Michael Nyqvist was born November 8th, 1960 in Stockholm - the capital city of Sweden. He spent his early years doing what
most Swedish boys did in those days; he tried to play ice
hockey during the winters and to score goals for his football team during the summers.
At 17 he spent a year as an exchange student in Omaha, Nebraska in the
United States. This is where he, as a senior in high school, took his first acting classes - playing amongst other things
a small part in the drama DEATH OF A SALESMAN by Arthur Miller.
When he returned to Sweden he was accepted at Ballet School but after one year of pliés and pirouettes he understood that ballet dancing
wasn´t his calling in life. An ex girlfriend advised him to try theatre instead and at the age of 19 he was accepted to the Swedish
Academic School of Drama.
After graduating Michael worked mainly with theatre but also landed smaller parts in several different film productions.
His first big breakthrough came in 2000 with the film TOGETHER directed by Lukas Moodysson.
The movie reached great international success. After that he has played leading parts in award winning
movies such as GRABBEN I GRAVEN BREDVID directed by Kjell Sundvall, AS IT IS
IN HEAVEN, directed by Kay Pollak and awarded in his most recently Suddenly
directed by Johan Brisinger. Today he is one of Sweden´s most beloved actors.
Michael Nyqvist was born November 8th, 1960 in Stockholm - the capital city of Sweden. He spent his early years doing what
most Swedish boys did in those days; he tried to play ice
hockey during the winters and to score goals for his football team during the summers.