Gösta Ekman
Encyclopedia
Hans Gösta Gustaf Ekman (born 28 July 1939 in Stockholm
) is a Swedish
actor
.
series. Although most famous for his comedic works, especially for his collaboration with the comic duo Hasseåtage
on stage and in films (where he often played the leading parts), he has also done other things, including a series of drama/police films where he played the famous Swedish fictive policeman Martin Beck
.
Gösta Ekman is the third generation in a family line of prominent Swedish actors starting with his paternal grandfather also named Gösta Ekman
(senior) and then his father Hasse Ekman
, a successful film director and actor. The "Ekman theatre family" also include his brothers Stefan Ekman (also an actor) and Mikael Ekman (stage director), and his niece Sanna Ekman (actress).
Sometimes credited as Gösta Ekman Jr. to avoid being confused with his famous grandfather.
Married to artist Marie-Louise Ekman
(previously married Marie-Louise De Geer Bergenstråhle; née Fuchs). He was in the 1960s married to Fatima Ekman (née Gerhard).
Officially retired from stage and acting work in 2003, although he played leading parts in his wife Marie-Louise Ekman's two films "Asta Nilssons sällskap" (2005) och "Pingvinresan" (2005). In 2007, he directed the play "Gäckanden" for the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatre (Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern) in Stockholm, so if he really is retired is a confusing question. Gösta Ekman won the Swedish film award Guldbaggen in 1993 for his role as policeman Martin Beck in the Guldbagge-winning film "Mannen på balkongen", based on the novel by Sjöwall and Wahlöö
from 1967. Ekman also won the special award Hedersguldbaggen (Honorable Guldbagge) in 2008 for his services for the Swedish film and theatre industry.
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
) is a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
Biography
One of Sweden's most appreciated, respected and popular actors; Gösta Ekman started his career in theatre but has also appeared in several Swedish films, including the JönssonliganJönssonligan
Jönssonligan, literally the Jönsson League, is featured in a series of comedic Swedish films. The gang consists of the criminal genius Charles Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson, hence the name, and his two companions "Dynamit-Harry" and Ragnar Vanheden...
series. Although most famous for his comedic works, especially for his collaboration with the comic duo Hasseåtage
Hasseåtage
Hasseåtage is the commonly used name for the popular Swedish comedy-duo featuring Hans "Hasse" Alfredson and Tage Danielsson. The term was created by the Swedish press in the 1960s, and was never used by the duo themselves...
on stage and in films (where he often played the leading parts), he has also done other things, including a series of drama/police films where he played the famous Swedish fictive policeman Martin Beck
Martin Beck
Martin Beck is a fictional Swedish police detective who is the main character in a series of ten novels by Sjöwall and Wahlöö, collectively titled The Story of a Crime...
.
Gösta Ekman is the third generation in a family line of prominent Swedish actors starting with his paternal grandfather also named Gösta Ekman
Gösta Ekman (senior)
Gösta Ekman, Sr. , born Frans Gösta Viktor Ekman, was a Swedish actor. Generally spoken of as Swedish theatre's most legendary stage actor, Gösta Ekman enjoyed a prolific stage career during his short life, becoming the first real star of Swedish theatre...
(senior) and then his father Hasse Ekman
Hasse Ekman
Hasse Ekman was a Swedish director, actor, writer and producer for film, stage and television.Hasse Ekman is probably Sweden's most successful and critically acclaimed film director pre Ingmar Bergman and post Sjöström and Stiller, with his peak in mid-1940s to the year 1950...
, a successful film director and actor. The "Ekman theatre family" also include his brothers Stefan Ekman (also an actor) and Mikael Ekman (stage director), and his niece Sanna Ekman (actress).
Sometimes credited as Gösta Ekman Jr. to avoid being confused with his famous grandfather.
Married to artist Marie-Louise Ekman
Marie-Louise Ekman
Marie-Louise Ester Maude Ekman, née Fuchs, and known during her first marriage under the surname De Geer, and during and after her second as De Geer Bergenstråhle is a Swedish painter and film director...
(previously married Marie-Louise De Geer Bergenstråhle; née Fuchs). He was in the 1960s married to Fatima Ekman (née Gerhard).
Officially retired from stage and acting work in 2003, although he played leading parts in his wife Marie-Louise Ekman's two films "Asta Nilssons sällskap" (2005) och "Pingvinresan" (2005). In 2007, he directed the play "Gäckanden" for the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatre (Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern) in Stockholm, so if he really is retired is a confusing question. Gösta Ekman won the Swedish film award Guldbaggen in 1993 for his role as policeman Martin Beck in the Guldbagge-winning film "Mannen på balkongen", based on the novel by Sjöwall and Wahlöö
Sjöwall and Wahlöö
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, a common-law wife and husband team of detective writers from Sweden. Together they conceived and wrote a series of ten novels about the exploits of detectives from the special homicide commission of the national police in which the character of Martin Beck was the...
from 1967. Ekman also won the special award Hedersguldbaggen (Honorable Guldbagge) in 2008 for his services for the Swedish film and theatre industry.
