lo ...

. Berger became known to a wider Swedish audience by appearing in the 2007 television miniseries ''Upp till kamp'', in which he played the leading role of Erik Westfeldt. He was given the role while he still studied at Teaterhögskolan. Berger has also had the leading role in the

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winning short film ''Istället för Abakadabra''. He won a Prix d'Interprétation Masculine award at the

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for that role. In 2010, he made his debut role at the Dramaten as Val Xavier in the play ''Mannen med Ormskinnsjackan''. In 2012, he played the character Paul in the

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series ''

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''. The series was broadcast on

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. He also had a leading role in the 2012 film ''

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''. In 2015, he played Isak Aronson in TV 4's murder mystery miniseries '' Modus'', which was screened in Australia by SBS and in the UK by

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From 2019 to 2023, Berger played Adam Vejle in Exit, a series in 3 seasons that described the decadent lives of 4 men in

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's finance elites. It became the most streamed in the history of Norwegian national television. He appeared in the second season of '' The Hunters'' in 2021.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Berger, Simon J. Living people 1979 births Swedish male actors Male actors from Stockholm