Jonas Karlsson
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11 March 1971
- Actor
- author
Jonas Karlsson | |
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 Karlsson in 2019 | |
| Born | Sven Bert Jonas Karlsson 11 March 1971 Salem, Sweden |
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| Years active | 1981–present |
| Awards | Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (2004, 2022) |
Sven Bert Jonas Karlsson (born 11 March 1971) is a Swedish actor and author. He has won two Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the first for Details (2003) and the second for Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton (2021).
Career
Acting
He made his film debut in Rasmus på luffen (1981), at the age of ten.[2]
Karlsson co-starred with Johanna Sällström in Making Babies (2001). Both their performances were positively received by Olov Andersson in Aftonbladet.[3]
He and Livia Millhagen played Johan and Marianne, respectively, in a 2009 stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergmans's 1973 miniseries Scenes from a Marriage. The production, directed by Stefan Larsson, premiered at the Royal Dramatic Theater.[4] Expressen theater critic Margareta Sörenson praised the performances of both Millhagen and Karlsson.[5]
He won a Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in 2004 for the movie Details.[6]
He appeared in Black Mirror's third season finale, "Hated in the Nation."[7]
For his role as Tommy Lund in Riding in Darkness (2022), he was nominated for Best Male Performance in a Television Production at Kristallen 2023.[8] He also earned an International Emmy nomination.[9]
Writing
In 2007, he made his literary debut with the short story collection Det andra målet.[10] His second short story collection Den perfekte vännen was released in 2009, and received praise from Jonas Thente in Dagens Nyheter.[11]
He wrote three short novels that were translated into English: The Room, The Invoice, and The Circus.[12] The Room was adapted into the 2022 American English-language film Corner Office starring Jon Hamm. His writing often features weird characters and Kafkaesque surrealism.[13]
Acting credits
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Rasmus på luffen | [2] | ||
| 1993 | Sökarna | |||
| 1999 | Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen | |||
| 2000 | Once in a Lifetime | |||
| 2001 | Tsatsiki – vänner för alltid | |||
| Making Babies | ||||
| 2003 | Details | |||
| 2004 | Strings | |||
| 2005 | Storm | |||
| 2005 | Bang Bang Orangutang | |||
| 2006 | Offside | |||
| 2010 | Bad Faith - Ond Tro | |||
| 2012 | Cockpit | Valle | [14] | |
| 2017 | The Snowman | [15] | ||
| 2018 | Ted – För kärlekens skull | |||
| 2021 | Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton | Tyko Johnsson | [16] | |
| 2022 | Together 99 | Jonas | [17] | |
| 2024 | Jönssonligan kommer tillbaka | Vanheden | [18] | |
| 2025 | The Von Fersens | Netflix | [19] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–2023 | Beck | |||
| 2016 | Black Mirror | Rasmus Sjöberg | Episode: "Hated in the Nation" | [7] |
| 2019 | Riding in Darkness | Tommy Lund | [20] | |
| 2024–present | Doktrinen | [21] | ||
| 2026 | Vaka | [22] |
Theater
| Year | Title | Role | Theater | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Scenes from a Marriage | Johan | Royal Dramatic Theater | Little stage | [23] |
| 2015 | Ladykillers | The Professor | Oscar Theater | [24] | |
| 2019 | Waiting for Godot | Estragon | Royal Dramatic Theater | Little stage | [25] |
Bibliography
- Det andra målet (2007)
- Den perfekte vännen : noveller (2009)
- Spår i Snön (2011)
- Spelreglerna (2012)
- God jul : en berättelse (2013)
- Fakturan (2014)