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Selected filmography
- 2003 - Skenbart - en film om tåg
- 2003 - Illusive TracksIllusive TracksIllusive Tracks is a Swedish dark comedy thriller film from 2003 directed by Peter Dalle, starring Peter Dalle, Gustaf Hammarsten, Robert Gustafsson, Gösta Ekman and others....
- 2000 - En fot i graven (TV-series)
- 2000 - Soldater i månsken (mini series)
- 2000 - Det blir aldrig som man tänkt sig
- 1995 - En på miljonen
- 1994 - Polismördaren(Beck-film)
- 1994 - Stockholm Marathon (Beck-film)
- 1993 - Brandbilen som försvann (Beck-film)
- 1994 - The Man on the BalconyThe Man on the Balcony (film)The Man on the Balcony is a Swedish/German crime thriller from 1993, based on the book The Man on the Balcony written by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. This is the fourth film which stars Gösta Ekman as Martin Beck and Rolf Lassgård as Gunvald Larsson...
(Beck-film) - 1993 - Polis polis potatismos (Beck-film)
- 1993 - Roseanna (Beck-film)
- 1992 - Vennerman och Winge (TV-series)
- 1991 - Duo Jag (TV-series)
- 1990 - Den hemliga vännen
- 1989 - Jönssonligan på MallorcaJönssonligan på MallorcaJönssonligan på Mallorca is a Swedish film about the gang Jönssonligan, made in 1989.-Cast:*Gösta Ekman as Charles-Ingvar 'Sickan' Jönsson*Björn Gustafson as Dynamit-Harry...
- 1988 - Vargens tid
- 1986 - Jönssonligan dyker upp igenJönssonligan dyker upp igenJönssonligan dyker upp igen is a 1986 Swedish comedy film, one of a series of films made about Jönssonligan, a gang of criminals.-Cast:* Gösta Ekman as Charles-Ingvar 'Sickan' Jönsson* Ulf Brunnberg as Ragnar Vanheden* Björn Gustafson as Dynamit-Harry...
- 1986 - Morrhår och ärtor (also director)
- 1985 - Dödspolare
- 1984 - Jönssonligan får guldfeberJönssonligan får guldfeberJönssonligan får guldfeber is a Swedish film about the gang Jönssonligan made in 1984....
- 1984 - Magister Flykt (narrator)
- 1984 – Slagskämpen
- 1983 - P&B
- 1983 - Kalabaliken i Bender
- 1982 - Den enfaldige mördarenThe Simple-Minded MurderThe Simple-Minded Murder is a 1981 Swedish drama film directed by Hasse Alfredson, starring Stellan Skarsgård, as the feeble-minded Sven Olsson.-Plot:...
(The Simple-Minded Murder) (HasseåtageHasseåtageHasseåtage is the commonly used name for the popular Swedish comedy-duo featuring Hans "Hasse" Alfredson and Tage Danielsson. The term was created by the Swedish press in the 1960s, and was never used by the duo themselves...
-film) - 1982 - Jönssonligan och Dynamit-HarryJönssonligan och Dynamit-HarryJönssonligan och Dynamit-Harry is a Swedish film about the gang Jönssonligan....
- 1982 - Gräsänklingar (One Week Bachelors)
- 1981 - Varning för JönssonliganVarning för JönssonliganVarning för Jönssonligan is a Swedish movie about the gang Jönssonligan made in 1981. Filming dates: July 1981 – September 1981-Cast:*Gösta Ekman as Charles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson*Ulf Brunnberg as Ragnar Vanheden*Nils Brandt as Rocky...
- 1981 - SOPORSoporSopor is abnormally deep sleep or a stupor which is difficult to get rid of. Sopor may be caused by a drug. Such drugs are deemed soporific....
(HasseåtageHasseåtageHasseåtage is the commonly used name for the popular Swedish comedy-duo featuring Hans "Hasse" Alfredson and Tage Danielsson. The term was created by the Swedish press in the 1960s, and was never used by the duo themselves...
-film) - 1980 - Mannen som blev miljonär
- 1979 - En kärleks sommar
- 1979 - Farbrorn som inte ville va' stor (narrator)
- 1978 - Picassos äventyrThe Adventures of PicassoThe Adventures of Picasso is a 1978 Swedish film comedy directed by Tage Danielsson, starring Gösta Ekman, as the famous painter...
