Ingvar Hirdwall (December 5, 1934 – April 6, 2023) was born in Stockholm, and was educated at Gothenburg City Theatre stage school 1957-1960. Since the early 1960s until his death he has been active as an actor in many films, TV series and on theatrical stages, mainly Stockholms stadsteater. He is well known in Sweden, was often portraying obstinate or strange characters, like the eccentric neighbor in the many Swedish Martin Beck TV-movies made from 1997 on. He was also often in director Lars Molin's productions. In December 1993, Hirdwall played the leading role in the Swedish TV company SVT's annual children's Christmas “Advent calendar” - Tomtemaskinen (The mechanical santa), one of the Pettson and Findus stories by Sven Nordqvist - with one 15-minute part shown each day up until Christmas Eve. Hirdwall played the character of Pettson. Hirdwall received the Swedish Guldbagge Award for Best Actor at the 17th Guldbagge Awards for Barnens ö (Children's Island) and the Thaliapriset prize in 1993. Hirdwall was married to the actress Marika Lindström. They have two children, director Jacob Hirdwall and actress Agnes Hirdwall.

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• 2024Beck - bakom kulisserna — Grannen (archive footage)
• 2023Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo — Grannen
• 2023Beck 49 - Inferno — Grannen
• 2023Beck 50 - Deadlock — Grannen
• 2022Beck 44 - Rage Room — Grannen
• 2022Beck 45 - 58 Minutes — Grannen
• 2022Beck 46 - The Crying Cop — Grannen
• 2022Beck 47 - The Death Trap — Grannen
• 2021Beck - Den förlorade sonen — Grannen
• 2021Beck 41 - Death in Samarra — Grannen
• 2021Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past — Grannen
• 2020Beck 39 - Undercover — Grannen
• 2020Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt — Grannen
• 2018Beck 35 - Your Own Blood — Grannen
• 2018Beck 36 - The Thin Ice — Grannen
• 2018Beck 37 - Without Intent — Grannen
• 2018Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate — Grannen
• 2016Beck 31 - Gunvald — Grannen
• 2016Beck 32 - Steinar — Grannen
• 2016Beck 33 - End of the Road — Grannen
• 2016Beck: The Last Day — Grannen
• 2015Beck 27 - Room 302 — Valdemar
• 2015Beck 28 - The Family — Grannen
• 2015Beck 29 - Invasion — Grannen
• 2015Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders — Grannen
• 2015Miraklet i Viskan — Halvar
• 2013Wallander: The Troubled Man — Lundberg
• 2010Beck 26 - Buried Alive — Grannen
• Millennium — Dirch Frode
• 2009Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm — Grannen
• Stormen — Bernt
• 2009Дівчина з татуюванням дракона — Dirch Frode
• 2007Beck 19 - The Vulture — Grannen
• 2007Beck 20 - The Lawyer — Grannen
• 2007Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting — Grannen
• 2007Beck 22 - The Weak Link — Grannen
• 2007Beck 23 - The Silent Scream — Grannen
• 2007Beck 24 - In the Name of God — Grannen
• 2006Beck 17 - The Scorpion — Grannen
• 2006Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar — Grannen
• 2006Den enskilde medborgaren — Gunnar Bergström
• 2006Offside — Boston
• 2005Deadline Torp — Birger Johansen
• 2005Mouth to Mouth — Mats's father John
• Валандер — Lundberg
• 2004The Caretaker — Davies
• 2003Daybreak — Knut
• 2003Let's Play House — Roland
• 2003Miffo — Karl Henrik
• 2002Beck 12 - The Loner — Grannen
• 2002Beck 13 - Sender Unknown — The Neighbor
• 2002Beck 14 - The Advertising Man — Grannen
• 2002Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball — Grannen
• 2002Beck 16 - The Last Witness — Grannen
• Anderssons älskarinna — Erik, fadern
• 2001Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance — Grannen
• 2001Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face — Grannen
• 2001Beck 11 - The Cartel — Grannen
• Koмиccap Mapтин Бeк — Grannen
• 1998Beck 03 - White Nights — The Neighbor
• 1998Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye — The Neighbor
• 1998Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl — The Neighbor
• 1998Beck 06 - The Monster — Grannen
• 1998Beck 07 - The Money Man — Grannen
• 1998Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness — Grannen
• Ivar Kreuger — Statsminister Ekman
• 1998The Tattooed Widow — Egon Andersson
• 1997Beck - The Man with the Icons — Grannen
• 1997Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy — Grannen
• 1997En kvinnas huvud — Düber
• Skärgårdsdoktorn — Ewe Tannander
• 1997Tartuffe - hycklaren — The king
• 1996A Kind of Hades — The old man
• 1996Christmas Oratorio — Edman
• Ett sorts Hades — Old Man
• 1996The Potato Seller — Johansson
• 1996The Zone — Erik Lagerlöf
• The Zone — Erik Lagerlöf
• 1995Like It Never Was Before — Strange Man
• 1994Onkel Vanja — Teljegin
• Tomtemaskinen — Pettson
• Kejsarn av Portugallien — Jan
• 1992KvällsPressen — Sockander
• Kvällspressen — Bengt Sockander
• 1990Honungsvargar — Axel
• 19891939 — Annika's father
• 1989The Miracle in Valby — Petra's Father
• Tre kärlekar — Egon Nilsson
• 1987Ondskans år — Dr. Herbert Ahlström
• 1986Fläskfarmen — Monty
• 1986Kunglig toilette — Restaurateur
• Sammansvärjningen — Liljensparre
• August Strindberg: A Life — Läraren
• Korset — Police Inspector Jörgen Wennström
• 1984The Man from Majorca — Fors
• 1983A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon — Gustaf Edgren
• 1983Midvinterduell — Egon
• 1983Savannen — Operator
• 1982Dom unga örnarna — Gunnar Grävmo
• 1982Pelikanen
• 1981As The Only One Present — Kevin
• Babels hus — Bernt Svensson, Primus son
• Drottning Kristina — Axel Oxenstierna
• 1980A Dream Play — Affischören
• 1980Children's Island — Stig Utler
• 1980Jackpot — Sven
• Godnatt, jord
• 1978Rikedom — John
• Svenska noveller — John
• 1976Man on the Roof — Åke Eriksson
• 1974Gustav III — Horn
• 1972Flotten — Freddy
• 1972Hemmet — Hjalmar Augustsson
• 1972Sandlådan — Robert
• 1969Berndt och Anita — Berndt
• 1965För vänskaps skull
• 1963My Love Is Like a Rose — Pajen
• 1963Raven's End — Sixten
• 1962Trängningen — Fredriksson
• Julkalendern — Pettson
• Stall-Erik and the Snapphans — Måns

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (4)

• 2009The Secret — Self
• 2004Kent - ett porträtt av Kent Andersson — Self
• 2004With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof — Self
• The Guldbagge Awards — Self - Best Actor winner