MICHAEL NYQVIST
November 8, 1960– June 27, 2017 (age 56)
Cause of Death: Lung cancer
Michael Nyqvist was a Swedish actor who got his start in Stockholm. He would not reach the American audiences until after his performance in the 2009 Swedish version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and the films (The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest) and television series (Millenium) that followed, playing the male lead, Mikael Blomkvist. He would then go on to mostly play villains in American films, like Abduction, where he was a Serbian terrorist, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, where he was a Swedish-born Russian nuclear strategist, who seeks to start a nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia, and John Wick, where he was a New York Russian mob boss who is forced to protect his son from a legendary hit man, and he played all of these roles perfectly. Although most of his career was in Sweden, the few roles in America that he did have will live on as some of the best villainy work in the history of film.
MICHAEL NYQVIST’S FILMOGRAPHY
1987 | Jim och piraterna Blom | n/a |
1996 | Jerusalem | Carpenter 1 |
1996 | Sånt är livet | Kalle Andersson |
1997 | Tic Tac | Restaurant owner |
1998 | Nightwalk (short) |
The Man |
1998 | Waiting For The Tenor |
Regissören |
1999 | Breaking Out |
Diego |
2000 | 10:10 (short) |
Magnus |
2000 | Together |
Rolf |
2000 | Hjärta av sten |
Lev |
2001 | Hr. Boe & Co.’s Anxiety (short) | n/a |
2001 | Making Babies |
Doctor |
2001 | Home Sweet Home |
Kent |
2002 | The Guy In The Grave Next Door |
Benny Söderström |
2002 | We Can Be Heroes! |
Giuseppe |
2003 | Classmates (short) |
Ulf |
2003 | Slim Susie |
Mörka Rösten |
2003 | Details | Erik |
2004 | London Voodoo |
Magnus |
2004 | Day And Night |
Jacob |
2004 | As It Is In Heaven |
Daniel Daréus |
2005 | Skuggvärld (short) | Henrik |
2005 | Next Door | Åke |
2005 | Mother Of Mine |
Hjalmar Jönsson – isä Ruotsissa |
2005 | Bang Bang Orangutang |
Sven Blomberg |
2006 | Search |
Janne |
2006 | White Man’s Blues (short) |
Jonas |
2006 | Suddenly | Lasse |
2007 | Elias and the Royal Yacht | Joviale (Swedish version, voice) |
2007 | The Black Pimpernel | Harald Edelstam |
2007 | Arn: The Knight Templar |
Magnus Folkesson |
2008 | The Kautokeino Rebellion | Lars Levi Laestadius |
2008 | Downloading Nancy |
Stan |
2008 | Iskariot | Masen |
2009 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Mikael Blomkvist |
2009 | The Girl Who Played with Fire | Mikael Blomkvist |
2009 | The Wedding Photographer | Stage actor |
2009 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest | Mikael Blomkvist |
2010 | The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man | Jonah |
2010 | Among Us |
Ernst |
2011 | Abduction | Kozlow |
2011 | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol |
Hendricks |
2012 | Disconnect | Stephen Schumacher |
2013 | Europa Report |
Andrei Blok |
2013 | The Girls Of Nagasaki |
Father Lars |
2014 | Days And Nights |
Jonah |
2014 | Paris Follies |
Jesper |
2014 | My So-Called Father | Martin |
2014 | John Wick |
Viggo Tarasov |
2015 | The Girl King |
Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna |
2015 | The Colony |
Paul Schäfer |
2015 | The Girl In The Book |
Milan |
2016 | Frank & Lola |
Alan |
2016 | A Serious Game |
Markel |
2016 | I.T. | Henrick |
2017 | Du forsvinder | Bernard Berman |
2017 | Radegund | Bishop Joseph Fliessen |
2017 | Hunter Killer |
Captain Sergi Andropoyov |
2018 | Kursk | n/a |
MICHAEL NYQVIST’S TELEVISION APPEARANCES
1982 | Kamraterna | The Model | Television movie |
1990 | Pass | n/a | Television movie |
1992 | Kvällspressen | Konkurrentjournalist | Episode: “Carolamannen” |
1994 | Döda danskar räknas inte | Henrik | Television mini-series |
1995 | Anmäld försvunnen | Ronny | Episode #1.9 |
1996 | Zonen | Militärpolis | Episode: “Del 3” |
1997 | Emma åklagare | Anders Häger | Episode: “Pappas pojke” |
1997-1998 | Beck | John Banck | 7 Episodes |
1998 | OP7 | Jonah | Episode: “Nöden har ingen lag” |
1998 | S:t Mikael: Traumaenheten | Svante Nyhlén | 2 Episodes |
1998 | Personkrets 3:1 | Karl-Erik | Television movie |
1999 | På sista versen | Raymond | Television movie |
1999 | En dag i taget | Henrik Boström | Episode: “Panikångest” |
2000 | Judith | Niklas Wide | 2 Episodes |
2000 | Brott§våg | Michael Heymer | Episode: “Thors requiem” |
2001 | Bekännelsen | Thorn | Television movie |
2001 | Skuggpojkarna | Christoffer | Television movie |
2001 | Reuter & Skoog | n/a | 2 Episodes |
2002 | Den 5:e kvinnan | Bo Runfeldt | Television mini-series |
2002 | Oliver Twist |
Fagerlund | 6 Episodes |
2004 | The Bet |
Are Sterner | Television mini-series |
2004 | ABBA: Our Last Video Ever | n/a | Television short |
2004 | Om Stig Petrés hemlighet | Stig Petré | Television mini-series |
2005 | Skattejakten | Are Sterner | Episode: “Klosterøyas hemmelighet” |
2005 | Wallander | Lothar Kraftzcyk | Episode: “Mastermind” |
2007 | Nattsøsteren | Tage Wolter |
Television mini-series |
2010 | Kennedy’s Brain |
Lars Hakansson | Television movie |
2010 | Arn: The Knight Templar | Magnus Folkesson | Television mini-series |
2010 | Millenium | Mikael Blomkvist | Television mini-series |
2011 | The Man from Beijing | Staffan | Television movie |
2013 | Zero Hour |
White Vincent | 13 Episodes |
2015 | 100 Code |
Mikael Eklund | 12 Episodes |
2017 | Madiba | H.F. Verwoerd | Television mini-series |