Erik Simon Norrthon (born 4 August 1967) is a Swedish actor born in

Fosie Fosie () was a city district ( sv, stadsdel) in the central of Malmö Municipality, Sweden. On 1 July 2013, it was merged with the city district of Oxie, forming Söder. In 2012, Fosie had a population of 43,889 of the municipality's 307,758. T ...

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal popula ...

. He studied at the

Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting The National Academy of Mime and Acting (NAMA) ( sv, Teaterhögskolan i Stockholm), was a school in Stockholm for acting and mime. This institution was also known under additional different names in English, including Stockholm University College ...

from 1989 to 1992. At the

29th Guldbagge Awards The 29th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1993, and took place on 31 October 1994. ''The Slingshot'' directed by Åke Sandgren was presented with the award for Best Film. Winn ...

, he was nominated for the

Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to th ...

award for his role in ''

Speak Up! It's So Dark ''Speak Up! It's So Dark'' ( sv, Tala! Det är så mörkt) is a 1993 Swedish drama film directed by Suzanne Osten. At the 29th Guldbagge Awards, Simon Norrthon was nominated for the Best Actor award and Niklas Rådström was nominated for Best Scr ...

''. In 2018, he became the chairman of

The Swedish Union for Performing Arts and Film The Swedish Union for Performing Arts and Film, ( sv, Teaterförbundet or Teaterförbundet för scen och film) is a Swedish trade union and professional association for professional practitioners of authors, artists, technicians, administrators ...

Selected filmography

*1993 - '' Allis med is'' (TV) *1993 - ''

'' *1994 - ''

Rapport till himlen ''Rapport till himlen'' (lit. "Report to heaven") is a 1994 Swedish mini series directed by Ulf Malmros and starring Johan Widerberg and Lina Englund. Plot summary It's summer and Victor's friends are off to travel by InterRail while Victor st ...

'' (TV) *2000 - '' The New Country'' (TV) *2003 - ''

Kvarteret Skatan Kvarteret Skatan is a Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, ...

'' (TV) *2003 - '' Kommer du med mig då'' *2005 - '' Medicinmannen'' (TV) *2006 - '' Wallander – Blodsband'' *2006 - ''

LasseMajas detektivbyrå The Whodunit Detective Agency (also known as JerryMaya's Detective Agency, sv, LasseMajas detektivbyrå – "LasseMaja's Detective Agency") is a Swedish children's book series written by Martin Widmark and illustrated by Helena Willis. In the Eng ...

'' (TV, ''

Julkalendern ''Swedish Television's Christmas calendar'' ( sv, Sveriges Televisions julkalender) or ''Swedish Television's Advent calendar'' ( sv, Sveriges Televisions adventskalender) is a Christmas calendar TV series mainly for children, broadcast by Sver ...

'') *2010 - '' Hotell Gyllene Knorren'' (TV, ''Julkalendern'')

References

External links

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Swedish Film Database
Living people Swedish male actors 1967 births Actors from Malmö 20th-century Swedish people 21st-century Swedish people {{Sweden-actor-stub