Sven Thomas Hanzon (born 20 June 1962) is a Swedish actor, stage actor at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and former footballer. He has worked with Ingmar Bergman in both movies and on stage.
Biography Early life and football career Hanzon was born Sven Thomas Hansson 1962 in Stockholm.
In his youth, Hanzon played football for Djurgårdens IF, coming through as a full back. He made his senior debut in the derby against Hammarby IF at the age of 17. He also played on the Swedish youth national team. He left a promising career as a professional footballer to pursue an acting career. Ending his career at the age of 18, he had played 21 matches for Djurgården in the Swedish top-tier Allsvenskan, lost the 1980 Swedish junior championship final to Örgryte IS, and played 10 matches for the Sweden U19 team.
Hanzon, with several others, started the theatre group Theater Cameleont in 1982. The group later became Club Cameleont. He wrote A Joker in the Game on behalf of the Swedish Church.
Stockholm City Theatre Hanzon was discovered by a producer from the Stockholm City Theatre. He made his debut in 1985 in Arnold. He remained with the theater for several years and received most of his acting education there. He did not stay at the theater due to his lack of formal education, and then became involved in drama.
Hanzon made his film debut in 1987 in Colin Nutley movie Nionde kompaniet. He made his TV debut in 1987 on Swedish Television Drama in Stieg Trenter's series Lysande landning. Ingmar Bergman directed Hanzon in the TV production Private Confessions. He played in the Bergman movie Faithless in 2000, directed by Liv Ullmann. The movie won several honours, including the Festival Award Jury's Special Prize in Belgium.
The Royal Dramatic Theatre Hanzon joined the Royal Dramatic Theatre where he had his first role as the young Danceny in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and he has been part of the permanent ensemble ever since.
With the Royal Dramatic Theatre Hanzon has collaborated in multiple productions with the director Ingmar Bergman. He has also collaborated with directors , Tommy Bergren, and Arthur Miller. He has also worked with Lars Norén and Robert Lepage. With the Royal Dramatic Theatre he collaborated with Peter Birro in Den ömhet jag är värd, directed by Stefan Larsson, in 2008, and in Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage, directed by Staffan Roos, in 2009.
Personal life In 2014, Hanzon married Åsa Hultman, with whom he lives in Stockholm. He has two children (including actor Edvin Endre) from his previous relationship with actress Lena Endre, whom he dated from 1986 to 1999.
Selected filmography 1987 – Nionde kompaniet (Ninth Company) 1994 – Leken 1994 – Yrrol 1995 – Älskar, älskar inte (Loving, Not Loving) 1997 – Tic Tac 1998 – Mighty Joe Young (voice as Gregory O'Hara) 1999 – Vägen ut 2000 – Hassel – Förgörarna 2000 – Trolösa 2000 – Livet är en schlager 2000 – The Little Mermaid 2 (voice as Eric) 2001 – Det största i världen 2002 – Beck – Sista vittnet 2005 – Van Veeteren – Borkmanns punkt 2005 – Van Veeteren – Münsters fall 2005 – Van Veeteren – Carambole 2006 – Van Veeteren – Svalan, Katten, Rosen, Döden 2006 – Van Veeteren – Fallet G as Münster 2007 – Underbar och älskad av alla (Wonderful and Loved by Everyone) 2011 – Jag saknar dig as Albert 2014 – Medicinen (The Medicine) as Magnus 2015 – Sverige år fantastiskt (Sverige er fantastisk) as Svend-Erik 2015 – Dödsdansen – generalrepetitionen (The Dance of Death – General Rehearsal) 2015 – Så ock på Jorden (Heaven on Earth) as Bruno 2016 – Jag älskar dig – en skilsmässokomedi (I Love You – A Divorce Comedy) as Nils 2016 – Krigarnas ö (The Name of the Game) as Police 2024 - In the Name of God as Jonas
TV theatre, TV series selected 1987 – Lysande landning 1989 – Tiger Rag 1990 – Destination Nordsjön (Destination North Sea) 1996 – Anna Holt – polis 1996 – Ett sorts Hades 1996 – Enskilda samtal 1996 – Zonen 1999 – Personkrets 3:1 2002 – Pappa polis 2003 – Solisterna 2003 – Vera med flera 2005 – Livet enligt Rosa 2005 – Wallander as Zoran 2006 – Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé (The Eagle) as Patrik 2007 – Leende guldbruna ögon (Golden Brown Eyes) as Hasse Manheimer 2007 – Der Kommissar und das Meer (The Inspector and the Sea) as Kristian Norström 2007 – Kodenavn Hunter as Göran 2008 – Häxdansen as Patrik 2008 – Livvagterne (The Protectors) as Gabriel Magnusson 2008 – Livet i Fagervik as Jörgen Wikman 2012 – Hellfjord as Bosse Nova 2013 – Morden i Sandhamn – den innersta kretsen (The Sandhamn Murders) as Ingmar 2013 – Maria Wern – Drömmen förde dig vilse (Maria Wern) as Anders 2014 – Portkod 1525 2018 – Der Kommissar und das Meer 2019 – Das Mädchen am Strand 2020 – Agent Hamilton
