Michael Nyqvist
Rolf Åke Mikael Nyqvist (November 8, 1960 – June 27, 2017), better known as Michael Nyqvist, was a Swedish actor. Educated at the School of Drama in Malmö, he became well known for playing police officer Banck in the first series of Martin Beck films made in 1997, and later for his leading role in the film Grabben i graven bredvid in 2002. He was most recognized internationally for his role in the acclaimed Millennium series as Mikael Blomkvist, as well as the lead villains in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (as Kurt Hendricks) and John Wick (as Viggo Tarasov). In 2004, he played the leading role in the Academy Award-nominated Best Foreign Film As It Is in Heaven.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.8977 |
| Birthday | 1960-11-08 |
| Place of Birth | Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden |
| Also Known As | Michael Nykvist, Michael Nyquist, Micke Nyqvist, Mikael Nyqvist, Rolf Åke Michael Nyqvist, Микаэл Нюквист, 麥克・恩奎斯特, مایکل نیکویست, |
2004
As It Is in Heaven
7.1/195
A musical romantic tragedy about a famous composer who moves back to his small hometown after having had heart troubles. His search for a simple every...
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As It Is in Heaven
2005
Next Door
6.395/239
After Ingrid leaves John, he allows himself to be pulled into a mystical and scary world where it is impossible to separate truth from lies.
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Next Door
2000
Together
7.033/276
Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran. The year is 1975 and Göran lives in a commune called...
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Together
1982
Comrades
10/1
Axel and Bertha are a married couple who are both artists in 1880s Paris, the film addresses the topic of gender equality in marriage and society, for...
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Comrades
2003
Slim Susie
6.582/98
When Erik, a Stockholm urbanite, learns that his beauty-queen sister, Susie, is missing, he goes to their country roots to look for her. But after tal...
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Slim Susie
2009
The Girl Who Played with Fire
6.991/1824
Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. S...
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The Girl Who Played with Fire
1998
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
6.7/37
A serial killer that decapitates people is on the loose in the Stockholm subway. Martin Beck and his colleagues try to catch the killer, while the pan...
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Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
2009
The Wedding Photographer
6.095/58
When the factory in Molkom shuts down, Robin leaves his beloved hometown to try his luck in Stockholm as a wedding photographer. This experience chang...
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The Wedding Photographer
2009
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
7.064/1501
After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual rel...
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
2008
The Kautokeino Rebellion
6.097/36
Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village.
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The Kautokeino Rebellion
2007
Arn: The Knight Templar
6.303/317
Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden...
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Arn: The Knight Templar
2002
The Guy in the Grave Next Door
5.742/31
Desirée, a modern librarian with urban friends and interests is visiting her late husband's grave when she meets Benny, a simple farmer. After his mot...
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The Guy in the Grave Next Door
2006
Suddenly
5/11
The mother and the younger son in a happy family dies in a car-accident. The father and the teenage-son Jonas survives the accident. Now they have to...
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Suddenly
2010
The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man
4.938/24
A famous Danish artist and fashion photographer who leads an eventful life and is always travelling, meets a man who immediately awakens strong feelin...
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The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man
2008
Iscariot
4.4/5
A doctor is pulled into Stockholm's underbelly after his brother gets caught up in a botched drug deal.
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Iscariot
2010
Among Us
6.2/3
An accident overthrows Ernst and Cecilia's well-ordered life. Chance rules in Ernst's rational world while Cecilia is searching for a deeper meaning i...
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Among Us
2009
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
7.533/3269
Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a mi...
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2007
The Black Pimpernel
5.2/19
The story about Swedish ambassador in Chile - Harald Edelstam - and his heroic actions to protect the innocent people from the execution during and af...
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The Black Pimpernel
2008
Downloading Nancy
5.351/77
When Albert Stockwell comes home from work one day he finds a note from his wife of 15 years, Nancy, saying she has gone to see friends. After waiting...
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Downloading Nancy
1999
Breaking Out
5.9/35
The enthusiastic Reine is forced to take a job as a social worker at Kumla prison.
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Breaking Out
2001
His and Hers
4.563/16
Johan and Anna-Karin have been a couple for years but despite many attempts, Anna-Karin doesn't get pregnant. A visit to a fertility clinic shows why:...
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His and Hers
2002
We Can Be Heroes!
