Magnus Samuelsson (born December 21, 1969), is a Swedish actor, former strongman and winner of the 1998 World's Strongest Man contest in Morocco. The son of a former Swedish arm wrestling champion, he has also been ranked among the best arm wrestlers in the world and was a European Arm Wrestling champion before becoming a professional strongman. Samuelsson holds the record for reaching the World's Strongest Man finals 10 times, a feat which he achieved over a 13-year span from 1995–2007. He has also achieved a podium place in WSM on five separate occasions. Magnus Samuelsson was offered a role in the film Gladiator but declined. One of the reasons he declined was that he believed the film was going to be a B movie. The agent who had phoned him to offer the role had told him that he would "fight with swords and so", and also named a couple of actors in the cast, which Magnus Samuelsson did not recognize. In 2009 Samuelsson won the Swedish version of the television series Dancing with the Stars, beating songwriter Laila Bagge in the final. Samuelsson plays Gunnar Nyberg, a detective in the 2011 Swedish crime thriller series Arne Dahl. It has also been aired in Germany and UK. The series is now available on Amazon Prime.

Filmography

• 2026Mirror — Gunnar, Executive Producer, Writer
• Blind Tracks — Björne
• El-Turk — Gunther
• The Time Thief — Esbjörn Holmgång
• 2023Black Lotus — Ber
• 2023The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die — Clapa
• 2023We Hunt Giants — Village chief
• 2022Medieval — Lars
• The Witcher — King Henselt of Kaedwen
• 2017What a Circus! — Göran
• 2015Arne Dahl - A Midsummer Night's Dream — Gunnar Nyberg
• 2015Arne Dahl 09 - Afterquake — Gunnar
• 2015Arne Dahl: Dödsmässa — Gunnar Nyberg
• 2015Arne Dahl: Himmelsöga — Gunnar Nyberg
• 2015Arne Dahl: Mörkertal — Gunnar
• The Last Kingdom — Clapa
• 2012Arne Dahl: Bad Blood — Gunnar Nyberg
• 2012Arne Dahl: Many Waters — Gunnar Nyberg
• 2012Arne Dahl: The Europe Blues — Gunnar Nyberg
• 2012Arne Dahl: To the Top of the Mountain — Gunnar Nyberg
• 2011Arne Dahl: The Blinded Man — Gunnar Nyberg
• 2009Who Pulled the Plug? 3 — Arnold
• 2008The Making of World's Strongest Man
• 2008Thirty Years of Pain: History of the World's Strongest Man
• Hem till Midgård — Igor
• Dark Skulls — Ivar
• Sword of Odin
• We Hunt Giants — Village chief

Appearances as themselves (3)

• Hälsningar Från — Self
• Tina på besök — Self
• Fort Boyard Sweden — Self