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.
Miffo
(Karl Henrik)
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
(Grannen)
Daybreak
(Knut)
Man on the Roof
(Åke Eriksson)
The Miracle in Valby
(Petra's Father)
Deadline Torp
(Birger Johansen)
The Potato Seller
(Johansson)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
(Dirch Frode)
Raven's End
(Sixten)
Beck 44 - Rage Room
(Grannen)
Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past
(Grannen)
Beck 46 - The Crying Cop
(Grannen)
Beck 45 - 58 Minutes
(Grannen)
The Individual Citizen
(Gunnar Bergström)
The Tattooed Widow
(Egon Andersson)
Kent - ett porträtt av Kent Andersson
(Self)
Children's Island
(Stig Utler)
Offside
(Boston)
Like It Never Was Before
(Strange Man)
The Man from Majorca
(Fors)
Mouth to Mouth
(Mats's father John)
Pelikanen
Savannen
(Operator)
Flotten
(Freddy)
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
(Grannen)
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
(Grannen)
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
(Grannen)
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
(Grannen)
A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon
(Gustaf Edgren)
Let's Play House
(Roland)
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
(Grannen)
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
(Grannen)
1939
(Annika's father)
The Secret
(Self)
Christmas Oratorio
(Edman)
Midvinterduell
(Egon)
With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof
(Self)
Wallander 27 - The Troubled Man
(Lundberg)
Hemmet
Sandlådan
Beck 33 - End of the Road
(Grannen)
Beck 11 - The Cartel
(Grannen)
Beck 12 - The Loner
(Grannen)
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
(Grannen)
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
(Grannen)
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
(Grannen)
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
(Grannen)
Berndt och Anita
(Berndt)
The Zone
(Erik Lagerlöf)
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
(The Neighbor)
Beck 47 - The Death Trap
(Grannen)
Beck 49 - Inferno
(Grannen)
Beck 50 - Deadlock
(Grannen)
Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo
(Grannen)
Beck 03 - White Nights
(The Neighbor)
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
(The Neighbor)
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
(The Neighbor)
Miraklet i Viskan
(Halvar)
Beck 29 - Invasion
(Grannen)
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
(Grannen)
Beck 27 - Room 302
(Valdemar)
Beck 28 - The Family
(Grannen)
Stall-Erik and the Snapphans
(Måns)
För vänskaps skull
Ivar Kreuger
Beck 32 - Steinar
(Grannen)
Beck: The Last Day
(Grannen)
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
(Grannen)
Beck - The Man with the Icons
(Grannen)
Kunglig toilette
(Restaurateur)
Tartuffe - hycklaren
(The king)
The Caretaker
(Davies)
My Love Is Like a Rose
(Pajen)
Trängningen
(Fredriksson)
A Kind of Hades
(The old man)
Beck 35 - Your Own Blood
(Grannen)
Beck 36 - The Thin Ice
(Grannen)
Beck 37 - Without Intent
(Grannen)
Gustav III
(Horn)
Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate
(Grannen)
Onkel Vanja
(Teljegin)
En kvinnas huvud
(Düber)
Ondskans år
(Dr. Herbert Ahlström)
Beck 31 - Gunvald
(Grannen)
A Dream Play
(Affischören)
Fläskfarmen
(Monty)
Honungsvargar
(Axel)
Dom unga örnarna
(Gunnar Grävmo)
KvällsPressen
(Sockander)
Rikedom
(John)
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
(Grannen)
Beck 19 - The Vulture
(Grannen)
Beck 06 - The Monster
(Grannen)
Beck 07 - The Money Man
(Grannen)
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
(Grannen)
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
(Grannen)
Jackpot
(Sven)
Beck 39 - Undercover
(Grannen)
Beck 41 - Death in Samarra
(Grannen)
Beck - Den förlorade sonen
(Grannen)
Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt
(Grannen)
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
(Grannen)
Skärgårdsdoktorn
(Ewe Tannander)
August Strindberg: Ett liv
(Läraren)
Beck
(Grannen)
Svenska noveller
(John)
Julkalendern
(Pettson)
Sammansvärjningen
(Liljensparre)
Tre kärlekar
(Egon Nilsson)
Ivar Kreuger
(Statsminister Ekman)
Kejsarn av Portugallien
(Jan)
Tomtemaskinen
(Pettson)
Godnatt, jord
Wallander
(Lundberg)
Korset
(Police Inspector Jörgen Wennström)
Drottning Kristina
(Axel Oxenstierna)
Anderssons älskarinna
(Erik, fadern)
Kvällspressen
(Sockander, chefredaktör)
Babels hus
(Bernt Svensson, Primus son)
The Guldbagge Awards
(Self - Best Actor winner)
The Zone