Jakob Anders Eklund (born 21 February 1962) is a Swedish film, television and stage actor. He portrayed the fictional police officer Johan Falk in 20 movies. His wife,

Marie Richardson Marie Elisabet Richardson (born 6 June 1959) is a Swedish stage, film, and television actress. She studied at the Teaterhögskolan i Stockholm from 1982 to 1985 and has been employed by The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm ever since. Richa ...

, played his on-screen girlfriend in the trilogy of films '' The Third Wave'', ''

Executive Protection Executive protection (EP), also known as close protection, refers to security and risk mitigation measures taken to ensure the safety of VIPs or other individuals who may be exposed to elevated personal risk because of their employment, high-profi ...

'' and ''

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'', as well as in the other 17 films about Johan Falk, released between 2009 and 2015.

Selected filmography

* 2008 - ''

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 ...

'' * 2003 - '' Daybreak'' * 2003 - '' The Third Wave'' * 2001 - ''

'' * 1999 - ''

'' * 1994 - ''

House of Angels – The Second Summer ''House of Angels – The Second Summer'' ( sv, Änglagård – andra sommaren) is a 1994 in film, 1994 Swedish drama film directed by Colin Nutley starring Helena Bergström, Rikard Wolff, Ron Dean, and Ernst Günther. It is the second Swedish dr ...

'' * 1993 - '' The Ferris Wheel'' * 1992 - ''

House of Angels ''House of Angels'' ( sv, Änglagård) is a Swedish drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 21 February 1992, about a little village in Västergötland, Sweden, where an aging recluse lives in a mansion on a large wooded property. O ...

Television

*''August'' (2007) *''

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'' (2003, 2003, 2006) *

Wallander Wallander may refer to: TV, film, books * Kurt Wallander, a fictional Swedish police inspector in novels by Henning Mankell :* ''Wallander'' (film series), Swedish-language television films of the Wallander stories starring Rolf Lassgård :* ''Wal ...

The Joker (2005)

References

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* 1962 births Living people Swedish male film actors Swedish male television actors 20th-century Swedish male actors 21st-century Swedish male actors Actors from Gothenburg {{Sweden-actor-stub