Sven Thomas Hanzon (born 20 June 1962) is a Swedish actor, stage actor at the

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 ...

in Stockholm and former footballer. He has worked with

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in both movies and on stage.

Biography

Early life and football career

He was born Sven Thomas Hansson 1962 in

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, Sweden. In his youth, Hanzon played football for

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

, coming through as a full back. He made his senior debut in the

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against

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differ ...

at the age of 17. He also played on the Swedish youth national team. He left a promising career as a professional footballer to pursue an acting career. Ending his career at the age of 18, he had played 21 matches for Djurgården in the Swedish top-tier

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, lost the 1980 Swedish junior championship final to

Örgryte IS Örgryte Idrottssällskap, commonly referred to as Örgryte IS, Örgryte () or (especially locally) ÖIS or Öis, is a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg. It consists of four departments, namely bowling, football, athletics and wrestling. ...

, and played 10 matches for the Sweden U19 team. Hanzon, with several others, started the theatre group Theater Cameleont in 1982. The group later became Club Cameleont. He wrote ''A Joker in the Game'' on behalf of the Swedish Church.

Stockholm City Theatre

Hanzon was discovered by a producer from the

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. He made his debut in 1985 in ''Arnold''. He remained with the theater for several years and received most of his acting education there. He did not stay at the theater due to his lack of formal education, and then became involved in drama. Hanzon made his film debut in 1987 in

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movie ''Nionde kompaniet''. He made his TV debut in 1987 on

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Drama in Stieg Trenter's series ''Lysande landning''.

directed Hanzon in the TV production ''

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''. He played in the Bergman movie ''

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'' in 2000, directed by

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. The movie won several honours, including the Festival Award Jury's Special Prize in

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The Royal Dramatic Theatre

Hanzon joined the

where he had his first role as the young Danceny in ''

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'', and he has been part of the permanent ensemble ever since. With the

Hanzon has collaborated in multiple productions with the director

. He has also collaborated with directors , Tommy Bergren, and

Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are '' All My Sons'' (1947), '' Death of a Salesman'' (1 ...

. He has also worked with

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and

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. With the

he collaborated with Peter Birro in ''Den ömhet jag är värd'', directed by Stefan Larsson, in 2008, and in

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's ''God of Carnage'', directed by Staffan Roos, in 2009.

Personal life

He has two children with Swedish actress

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and is now married to Åsa Hultman and living in

Selected filmography

* 1987 – ''Nionde kompaniet (Ninth Company)'' * 1994 – ''Leken'' * 1994 – '' Yrrol'' * 1995 – ''Älskar, älskar inte (Loving, Not Loving)'' * 1997 – ''

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'' * 1998 – '' Mighty Joe Young'' (voice as Gregory O'Hara) * 1999 – '' Vägen ut'' * 2000 – ''Hassel – Förgörarna'' * 2000 – '' Trolösa'' * 2000 – '' Livet är en schlager'' * 2000 – '' The Little Mermaid 2'' (voice as Eric) * 2001 – '' Det största i världen'' * 2002 – ''

Beck – Sista vittnet ''Beck – Sista vittnet'' (English: ''Beck – The Last Witness'') is a 2002 film about the Swedish police detective Martin Beck directed by Harald Hamrell. Cast * Peter Haber as Martin Beck * Mikael Persbrandt as Gunvald Larsson * Malin Birge ...

