--- name: "Rolf Lassgård" canonical: "https://film.one/person/rolf-lassgard" roles: ["Actor"] born: "29 March 1955" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-19T09:46:21.091883+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." --- # Rolf Lassgård Actor. Born 29 March 1955 in Östersund, Jämtland, Sverige. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 29 March 1955, Östersund, Jämtland, Sverige - **Also known as:** 롤프 라스가드, Rolf Holger Lassgård - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Lassg%C3%A5rd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349729, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0489858/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32684 ## Coming up - *Arne Goes to Space* (2026-10-16), as Arne ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Downsizing*](https://film.one/film/downsizing.md) (60) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Rolf Lassgård is a Swedish actor. He trained at the National Swedish School of Acting in Malmö from 1975 to 1978, after which he joined Skånska Teatern in Landskrona and later Folkteatern in Gävle. He is known for roles including Ove in *A Man Called Ove* (2015), Erik Bäckström in *The Hunters* (1996) and its sequel, and Dr. Jorgen Asbjørnsen in *Downsizing* (2017). Lassgård has received six Guldbagge Award nominations for best actor and won twice, for *Min store tjocke far* (1992) and *A Man Called Ove*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Downsizing* (2017), Fi1m 60, as Dr. Jorgen Asbjørnsen — [page](https://film.one/film/downsizing.md) ## Complete filmography (87) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Arne Goes to Space* (2026), as Arne - *Summer of 1985* (2026), series, as Krutgubben - *Bamse and the Secret of the Sea* (2025), as Bamse (voice) - *Petra goes Swimming* (2025), as Erik Andersson - *Bamse och världens minsta äventyr* (2025), series, as Bamse (Voice) - *Whiskey on the Rocks* (2024), series, as Thorbjörn Fälldin - *When in Rome* (2024), as Johannes - *Bamse and the World's Smallest Adventure* (2023), as Bamse (voice) - *Second Act* (2023), as Harald - *Surprise* (2023), as Tom - *Blackwater* (2023), series, as Birger Torbjörnsson (1991) - *Love Proof* (2022), as Thomas - *Quiet Freedom* (2022), as Erik - *Bamse and the Volcano Island* (2021), as Bamse (voice) - *Chess Story* (2021), as Owen McConnor - *The Investigation* (2020), series, as Joachim Wall - *My Father Marianne* (2020), as Lasse / Marianne - *The Spy* (2019), as Akrell - *Exit* (2019), series, as Michaek Beskow, Mikael Beskow - *The Hunters* (2018), series, as Erik Bäckström - *The Dying Detective* (2018), series, as Lars Martin Johansson - *Downsizing* (2017), as Dr. Jorgen Asbjørnsen — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/downsizing.md) - *The Lion Woman* (2016), as Gustav - *Fatal News* (2016), series, as Ray, Kay Steenkamp - *A Man Called Ove* (2015), as Ove - *Miraklet i Viskan* (2015), as Bjarne - *The Fourth Man* (2014), series, as Lars Martin Johansson - *Fröken Frimans krig* (2013), series, as Ruben Leman - *Uferlos!* (2013), as Mikkel Nordergren - *Death of a Pilgrim* (2013), series, as Lars Martin Johansson - *False Trail* (2011), as Erik Bäckström - *Den fördömde* (2010), series, as Sebastian Bergman - *Dag* (2010), series, as Ernst - *Kennedy's Brain* (2010), as Prof. Hellstrom - *So Different* (2009), as Martin Larsson - *Storm* (2009), as Jonas Dahlberg - *A Rational Solution* (2009), as Erland Fjellgren - *Ellas Geheimnis* (2009), Actor - *House of Fools* (2008), as Freiner - *Angel* (2008), as Rick - *The Pyramid* (2007), as Kurt Wallander - *Black Island Sisters* (2007), as Kurre - *To Love Someone* (2007), as Alf - *Wallander - Firewall* (2007), series, as Kurt Wallander - *Möbelhandlarens dotter* (2006), series, as Verner Tidman - *After