Ingvar Hirdwall
Ingvar Hirdwall (December 5, 1934 – April 6, 2023) was born in Stockholm, and was educated at Gothenburg City Theatre stage school 1957-1960. Since the early 1960s until his death he has been active as an actor in many films, TV series and on theatrical stages, mainly Stockholms stadsteater. He is well known in Sweden, was often portraying obstinate or strange characters, like the eccentric neighbor in the many Swedish Martin Beck TV-movies made from 1997 on. He was also often in director Lars Molin's productions. In December 1993, Hirdwall played the leading role in the Swedish TV company SVT's annual children's Christmas “Advent calendar” - Tomtemaskinen (The mechanical santa), one of the Pettson and Findus stories by Sven Nordqvist - with one 15-minute part shown each day up until Christmas Eve. Hirdwall played the character of Pettson.
Hirdwall received the Swedish Guldbagge Award for Best Actor at the 17th Guldbagge Awards for Barnens ö (Children's Island) and the Thaliapriset prize in 1993.
Hirdwall was married to the actress Marika Lindström. They have two children, director Jacob Hirdwall and actress Agnes Hirdwall.
Known for
Beck
Grannen
Julkalendern
Pettson
Wallander
Lundberg
Tre kärlekar
Egon Nilsson
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Dirch Frode
Tomtemaskinen
Pettson
The Guldbagge Awards
Self - Best Actor winner
Skärgårdsdoktorn
Ewe Tannander
Kejsarn av Portugallien
Jan
Sammansvärjningen
Liljensparre
Svenska noveller
John
August Strindberg: Ett liv
Läraren
Anderssons älskarinna
Erik, fadern
Kvällspressen
Bengt Sockander
Godnatt, jord
Korset
Police Inspector Jörgen Wennström
Drottning Kristina
Axel Oxenstierna
Babels hus
Bernt Svensson, Primus son
Ivar Kreuger
Statsminister Ekman
Man on the Roof
Åke Eriksson
Beck 44 - Rage Room
Grannen
Children's Island
Stig Utler
Beck 46 - The Crying Cop
Grannen
Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate
Grannen
Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past
Grannen
Beck 50 - Deadlock
Grannen
Miffo
Karl Henrik
Beck: The Last Day
Grannen
1939
Annika's father
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
Grannen
Beck 27 - Room 302
Valdemar
Beck 36 - The Thin Ice
Grannen
The Man from Majorca
Fors
Raven's End
Sixten
Like It Never Was Before
Strange Man
Beck 35 - Your Own Blood
Grannen
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
Grannen
Beck 45 - 58 Minutes
Grannen
The Zone
Erik Lagerlöf
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
The Neighbor
Stall-Erik and the Snapphans
Måns
Beck 39 - Undercover
Grannen
Offside
Boston
Beck 31 - Gunvald
Grannen
Beck 41 - Death in Samarra
Grannen
Beck - Den förlorade sonen
Grannen
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
Grannen
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
Grannen
The Tattooed Widow
Egon Andersson
Beck 11 - The Cartel
Grannen
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
Grannen
Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo
Grannen
Beck 19 - The Vulture
Grannen
Beck 12 - The Loner
Grannen
Christmas Oratorio
Edman
A Kind of Hades
The old man
Jackpot
Sven
The Individual Citizen
Gunnar Bergström
Beck 49 - Inferno
Grannen
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
Grannen
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
Grannen
Beck 06 - The Monster
Grannen
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
Grannen
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
Grannen
My Love Is Like a Rose
Pajen
Beck 47 - The Death Trap
Grannen
Beck 32 - Steinar
Grannen
Beck 37 - Without Intent
Grannen
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
Grannen
Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Grannen
Beck 29 - Invasion
Grannen
The Secret
Self
Beck 28 - The Family
Grannen
The Potato Seller
Johansson
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
Grannen
Mouth to Mouth
Mats's father John
The Miracle in Valby
Petra's Father
Beck 33 - End of the Road
Grannen
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
Grannen
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
Grannen
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
Grannen
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
The Neighbor
Hemmet
Hjalmar Augustsson
KvällsPressen
Sockander
Beck - The Man with the Icons
Grannen
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
Grannen
Wallander: The Troubled Man
Lundberg
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
Grannen
A Dream Play
Affischören
A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon
Gustaf Edgren
Miraklet i Viskan
Halvar
En kvinnas huvud
Düber
Deadline Torp
Birger Johansen
The Caretaker
Davies
Midvinterduell
Egon
Daybreak
Knut
Fläskfarmen
Monty
Beck 07 - The Money Man
Grannen
Ondskans år
Dr. Herbert Ahlström
Beck - bakom kulisserna
Grannen (archive footage)
Beck 03 - White Nights
The Neighbor
Tartuffe - hycklaren
The king
Gustav III
Horn
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
The Neighbor
Let's Play House
Roland
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
Grannen
Onkel Vanja
Teljegin
Rikedom
John
Honungsvargar
Axel
Dom unga örnarna
Gunnar Grävmo
Savannen
Operator
Pelikanen
With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof
Self
The Zone
Erik Lagerlöf
Kunglig toilette
Restaurateur
Flotten
Freddy
Kent - ett porträtt av Kent Andersson
Self
För vänskaps skull
Berndt och Anita
Berndt
Sandlådan
Robert
Trängningen
Fredriksson