Michael Nyqvist
Biography
Michael Nyqvist was a Swedish actor who trained at the Malmö Theatre Academy and came to prominence at home playing the police officer John Banck in the Beck television series in 1997. Lukas Moodysson's Together, from 2000, was his breakthrough and brought him a Guldbagge nomination for supporting actor. He won a Guldbagge for best leading actor in the romantic comedy Grabben i graven bredvid. In As It Is in Heaven (2004) he played Daniel Daréus, a conductor, and the film was nominated at the 77th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category. International attention followed for his Mikael Blomkvist in the Millennium adaptations, among them The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (2009), and he played antagonists in the fourth Mission: Impossible film (2011) and in John Wick (2014). He belonged to the resident ensemble of the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatre.
56years old at death
- Born Stockholm
- Died Stockholm
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Rolf Åke Michael Nyqvist (birth name)Also credited as Mikael Nyqvist
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 20 years1999 to 2019
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First role
Nyqvist's breakthrough part came in 1997, when he was cast as John Banck, a police officer, in the opening batch of the Beck TV series.
Michael Nyqvist movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol2011 Action, Adventure, Thrilleras Hendricks
IMDb rating 7.4570K votes
Most often with
Daniel Alfredson directed two of these films. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Daniel AlfredsonDirector, 2 films, 2009
All films by Daniel Alfredson
Also two films together11 more actors
- Lena EndreThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
- Georgi StaykovThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
- Samuli EdelmannThe Girl King (2015) and Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
- Jacob ErickssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
- Michalis KoutsogiannakisThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
- Niklas FalkThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and As It Is in Heaven (2004)
- Anders Ahlbom RosendahlThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
- Mirja TurestedtThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and Arn: The Knight Templar (2007)
- Micke SpreitzThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
- Sofia LedarpThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
- Tanja LorentzonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Michael Nyqvist's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$900 million
10 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 10 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 5 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 5Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$695M77.2% of the total
- 2$86M9.6% of the total
- 3$67M7.5% of the total
- 4$43M4.8% of the total
- 5$4.6M0.5% of the total
- 6$3.4M0.4% of the total
- 7$126K0.0% of the total
- 8$81K0.0% of the total
$29,188from the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2003 | Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role | Grabben i graven bredvid | Won |
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