Sven Bert Jonas Karlsson (born 11 March 1971) is a Swedish actor and author. He has won two Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the first for Details (2003) and the second for (2021).
Early life Sven Bert Jonas Karlsson was born on 11 March 1971 in Salem, Sweden. He grew up in Värmdö.
Career
Acting He made his film debut in Rasmus på luffen (1981), at the age of ten.
Karlsson co-starred with Johanna Sällström in Making Babies (2001). Both their performances were positively received by Olov Andersson in Aftonbladet.
He and Livia Millhagen played Johan and Marianne, respectively, in a 2009 stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergmans's 1973 miniseries Scenes from a Marriage. The production, directed by , premiered at the Royal Dramatic Theater. Expressen theater critic praised the performances of both Millhagen and Karlsson.
He won a Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in 2004 for the movie Details.
He appeared in Black Mirror's third season finale, "Hated in the Nation."
For his role as Tommy Lund in Riding in Darkness (2022), he was nominated for Best Male Performance in a Television Production at Kristallen 2023. He also earned an International Emmy nomination.
Writing In 2007, he made his literary debut with the short story collection . His second short story collection Den perfekte vännen was released in 2009, and received praise from in Dagens Nyheter.
He wrote three short novels that were translated into English: The Room, The Invoice, and The Circus. The Room was adapted into the 2022 American English-language film Corner Office starring Jon Hamm. His writing often features weird characters and Kafkaesque surrealism.
Acting credits
Film YearTitleRoleNotes1981Rasmus på luffen1993Sökarna1999Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen2000Once in a Lifetime 2001Tsatsiki – vänner för alltidMaking Babies2003Details2004Strings2005Storm2005Bang Bang Orangutang2006Offside2010Bad Faith - Ond Tro2012CockpitValle2017The Snowman2018Ted – För kärlekens skull2021Tyko Johnsson2022Together 99Jonas2024Vanheden 2025 The Von Fersens Netflix
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2015–2023Beck2016Black MirrorRasmus SjöbergEpisode: "Hated in the Nation"2019Riding in DarknessTommy Lund2024–present2026Vaka
Theater YearTitleRoleTheaterNotes2009Scenes from a MarriageJohanRoyal Dramatic TheaterLittle stage2015LadykillersThe ProfessorOscar Theater2019Waiting for GodotEstragonRoyal Dramatic TheaterLittle stage
Bibliography Det andra målet (2007) Den perfekte vännen : noveller (2009) Spår i Snön (2011) Spelreglerna (2012) God jul : en berättelse (2013) Fakturan (2014)
Awards and nominations
Year Award Work Result 2004Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleDetails2021Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
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