Rolf Lassgård

Actor, Soundtrack

Birthplace: Östersund, Jämtlands län, Sweden

He started acting school in Malmö and went from there to the Skånska Teatern in Landskrona, performing in plays by Shakespeare or Brecht. He made a breakthrough as Puck in William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer's Night Dream'. He also met his wife Birgitta there. The 1990s meant a lot of work in front of the camera, playing a string of policemen, most notably Kurt Wallander from Henning Mankell's crime novels.

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Movies

Known For

A Man Called Ove

(2015)

After the Wedding

(2006)

Downsizing

(2017)

The Hunters

(1996)

Rolf Lassgård Movies

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Upcoming (1)

2025 |
Bamse och havets hemlighetas Bamse

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Previous (46)

2024 |
When in Romeas Johannes
2023 |
Bamse and the World's Smallest Adventureas Bamse
2022 |
Love Proofas Thomas
2021 |
Bamse and the Volcano Islandas Bamse
2021 |
Quiet Freedomas Erik
2020 |
Min pappa Marianneas Marianne
2019 |
The Spyas Thorsten Akrell
2019 |
After the Wedding
After the Wedding
2019
PG-13
1h 52m
Drama
6.3
A manager of an orphanage in Kolkata travels to New York to meet a benefactor.
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asJørgen
2018 |
Second Act
Second Act
2018
PG-13
1h 43m
Comedy, Drama, Romance
5.8
A big-box store worker reinvents her life and her life-story and shows Madison Avenue what street smarts can do.
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asHarald
2017 |
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Stepas Narrator
2017 |
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Stepas Narrator
2017 |
Winnerbäck - Ett slags liv
2017 |
Downsizing
Downsizing
2017
R
2h 15m
Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
5.8
A social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in wealth and splendor.
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asDr. Jorgen Asbjørnsen
2016 |
Løvekvinnenas Gustav
2016 |
A Man Called Ove
A Man Called Ove
2016
PG-13
1h 56m
Comedy, Drama, Romance
7.7
Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.
asOve
2016 |
Under the Sun
Under the Sun
2016
1h 46m
Documentary
7.4
A propaganda documentary about North Korea that reveals a few hidden facts because the director continues filming between the scripted scenes.
asOlof
2015 |
Miraklet i Viskanas Bjarne
2011 |
False Trailas Erik Bäckström
2009 |
A Rational Solutionas Erland Fjellgren
2009 |
So Differentas Martin Larsson
2009 |
Stormas Jonas Dahlberg
2008 |
Angelas Rick
2007 |
Den man älskaras Alf
2005 |
One Step Behindas Kurt Wallander
2004 |
The Queen of Sheba's Pearlsas Deafy
2004 |
Three Sunsas Torben Barberare
2003 |
Capricciosaas Henriks far
2001 |
Family Secretsas Bosse Bendricks
1999 |
Där regnbågen slutaras Rajje - Raymond
1999 |
The Magnetist's Fifth Winteras Dr. Selander
1997 |
En frusen drömas Knut Frænkel
1996 |
Sånt är livetas Olle Sundqvist
1996 |
The Huntersas Erik Bäckström
1996 |
The White Lionessas Kurt Wallander
1995 |
The Hounds of Rigaas Kurt Wallander
1995 |
The Tears of Saint Peteras Mayor
1994 |
Sommarmordas 'Backhammer
1994 |
Stockholm Marathonas Gunvald Larsson
1994 |
The Police Murdereras Gunvald Larsson
1993 |
Brandbilen som försvannas Gunvald Larsson
1993 |
Mannen på balkongenas Gunvald Larsson
1993 |
Murder at the Savoyas Gunvald Larsson
1993 |
Roseannaas Gunvald Larsson
1993 |
Sagan om pappan som bakade prinsessoras Maja's dad
1992 |
Min store tjocke faras Fritz Algot 'Tjaffo' Nilsson
1991 |
Önskasas Bosse