'' * 2005 – '' Van Veeteren – Borkmanns punkt'' * 2005 – '' Van Veeteren – Münsters fall'' * 2005 – '' Van Veeteren – Carambole'' * 2006 – '' Van Veeteren – Svalan, Katten, Rosen, Döden'' * 2006 – '' Van Veeteren – Fallet G'' as Münster * 2007 – ''Underbar och älskad av alla (Wonderful and Loved by Everyone)'' * 2011 – ''Jag saknar dig'' as Albert * 2014 – ''Medicinen (The Medicine)'' as Magnus * 2015 – ''Sverige år fantastiskt (Sverige er fantastisk)'' as Svend-Erik * 2015 – ''Dödsdansen – generalrepetitionen (The Dance of Death – General Rehearsal)'' * 2015 – ''Så ock på Jorden (Heaven on Earth)'' as Bruno * 2016 – ''Jag älskar dig – en skilsmässokomedi (I Love You – A Divorce Comedy)'' as Nils * 2016 – ''Krigarnas ö (The Name of the Game)'' as Police

TV theatre, TV series selected

* 1987 – '' Lysande landning'' * 1989 – ''

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'' * 1990 – ''Destination Nordsjön (Destination North Sea)'' * 1996 – '' Anna Holt – polis'' * 1996 – '' Ett sorts Hades'' * 1996 – '' Enskilda samtal'' * 1996 – '' Zonen'' * 1999 – ''Personkrets 3:1'' * 2002 – '' Pappa polis'' * 2003 – '' Solisterna'' * 2003 – '' Vera med flera'' * 2005 – '' Livet enligt Rosa'' * 2005 – ''

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'' as Zoran * 2006 – ''Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé (The Eagle)'' as Patrik * 2007 – ''Leende guldbruna ögon (Golden Brown Eyes)'' as Hasse Manheimer * 2007 – '' Der Kommissar und das Meer (The Inspector and the Sea)'' as Kristian Norström * 2007 – ''Kodenavn Hunter'' as Göran * 2008 – ''Häxdansen'' as Patrik * 2008 – '' Livvagterne (The Protectors)'' as Gabriel Magnusson * 2008 – ''Livet i Fagervik'' as Jörgen Wikman * 2012 – ''Hellfjord'' as Bosse Nova * 2013 – ''Morden i Sandhamn – den innersta kretsen (The Sandhamn Murders)'' as Ingmar * 2013 – ''Maria Wern – Drömmen förde dig vilse (Maria Wern)'' as Anders * 2014 – ''Portkod 1525'' * 2018 – ''Der Kommissar und das Meer'' * 2019 – ''Das Mädchen am Strand'' * 2020 – ''Agent Hamilton''

Theatre

Audiobooks (selection)

* 2020 – ''Flowers over hell'' by Ilaria Tuti * 2020 – ''Unhappy in Paradise'' by Christian Rück * 2020 – ''Edward Finnigans restoration'' by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström * 2020 – ''Sleep Tight'' by Anders Roslund * 2019 – ''Box 21'' by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström * 2019 – ''Moratorium'' by Monica Rehn * 2019 – ''Dark Powers'' by Torsten Bengtsson * 2019 – ''Unlikely reasons'' by Hannes Dükler * 2019 – ''Happy Birthday!'' by Anders Roslund * 2018 – ''The Phenomenon

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'' by Anders Ström * 2018 – ''The chef that got out of his room'' by Nicolas Jaquenout * 2018 – ''The Beast'' by Anders Roslund and Stefan Thunberg * 2017 – ''Exit West'' by Mosin Hamid * 2017 – ''A brother to die for'' by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström * 2016 – ''Three minutes'' by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström * 2019 – ''The Bear Dance'' by Anders Roslund and Stefan Thunberg

Prize and distinction

* 1998 – George hatt- for People cirkel 3:1 * 2012 – Gunn Wållgren Award * 2015 – Daniel Engdahls-award

Jury work

Thomas Hanzon has been in many different juries for film awards. * "Risings Star" on

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2015 * "Best Female Actress" on Internationell Emmy Awards 2016 * Head Jury, XXIX Stockholm Competition on

2018

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hanzon, Thomas 1962 births Living people Swedish male film actors Swedish men's footballers Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Allsvenskan players Swedish male television actors 20th-century Swedish male actors 21st-century Swedish male actors Men's association football players not categorized by position Actors from Stockholm 20th-century Swedish sportsmen Sweden men's youth international footballers