4.909/11
Two kids - about 11 years old - Marcello and Fatima, meet and like each other very much. Both have dreams and problems. Marcello wants to fly but feel...
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We Can Be Heroes!
2011
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
7.115/10893
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch c...
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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
1997
Tic Tac
6.346/26
During one single day a number of life destinies cross one another. It becomes a night for the involved they will never forget, a night when the coinc...
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Tic Tac
2011
Abduction
5.834/3045
For many years, Nathan Harper has had the uneasy feeling that life with his family isn't quite what it seems. As he draws closer to uncovering the tru...
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Abduction
2005
Bang Bang Orangutang
5.375/8
An overworked and stressed out man in the middle of his career causes the worst tragedy that can happen to a family...
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Bang Bang Orangutang
2003
Details
4.714/7
Emma, a young author, goes to see Erik, the publishing editor whom she's sent her debut novel. Their meeting leads to a love affair. The middle-aged E...
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Details
2004
London Voodoo
5.55/10
When ambitious analyst Lincoln Mathers (played by Doug Cockle) relocates his family from New York to London, his wife Sarah (Sara Stewart) discovers a...
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London Voodoo
2013
Disconnect
7.07/1236
A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. An estranged couple uses the internet as a mean...
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Disconnect
1999
On the Last Verse: A Small Film About Death
6/10
The documentary director KG Forsberg makes a film about his dying father.
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On the Last Verse: A Small Film About Death
2001
The Confession
7.2/4
A couple from Estonia visits a town in Sweden. One of the locals visits them a few times until one night things get out of hand after a few drinks. Fr...
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The Confession
2015
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
7.2/18
Short documentary that looks at a number of elements like the initial pitch for the project and the 2nd Unit action sequences.
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John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
2015
Don't F*#% With John Wick
7.653/59
Behind the scenes look at fight choreography and action training.
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Don't F*#% With John Wick
2013
Europa Report
6.297/1572
A crew travels to Europa, Jupiter’s icy moon, to investigate signs of life in its subsurface ocean, but disaster cuts them off from Earth, leading to...
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Europa Report
2005
Wallander: Mastermind
6.4/31
Kurt Wallander and the other police officers try to find the connection between a horrible murder that took place in Ystad and the kidnapping of one o...
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Wallander: Mastermind
2014
Days and Nights
4.5/21
Reckless desire wreaks havoc over Memorial Day weekend as a family confronts the volatile and fragile nature of love. A modern retelling of Anton Chek...
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Days and Nights
1998
Waiting for the Tenor
7.333/3
The author Thomas meets his childhood friend Hoffman on an autumn night in 1997. They decide to let a dream come true: to make a film of a play by Tho...
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Waiting for the Tenor
2013
The Girl from Nagasaki
5.6/5
'The Girl from Nagasaki' is a 3D feature film production of the classic Puccini Opera 'Madam Butterfly,' directed by world renown photographer Michel...
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The Girl from Nagasaki
2001
Hr. Boe & Co.’s Anxiety
5.5/2
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Hr. Boe & Co.’s Anxiety
2014
Paris Follies
5.907/43
Long married 50-somethings Brigitte and Xavier are prize cattle breeders in regional France. Life is good, but the departure of their children from ho...
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Paris Follies
2014
My So-Called Father
5.9/13
Pregnant Malin have no where to go, when her boyfriend breaks up. As a last resort she seeks up her father Martin, even tho they never met. But then b...
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My So-Called Father
2004
Day and Night
6.409/22
Thomas has decided to die, and spends his last day driving around to say good-bye to everybody, his son, wife, mistress and all others. Nobody underst...
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Day and Night
2014
John Wick
7.46/21102
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
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John Wick
1987
Jim and the Pirates Blom
5.643/14
Jim Olsson, eight years old, lives in a small, boring town. His father has passed away recently, but comes back in Jim's fantasies to tell stories. In...
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Jim and the Pirates Blom
2000
Hjärta av sten
3.75/4
A russian hit man gets trapped in Stockholm after killing a competitor. A Swedish police officer trained in Moscow investigates using violent methods....
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Hjärta av sten
2015
For Better and Worse
4/12
A couple on the brink of divorce attempts to hide their crisis at a grand wedding, but it turns out they are not the only ones with false appearances.