(The Adventures of Picasso) (HasseåtageHasseåtageHasseåtage is the commonly used name for the popular Swedish comedy-duo featuring Hans "Hasse" Alfredson and Tage Danielsson. The term was created by the Swedish press in the 1960s, and was never used by the duo themselves...
-film) - 1978 - En vandring i solen
- 1976 - Face to FaceFace to Face (1976 film)Face to Face is a 1976 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. It tells the story of a psychiatrist who is suffering from a mental illness. It stars Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson. The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition...
- 1976 - En dåres försvarstal (TV-series)
- 1975 - Släpp fångarne loss, det är vår! (Release the Prisoners to SpringRelease the Prisoners to SpringRelease the Prisoners to Spring is a 1975 Swedish film comedy directed by Tage Danielsson....
) (HasseåtageHasseåtageHasseåtage is the commonly used name for the popular Swedish comedy-duo featuring Hans "Hasse" Alfredson and Tage Danielsson. The term was created by the Swedish press in the 1960s, and was never used by the duo themselves...
-film) - 1975 - Ägget är löst! (HasseåtageHasseåtageHasseåtage is the commonly used name for the popular Swedish comedy-duo featuring Hans "Hasse" Alfredson and Tage Danielsson. The term was created by the Swedish press in the 1960s, and was never used by the duo themselves...
-film) - 1974 - Dunderklumpen!Dunderklumpen!Dunderklumpen! is a 1974 Swedish family film directed by Per Åhlin, which combines animation and live action. The story involves several musical numbers. It was released on 26 September 1974.- Plot :...
(voice) - 1973 - Kvartetten som sprängdes (The Quartet That Broke Up) (TV-series)
- 1972 - Mannen som slutade röka (The Man Who Quit SmokingThe Man Who Quit SmokingThe Man Who Quit Smoking is a 1972 Swedish film comedy directed by Tage Danielsson, starring Gösta Ekman, Grynet Molvig, Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt and Gunn Wållgren, a.o. The film is known as "a Hasseåtage-film" and is a great cult classic in Sweden.-Plot:The Plot focuses on Dante Alighieri, a young...
) (HasseåtageHasseåtageHasseåtage is the commonly used name for the popular Swedish comedy-duo featuring Hans "Hasse" Alfredson and Tage Danielsson. The term was created by the Swedish press in the 1960s, and was never used by the duo themselves...
-film) - 1972 - Experimentlek
- 1971 - Äppelkriget (The Apple WarThe Apple WarThe Apple War is a 1971 Swedish comedy-drama film directed by Tage Danielsson, starring Gösta Ekman, Hans Alfredsson, Tage Danielsson, Monica Zetterlund and Max von Sydow. The political theme of the film is the battle between nature on the one hand and commercialisation and industrialisation on...
) (HasseåtageHasseåtageHasseåtage is the commonly used name for the popular Swedish comedy-duo featuring Hans "Hasse" Alfredson and Tage Danielsson. The term was created by the Swedish press in the 1960s, and was never used by the duo themselves...
-film) - 1971 - Niklas och figuren
- 1969 - Duett för kannibaler
- 1969 - Som natt och dag
- 1968 - I huvet på en gammal gubbe (Out of an Old Man's Head) (HasseåtageHasseåtageHasseåtage is the commonly used name for the popular Swedish comedy-duo featuring Hans "Hasse" Alfredson and Tage Danielsson. The term was created by the Swedish press in the 1960s, and was never used by the duo themselves...
-film) - 1968 - Jag älskar, du älskar
- 1966 - Yngsjömordet
- 1965 - Att angöra en brygga (Docking the BoatDocking the BoatDocking the Boat is a Swedish dark comedy film from 1965 directed by Tage Danielsson. The film stars Gösta Ekman, Monica Zetterlund, Hans Alfredson, Lars Ekborg and Birgitta Andersson have acquired a mild cult following in Sweden for their acting in this film...
) (HasseåtageHasseåtageHasseåtage is the commonly used name for the popular Swedish comedy-duo featuring Hans "Hasse" Alfredson and Tage Danielsson. The term was created by the Swedish press in the 1960s, and was never used by the duo themselves...
-film) - 1965 - Festivitetssalongen
- 1965 - Nattcafé
- 1964 - Svenska bilder (HasseåtageHasseåtageHasseåtage is the commonly used name for the popular Swedish comedy-duo featuring Hans "Hasse" Alfredson and Tage Danielsson. The term was created by the Swedish press in the 1960s, and was never used by the duo themselves...
-film - 1962 - Chans
- 1962 - Nils Holgerssons underbara resa
- 1956 - Swing it, fröken