Gunnar Björnstrand
Biography
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Gunnar Björnstrand (November 13, 1909 – May 26, 1986) was a Swedish actor known for his frequent work with writer/director Ingmar Bergman. He was born in Stockholm. He appeared in over 120 films.
Björnstrand at first had trouble finding work but got an engagement in Helsinki with his wife 1936-1938. Back in Stockholm he met Ingmar Bergman, at that time a mostly unknown theatre director. In the 1940s he got his first major film roles, making a breakthrough with the 1946 movie Kristin kommenderar. He was a versatile actor who could play tough and tender as well as comedy and tragedy. His daughter Veronica Björnstrand is also an actress. One of his most famous roles was as the worldly squire who makes such a contrast to his austere and spiritual master in Bergman's most famous film The Seventh Seal.
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Full filmography
- The Seventh Seal (1957) as Jöns
- Persona (1966) as Herr Vogler
- The Guldbagge Awards (1981) as Self - Ingmar Bergman Award winner
- Wild Strawberries (1957) as Evald
- Fanny and Alexander (1984) as Filip Landahl
- Autumn Sonata (1978) as Paul
- Fanny and Alexander (1982) as Filip Landahl
- Face to Face (1976) as Jenny's Grandfather
- Through a Glass Darkly (1961) as David
- Någonstans i Sverige (1973) as Svärfadern
- Winter Light (1963) as Tomas Ericsson
- Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) as Fredrik Egerman
- Engeln (1974) as Bäckman
- Shame (1968) as Mr. Jacobi
- The Magician (1958) as Dr. Vergerus / Minister of Health
- Tabu (1977) as Rådmanskan
- The Girls (1968) as Hugo
- The Devil's Eye (1960) as The Actor
- Charlotte Löwensköld och Anna Svärd (1981) as Forsius
- The Rite (1969) as Hans Winkelmann
- Skeppsredaren (1979) as Göran Borg
- Sawdust and Tinsel (1953) as Mr. Sjuberg
- Lockfågeln (1971) as The major
- Miss April (1958) as Marcus Arwidson