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For Better and Worse
2005
Mother of Mine
6.724/49
1943: Nine-year-old Eero whose father is killed during the war is brought to Sweden to foster parents to his protection like thousands of other Finnis...
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Mother of Mine
1998
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
6/42
In this film Beck and his team are trying to find a serial killer, whose victims are spread all over Sweden. An obvious connection is that all the vic...
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Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
1998
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
5.6/34
Inspector Beck and his team get involved in a large-scale smuggling of cesium 133. A gang from the east uses refugees who with a promise to stay in Sw...
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Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
1998
Beck 03 - White Nights
6.3/38
When the police reveal a narcotic smuggling the driver is shot dead. It appears that the driver is Superintendent Martin Beck's son. Beck breaks down...
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Beck 03 - White Nights
2015
The Girl King
6.228/184
A portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to mode...
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The Girl King
2016
Colonia
7.255/2006
A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.
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Colonia
2016
Frank & Lola
5.613/194
A talented Las Vegas chef falls in love with an aspiring fashion designer but turns violently jealous when he realizes that she's hiding dark secrets.
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Frank & Lola
2010
Kennedy's Brain
0/0
A young Swedish freelance investigative journalist dies under mysterious circumstances in South Africa, and his mother sets off in a relentless pursui...
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Kennedy's Brain
2015
The Girl in the Book
5.8/161
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
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The Girl in the Book
2016
A Serious Game
5.481/27
In the 1910s, journalist Arvid Stjärnblom and painter's daughter Lydia Stille fall in love with each other.
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A Serious Game
2016
I.T.
5.398/689
Mike Regan is a successful, self-made man who has it all: a gorgeous wife, a beautiful teenage daughter and a sleek, state-of-the-art “smart home”. Bu...
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I.T.
1998
Personkrets 3:1
6.667/3
A lot of hell and very little heaven heaven among homeless and damaged characters in Stockholm. The young heroin addict couple, the slippery pimp, a m...
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Personkrets 3:1
2017
You Disappear
5.542/24
Frederik is the headmaster of a private school and one day he is being accused of stealing 12 million Danish crowns from the school. But everything is...
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You Disappear
2018
Hunter Killer
6.91/2450
Untested American submarine commander, Capt. Joe Glass of the USS Arkansas, is on the hunt for a U.S. sub in distress in the Arctic Ocean. He soon lea...
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Hunter Killer
2001
Shadow Boys
7/1
Lars Norén's TV-play depicts seven men who have committed terrible crimes and are imprisoned indefinitely. A portrait of a hidden world and a stark re...
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Shadow Boys
1997
Beck - The Man with the Icons
5.6/42
Beck and his men investigates a murder of a Russian woman. At the same time as SÄPO (The Swedish Security Agency) sees a chance of getting a Russian i...
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Beck - The Man with the Icons
2004
ABBA - The Last Video
5.8/10
ABBA - THE LAST VIDEO is the film about four hopeful musicians in search of a record contract. They pay a visit to the Big Record Company Boss and his...
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ABBA - The Last Video
2019
A Hidden Life
7.174/795
Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.
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A Hidden Life
1996
Such Is Life
4.5/10
Tin-Tin is a bar pianist, living with the radio talk show host Paul in a relationship gone stale. Still, her parents are expecting grandchildren. Then...
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Such Is Life
1996
Jerusalem
7.3/15
Members of a devout Christian congregation try to start a new life in Palestine.
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Jerusalem
1997
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
6.3/41
A man working at a garbage incinerator discovers the body of a dead man burned to ashes in the oven. Police detective Martin Beck handles the case. Al...
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Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
1998
Beck 07 - The Money Man
6.2/32
A gay police officer's double life is paid by Becks archenemy, Gavling. A man who runs Stockholm's underworld. In return have the homosexual police, b...
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Beck 07 - The Money Man
2006
Search
4.5/4
Woman, 38, no children no husband! Lisa wants a change of life. She starts internetdating, but it turns out that the more men she meets, the further f...
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Search
2001
Home Sweet Home
7.056/9
The wife and son of an unemployed, foul-tempered man suffer under ever-worsening domestic violence. One day while his father is taking a nap, the youn...
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Home Sweet Home
2016
Michael Nyqvist - Ett porträtt
8/1
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