the Wedding* (2006), as Jørgen - *One Step Behind* (2005), as Wallander - *The Queen of Sheba's Pearls* (2004), as Deafy - *Three Suns* (2004), as Torben Barberare - *Mannen Som Log* (2003), series, as Kurt Wallander - *Capricciosa* (2003), as Henrik's Father - *The Fifth Woman* (2002), series, as Kurt Wallander - *Wallander: Sidetracked* (2001), series, as Wallander - *Family Secrets* (2001), as Bosse Bendricks - *Gossip* (2000), as Magnus Wiktorsson - *Where The Rainbow Ends* (1999), as Rajje - Raymond - *The Magnetist’s Fifth Winter* (1999), as Selander - *Under the Sun* (1998), as Olof - *Kvinnan i det låsta rummet* (1998), series, as Axel Hellner - *Their Frozen Dream* (1997), as Knut Frænkel (voice) - *The White Lioness* (1996), as Wallander - *Such Is Life* (1996), as Olle Sundqvist - *Hundarna i Riga* (1996), series, as Kurt Wallander - *The Potato Seller* (1996), as Sture - *The Hunters* (1996), as Erik Bäckström - *The Dogs of Riga* (1995), as Kurt Wallander - *Wallander: Faceless Killers* (1995), series, as Kurt Wallander - *Wallander (Henning Mankells)* (1995), series, as Wallander - *The Tears of Saint Peter* (1995), as Mayor - *Stockholm Marathon* (1994), as Gunvald Larsson - *Sommarmord* (1994), as 'Backhammer', chief of police - *Cop Killer* (1994), as Gunvald Larsson - *Historien om ett brott* (1993), series, as Gunvald Larsson - *Bella Block* (1993), series, as Gunnar Andersson - *The Man on the Balcony* (1993), as Gunvald Larsson - *Murder at the Savoy* (1993), as Gunvald Larsson - *Roseanna* (1993), as Gunvald Larsson - *The Slingshot* (1993), as Prisoner - *The Story of the Father Who Baked Princesses* (1993), Actor - *The Fire Engine That Disappeared* (1993), as Gunvald Larsson - *Kejsarn av Portugallien* (1992), series, as Agrippa - *My Big Fat Father* (1992), as Fritz Algot 'Tjaffo' Nilsson - *Sunes jul* (1991), series, as Skogsvaktmästaren - *Önskas* (1991), as Bosse - *Kyrkkaffe* (1989), Actor - *Limpan* (1983), Actor - *The Swimmer*, as Odvar ## Gallery - ![Rolf Lassgård](https://film.one/media/person/1069681/gallery-2abf5779f9da.jpg) Rolf Lassgård — Siebbi, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Rolf_Lassg%C3%A5rd_%28Berlin_Film_Festival_2009%29.jpg/1280px-Rolf_Lassg%C3%A5rd_%28Berlin_Film_Festival_2009%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Rolf Lassgård under presentationen av den Svenska filmhösten i Filmhuset i Stockholm den 17 augusti 2015.](https://film.one/media/person/1069681/gallery-8ff3ae822a50.jpg) Rolf Lassgård under presentationen av den Svenska filmhösten i Filmhuset i Stockholm den 17 augusti 2015. — Frankie Fouganthin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Rolf_Lassg%C3%A5rd_in_Aug_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Rolf Lassgård under presentationen av den Svenska filmhösten i Filmhuset i Stockholm den 17 augusti 2015.](https://film.one/media/person/1069681/gallery-6cdb0b261582.jpg) Rolf Lassgård under presentationen av den Svenska filmhösten i Filmhuset i Stockholm den 17 augusti 2015. — Frankie Fouganthin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Rolf_Lassg%C3%A5rd_in_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Rolf Lassgård](https://film.one/media/person/1069681/gallery-db5e1a0acfce.jpg) Rolf Lassgård — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated - European Film Award for Best Actor 2016: European Film Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *A Man Called Ove* - Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 2015: Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (won), for *A Man Called Ove* - Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 1992: Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (won), for *Night of the Orangutan* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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