Michael Nyqvist

Personal Info

Birthday

November 8, 1960

Day of Death

2017-06-27

(56 years old)

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

Michael Nyqvist

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Nyqvist, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.