---
name: "Kjell Nilsson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kjell-nilsson"
fi1m_id: "kjell-nilsson"
imdb_id: "nm0632250"
tmdb_id: 933020
wikidata_id: "Q3197697"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 December 1949"
died: "2 July 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:34:57.657913+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kjell Nilsson

## Identity

Kjell Nilsson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kjell-nilsson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kjell-nilsson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0632250
- **TMDB ID:** 933020
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3197697
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjell_Nilsson_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3197697, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0632250/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/933020

Actor. Born 19 December 1949 in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. Died 2 July 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 December 1949, Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
- **Died:** 2 July 2026
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjell_Nilsson_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3197697, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0632250/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/933020

## Biography

Kjell Nilsson was a Swedish actor and Olympic-class weightlifter. Born in Gothenburg in 1949, he moved to Australia in 1980 to train Swedish athletes for the Moscow Olympics. There he met actress Kate Ferguson, whom he married; she encouraged him to seek work in the Australian film industry.

Nilsson is best known for his role as the antagonist Lord Humungus in *Mad Max 2* (1981). He also appeared as a pirate in *The Pirate Movie* (1982) and in other 1980s productions including *The Edge of Power* (1987). He returned to acting for *Howlin' Refrain* (2023).

Nilsson died in Queensland, Australia, in 2026.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mad Max 2* (1981), Fi1m 88, as The Humungus — [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-2.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Howlin’ Refrain* (2023), as Bronson
- *Fish Out of Water* (1993), as Turistkoncert
- *Edge of Power* (1989), as Jorma
- *Hard Knuckle* (1988), as The Bouncer
- *The Pirate Movie* (1982), as Pirate
- *Mad Max 2* (1981), as The Humungus — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-2.md)
- *Hela långa dagen* (1979), as Pingos kompis

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