Lars Björn Gustafsson (born 19 February 1986) is a

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and

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. He is known from TV shows such as ''

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'' and '' Stockholm Live''.

Early and personal life

Gustafsson was born in

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, Sweden. He studied at the Calle Flygares Theater School in Stockholm to become an actor. His film debut came in 2006 with the Swedish movie ''

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''. But before his debut as an actor, he had already debuted in 2005 as a stand-up comedian at Bungy Comedy, a Swedish club for stand-up beginners. In 2006 he enrolled at Standup Star, a stand-up school, where among others, Özz Nûjen and Jakob Öqvist, two of the most well-known comedians in Sweden, have attended.

Career

In 2008, he appeared on

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, the Swedish selections for the

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. He sang a song to

Kristian Luuk Ants Robert ''Kristian'' Luuk, (born 14 June 1966) is a Swedes, Swedish comedian and television presenter. He has presented several shows such as ''Sen kväll med Luuk'', ''Melodifestivalen'' and ''På spåret''. He was married to Carina Berg. B ...

's (the host) girlfriend Carina Berg. In his song he declared his love for her. Afterward, Berg said that she had to hide her cheeks so people couldn't see that she was blushing. Gustafsson gained a certain degree of international fame following a

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(WoW) joke in

, talking about people wasting time on the internet and not contributing to their party's effort by playing inefficiently, using so much internal WoW terminology himself that he was incomprehensible to non-players. The scene was spread over the

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, mainly on

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, where translations into other languages could also be found. In 2008, Björn received big media attention by great efforts in

and as an entertainer in the intervals of

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. He also got voted as Sweden's funniest man by

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's readers on 6 March 2008. He also read the Swedish votes at the

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. He continued his "stand-up" shows at the big stage, in the

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in 2009 together with

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, and with

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in the Svenska idrottsgalan 2009 (Swedish athletics awards) where he also presented the nominations for rookie of the year. Since 2016, he plays the role of Don in the American comedy television series '' People of Earth''.

Films

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'' (2006) *''

Les Grandes Personnes ''Les Grandes Personnes'' is a 2008 French-Swedish comedy-drama film directed by Anna Novion. It was screened in the International Critics' Week section at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Jean-Pierre Darroussin as Albert * Anaïs Demoust ...

'' (2008) *''

Kenny Begins ''Kenny Begins'' is a 2009 Swedish comedy science fiction film directed by Carl Åstrand and Mats Lindberg. Johan Rheborg stars as Kenny Starfighter, an aspiring galaxy hero who crash lands on Earth. The film is made as a stand-alone prequel to t ...

'' (2009) *'' Björn Gustafsson: A life's Work'' *'' Tina og Betina The Movie'' *'' Kronjuvelerna'' (2011) *''

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'' (2012) *''

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'' (2015) * ''

Kung Fury ''Kung Fury'' is a 2015 English-language Swedish martial arts comedy featurette film written and directed by David Sandberg. It pays homage to 1980s martial arts and police action films. The film stars Sandberg in the title role, Jorma Taccone, ...

'' (2015) * '' Becoming Astrid'' (2018)

Television shows

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'' *'' Tack gode gud'' *'' Morgonsoffan'' *'' Sverige pussas och kramas'' *'' Stockholm Live'' *''

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'' *'' Hål i väggen'' *'' Kontoret'' *'' Julkalendern: Barna Hedenhös uppfinner julen'' *'' Söder om Folkungagatan'' *'' The Comedians'' (one episode as Jonas) *'' People of Earth'' (Don)

Awards

* Swedish Funniest Man 2008 by the newspaper ''

''.

References

External links

Official website (Swedish)
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