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Michael Nyqvist

1960 - 2017

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Rolf Åke Mikael Nyqvist (Swedish: [ˈnŷːkvɪst]; 8 November 1960 – 27 June 2017) was a Swedish actor. Educated at the School of Drama in Malmö, he became well known for playing police officer Banck in the 1997–1998 Martin Beck TV series and for his leading role in the 2002 film Grabben i graven bredvid. He was internationally recognized for his role as Mikael Blomkvist in the acclaimed Millennium series and 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 As It Is in Heaven which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 77th Academy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Nyqvist is the 966th most popular actor (down from 887th in 2019), the 205th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 195th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Swedish Actor.

Michael Nyqvist is most famous for his role as Mikael Blomkvist in the Swedish film trilogy, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michael Nyqvist ranks 966 out of 13,578. Before him are Carroll Baker, Ryan Reynolds, Lee Min-ho, Sabu Dastagir, Roddy McDowall, and Tobey Maguire. After him are Emma Watson, Jerry Zucker, Robert Powell, Conchata Ferrell, Hildegard Knef, and Kevin James.

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Among people born in 1960, Michael Nyqvist ranks 60. Before him are Jorge Sampaoli, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Anne Parillaud, Nena, Khaled, and Kristin Scott Thomas. After him are Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, Hossein Salami, Igor Belanov, Sarah Brightman, James Spader, and John Galliano. Among people deceased in 2017, Michael Nyqvist ranks 81. Before him are Pierre Bergé, Jacque Fresco, Peter L. Berger, René Préval, Azzedine Alaïa, and Nicolai Gedda. After him are Zhou Youguang, Peter Abrahams, Jake LaMotta, Abdul Halim of Kedah, Lubomyr Husar, and Fats Domino.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Michael Nyqvist ranks 205 out of 1,879. Before him are Hugo Alfvén (1872), Gunilla Bielke (1568), Per Gessle (1959), Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846), and Joe Hill (1879). After him are Carl Michael Bellman (1740), Oskar Backlund (1846), Inge the Younger (1100), Birger, King of Sweden (1280), Per Teodor Cleve (1840), and Göran Persson (1949).

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Among ACTORS In Sweden

Among actors born in Sweden, Michael Nyqvist ranks 16. Before him are Erland Josephson (1923), Rebecca Ferguson (1983), Harriet Andersson (1932), Britt Ekland (1942), Inger Nilsson (1959), and Ann-Margret (1941). After him are Björn Andrésen (1955), Olof Thunberg (1925), Maud Adams (1945), Lena Olin (1955), Gunnar Björnstrand (1909), and Malin Åkerman (1978).

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