Theatre Year Role Production Director Theatre 1985 David Arnold Harvey Fierstein Jan Maagaard Stockholm City Theatre 1986 ResidentPerikles William Shakespeare Eva Ultz Stockholm City Theatre Boy 1 The park Botho Strauss Jan Maagaard Stockholm City Theatre1989 Danceny Dangerous Liaisons Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Brigitte Ornstein Royal Dramatic Theatre1990 Blixt Amorina Carl Jonas Love Almqvist Peter Stormare Stockholm City Theatre 1991 Egil The old man son Egil Böjgen Fool Ingert, in the third part Peer Gynt Henrik Ibsen Ingmar Bergman Royal Dramatic Theatre Tybalt Romeo och Julia William Shakespeare Peter Langdal Royal Dramatic Theatre John Peter Pan J.M. Barrie Jackie Söderman Royal Dramatic Theatre 1992 Romeo Romeo och Julia William Shakespeare Peter Langdal Royal Dramatic Theatre Happy Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller Arthur Miller Royal Dramatic Theatre 1993 Joey The Homecoming Thommy Berggren Royal Dramatic Theatre The King Happy Birthday! Lars Löfgren Royal Dramatic Theatre 1994 Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt Strindberg behind the scenes 1995 Philinte Misantropen Molière Ingmar Bergman Royal Dramatic Theatre 1998 Heiner The Human Circle 3:1 Lars Norén Lars Norén Royal Dramatic Theatre Calisto Celestina Fernando de Rojas Robert Lepage Royal Dramatic Theatre 2001 Henrik Life in three versions Kia Berglund Royal Dramatic Theatre 2002 Adolphe Rus August Strindberg Stefan Larsson Royal Dramatic Theatre 2003 Multiple characters Alice i Underlandet Lewis Carroll, Lucas Svensson and Ole Anders Tandberg Ole Anders Tandberg Royal Dramatic Theatre 2004 Axel Friends August Strindberg Hilda Hellwig Royal Dramatic Theatre 2006 Banquo Macbeth William Shakespeare Staffan Valdemar Holm Royal Dramatic Theatre Wurm Intrigue and Love Friedrich Schiller Hilda Hellwig Royal Dramatic Theatre 2009 Alain Reille Le Diu du Carnage Yasmina Reza Staffan Roos Royal Dramatic Theatre 2010 Bill Fordham August: Osage County Tracy Letts Stefan Larsson Royal Dramatic Theatre 2012 Oscar Ekdahl Fanny and Alexander Ingmar Bergman Stefan Larsson Royal Dramatic Theatre2013Oscar EkdahlFanny and Alexander Ingmar BergmanStefan LarssonRoyal Dramatic Theatre 2013 Johan Tönnesen The societys mainstay Gunnel Lindblom Royal Dramatic Theatre Tamburmajoren Woyzeck Michael Thalheimer Royal Dramatic Theatre2014Oscar EkdahlFanny and Alexander Ingmar BergmanStefan LarssonRoyal Dramatic Theatre 2014 Paul Schwarzes Tier Traurigkeit Tobias Theorell Royal Dramatic Theatre Kurt The Dance of Death August Strindberg Stefan Larsson The Maxim Theatre2015Oscar EkdahlFanny and Alexander Ingmar BergmanStefan LarssonRoyal Dramatic Theatre 2015 Eugene Jr And give us shadows Lars Norén Eirik Stubø Royal Dramatic Theatre 2016Friedrich HofreiterThe big expanse Arthur Schnitzler Tobias Theorell Royal Dramatic Theatre Oscar Ekdahl Fanny and Alexander Ingmar Bergman Stefan Larsson Royal Dramatic Theatre2017Oscar EkdahlFanny and Alexander Ingmar BergmanStefan LarssonRoyal Dramatic Theatre 2017 Farmhand Johan Molnens brother Barbro Lindgren Lars Rudolfsson Royal Dramatic Theatre Eugene Jr And give us shadows Lars Norén Eirik Stubø Royal Dramatic Theatre2018Gustav Adolf EkdahlFanny and Alexander Ingmar BergmanStefan LarssonRoyal Dramatic Theatre 2018–2019 Multiple characters Peer Gynt Henrik Ibsen Michael Thalheimer Royal Dramatic Theatre I A night in the Swedish summer Erland Josephson Eirik Stubø Royal Dramatic Theatre 2019 Kurt The Death Dance August Strindberg Stefan Larsson The Maxim Theatre 2020 We here you -Greta Thunberg speech Jacob Hirdwall Ada Berger and Jacob Hirdwall Royal Dramatic Theatre
Audiobooks (selection) 2020 – Flowers over hell by Ilaria Tuti 2020 – Unhappy in Paradise by Christian Rück 2020 – Edward Finnigans restoration by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström 2020 – Sleep Tight by Anders Roslund 2019 – Box 21 by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström 2019 – Moratorium by Monica Rehn 2019 – Dark Powers by Torsten Bengtsson 2019 – Unlikely reasons by Hannes Dükler 2019 – Happy Birthday! by Anders Roslund 2018 – The Phenomenon Ingvar Kamprad by Anders Ström 2018 – The chef that got out of his room by Nicolas Jaquenout 2018 – The Beast by Anders Roslund and Stefan Thunberg 2017 – Exit West by Mosin Hamid 2017 – A brother to die for by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström 2016 – Three minutes by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström 2019 – The Bear Dance by Anders Roslund and Stefan Thunberg
Prize and distinction 1998 – George hatt- for People cirkel 3:1 2012 – Gunn Wållgren Award 2015 – Daniel Engdahls-award
Jury work Thomas Hanzon has been in many different juries for film awards. "Risings Star" on Stockholm International Film Festival 2015 "Best Female Actress" on Internationell Emmy Awards 2016 Head Jury, XXIX Stockholm Competition on Stockholm International Film Festival 2018
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