Michael Nyqvist

ACTOR, PRODUCER

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Born Rolf Åke Mikael Nyqvist in Stockholm, Sweden, it wasn't until he was over a year old when he was finally adopted from the orphanage he had been given to. His father was a lawyer and his mother a writer. It wasn't until he had his first child that he decided to seek out his biological parents. After a long journey, he met his biological mother who is Swedish and is now close to his biological father who is Italian and a pharmacist.Acting wasn't always originally on the agenda for Nyqvist. A career in hockey was desired until an injury lead to an early retirement. At the age of 17, Nyqvist went to Omaha, Nebraska in America as an exchange student for a year. This is where his passion for acting first sparked. He took his first acting classes and played in addition to other roles, a part in a school version of the drama Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller.However, upon returning to Sweden he got accepted into Ballet school but after one year gave it up insisting he was too "stiff" and twirls and twists were not for him. An ex-girlfriend suggested to try theatre instead and at 19 years old, he was accepted into the Swedish Academic School of Drama in Malmö. He then went onto work mainly in theatre but also had several parts in film productions.He became well known for his role as police officer Banck in the first series of Kommissar Beck (1997) films made in 1997. His big breakthrough in European cinema came three years later, as he starred as Rolf, an alcoholic and abusive husband, in a film by Lukas Moodysson called Zusammen! (2000). This role landed him his first Guldbagge nomination (Best Supporting Actor) and won him the Best Actor award at the Gijón International Film Festival.The accolades, awards and nominations flowed on from there. In 2002, Nyqvist played the leading man in the Swedish romantic comedy-drama, Der Kerl vom Land (2002) directed by Kjell Sundvall and based on the novel of the same name written by Katarina Mazetti. He won a Best Actor Guldbagge award for his performance. The following year, Nyqvist starred as the leading role in Wie im Himmel (2004) which was Academy Award nominated for Best Foreign Film and his performance as an internationally renowned, struggling conductor earned Nyqvist his second nomination for a Best Actor Guldbagge award. In 2006, he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Guldbagge award for his role in the film Die beste Mutter (2005).Over the next few years he went on to star in several other films and plays as part of the Royal Dramatic Theatre. A notable role that Nyqvist portrayed was that of Swedish ambassador Harald Edelstam in the film Schwarze Nelke (2007). Edelstam was a hero that saved several lives from execution in Chile during and after the military coupe in September 1973.In 2008, it was announced that Nyqvist was chosen to star as Mikael Blomkvist of the literary phenomenon, the Millenium Trilogy written by Stieg Larsson. It was long speculated by Scandinavian tabloids that fellow Swedish actor, Mikael Persbrandt could be chosen for the role of Blomkvist until Niels Arden Oplev claimed that 'he would not have been right for the role.' Oplev needed 'a humanist with his heart in the right place, a Swedish teddy bear whom women would feel safe in his arms...a man who respects women, regardless of what type they are.' Nyqvist's capabilities as an actor and his public persona scored him the role.Verblendung (2009) and its sequels, Verdammnis (2009) and Vergebung (2009) were released throughout 2009 throughout Europe and in the following year, throughout the rest of the world. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has garnered international critical acclaim. Oplev, Noomi Rapace (who starred as Lisbeth Salander, female protagonist of the trilogy) and Nyqvist all gained international recognition Nyqvist has said that his role as Blomkvist 'put him on the map internationally.' He has recently finished filming Der Chinese (2011) based on the novel by well-known Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell, and Atemlos - Gefährliche Wahrheit (2011) directed by John Singleton. There has been speculation and talk from Mankell that Nyqvist would be his first choice to play Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme who was assassinated in 1986. Nyqvist is in Mission: Impossible - Phantom Protokoll (2011), starring as the lead male villain of the film.Nyqvist is married to set designer, Catharina Ehrnrooth and has two children Ellen (born in 1991) and Arthur (born in 1996). - IMDb Mini Biography By: L2010

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Streaming Availability

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Releases by Year

Michael Nyqvist on average has worked on 2 movies per year from 1990 to 2017. See the full graphs of the number of Michael Nyqvist movies released per year from 2005 till 2017.

Top Genres

Michael Nyqvist works mostly in Drama Genre followed by Romance Genre flixes. 42% of Michael Nyqvist movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that Michael Nyqvist worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Michael Nyqvist has worked on is 6.5.

6.5 / 10

Michael Nyqvist's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

Action,Crime,Mystery
Millennium (2010)

The adventures of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander.

8.3/10540 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.

7.8/10152 min

Available in 20 platform(s).

During World War II, more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. From the award-winning Klaus Härö (Elina - Als ob es mich nicht gäbe (...

7.6/10111 min

Available in 4 platform(s).

Comedy,Drama,Music
As It Is in Heaven (2004)

A famous int'l conductor returns to his small childhood town in northern Sweden for early retirement. He's asked to help with the church choir. He affects the lives of all in the choir.

7.5/10133 min

Available in 2 platform(s).

Action,Crime,Thriller
John Wick (2014)

An ex-hit-man comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that killed his dog and took everything from him.

7.4/10101 min

Available in 11 platform(s).

Comedy,Drama,Romance
Together (2000)

In 1975, the dynamics of a Swedish commune begin to change upon the arrival of a beaten wife and her two kids.

7.4/10106 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Lisbeth is recovering in a hospital and awaiting trial for three murders when she is released. Mikael must prove her innocence, but Lisbeth must be willing to share the details of her sordid experiences with the court.

7.3/10147 min

Available in 16 platform(s).

As computer hacker Lisbeth and journalist Mikael investigate a sex-trafficking ring, Lisbeth is accused of three murders, causing her to go on the run while Mikael works to clear her name.

7.1/10129 min

Available in 22 platform(s).