Career
Ekman was born inPersonal life
He was married from 1963 to 1974 to Karl Gerhard's adopted daughter Fatima Svendsen (born 1944), with whom he had a son, Måns Ekman (born 1964). Subsequently, he was married from 1979 to 1987 to Pia Harahap (born 1955), with whom he had two adopted children. In 1989 he married Marie-Louise Ekman (born 1944). They were married until Gösta Ekman's death. He died on 1 April 2017, at the age of 77 from bile duct cancer.Awards and nominations
Ekman won the Swedish film award Guldbagge Award in 1993 for his role as policeman Martin Beck in the Guldbagge-winning film '' The Man on the Balcony'', based on the 1967 novel by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. Ekman also won the special Hedersguldbaggen (Honorable Guldbagge) award in 2008 for his service to the Swedish film and theater industry.Selected filmography
*1956: ''Swing it, fröken'' - Erik *1962: ''Chans'' - Stefan *1962: ''Nils Holgerssons underbara resa'' - Student *1964: ''Svenska bilder'' ( Hasse & Tage film) - Bengtsson *1964: '' Äktenskapsbrottaren'' - Herr Sixten *1965: ''Nattcafé'' (TV Movie) - Peter *1965: ''Festivitetssalongen'' - Blom - Journalist *1965: '' Docking the Boat'' ( Hasse & Tagefilm) - Lennart *1965: '' Niklasons'' (TV series) - Martin (1965) *1966: '' Woman of Darkness'' - Per / Son-Hanna's husband *1968: ''Lådan'' *1968: ''Jag älskar, du älskar'' - Stan *1968: ''I huvet på en gammal gubbe ( Out of an Old Man's Head)'' ( Hasse & Tage film) - Student *1969: ''Som natt och dag'' - Rikard *1969: '' Duett för kannibaler'' - Tomas *1969: '' Spader, Madame!'' (TV Movie) - Johan Isak *1971: ''Niklas och figuren'' - Micke's Father *1971: '' The Apple War'' ( Hasse & Tage film) - Sten Wall, PR-man *1972: '' The Man Who Quit Smoking'' ( Hasse & Tage film) - Dante Alighieri *1972: ''Experimentlek'' *1973: ''Kvartetten som sprängdes'' (''The Quartet That Broke Up'') (TV Mini-Series) - Petrus Anker *1974: '' Dunderklumpen!'' - Dummy (voice) *1975: '' Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story'' ( Hasse & Tage film) - The Son *1975: '' Release the Prisoners to Spring'' ( Hasse & Tage film) - Fängelsedirektören *1976: '' Face to Face'' - Mikael Strömberg *1976: ''En dåres försvarstal'' (TV Mini-Series) - Axel *1978: '' The Adventures of Picasso'' (''The Adventures of Picasso'') ( Hasse & Tage film) - Picasso *1978: ''En vandring i solen'' - Tore *1979: ''En kärleks sommar'' - David Jernberg *1979: '' Lucie'' - Gerner *1979: ''Farbrorn som inte ville va' stor'' (TV Series short) - Ragnar / Narrator (voice) *1980: '' To Be a Millionaire'' - Stickan *1980: '' Sällskapsresan eller Finns det svenskt kaffe på grisfesten'' - Hotel Cleaner (uncredited) *1981: ''Från och med herr Gunnar Papphammar'' - Herr Gunnar Papphammar *1981: '' SOPOR'' ( Hasse & Tage film) - John Smith (Pseudonym) *1981: '' Varning för Jönssonligan'' - Charles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson *1982: '' The Simple-Minded Murder'' ( Hasse & Tage film) - The New Driver *1982: ''En flicka på halsen'' - Kurt *1982: '' Jönssonligan och Dynamit-Harry'' - Charles-Ingvar 'Sickan' Jönsson *1982: ''Gräsänklingar'' (''One Week Bachelors'') - Gary *1983: ''Kalabaliken i Bender'' - Karl XII *1983: ''P&B'' - Guest at Restaurant *1984: '' The Inside Man'' - Stig Larsson *1984: '' Jönssonligan får guldfeber'' - Charles-Ingvar 'Sickan' Jönsson *1984: ''Magister Flykt'' (TV Series short) - Narrator (voice) *1985: ''Dödspolare'' - Torbjörn 'Tobbe' Skytt *1986: ''Morrhår och ärtor'' (also director) - Håna *1986: '' Jönssonligan dyker upp igen'' - Charles-Ingvar 'Sickan' Jönsson *1988: ''Vargens tid'' - Bjelke *1989: ''Kronvittnet'' - Lambert *1989: '' Jönssonligan på Mallorca'' - Charles-Ingvar 'Sickan' Jönsson *1990: ''Den hemliga vännen'' - The friend *1991: ''Underjordens hemlighet'' - Carson *1991: ''Duo Jag'' (TV Movie) - The thin man *1992: ''Vennerman och Winge'' (TV Series) *1993: '' The Fire Engine That Disappeared'' - Martin Beck *1993: '' Roseanna'' - Martin Beck *1993: '' Murder at the Savoy'' - Martin Beck *1993: '' The Man on the Balcony'' - Martin Beck *1994: '' The Police Murderer'' - Martin Beck *1994: '' Stockholm Marathon'' - Martin Beck *1995: ''En på miljonen'' - Direktör Callert *1996: ''Nu är pappa trött igen'' - Fadern *1997: '' Adam & Eva'' (1997) - Gösta Ekman (uncredited) *1997: ''Ogifta par ...en film som skiljer sig'' - Gösta Ekman *2000: '' Det blir aldrig som man tänkt sig'' - Tage Olsson *2000: '' Soldater i månsken'' (TV Mini-Series) - Gunnar *2001: ''Puder'' - Vippan *2001: '' En fot i graven'' (TV Series) - Viktor Melldrov *2003: '' Illusive Tracks'' - Pompe *2005: ''Asta Nilssons sällskap'' - Den välklädde mannen *2005: ''Loranga, Masarin & Dartanjang'' - Dartanjang (voice)References
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ekman, Gosta 1939 births 2017 deaths Male actors from Stockholm Swedish male stage actors Swedish male comedians Swedish male film actors Swedish male television actors Swedish film directors Swedish composers Swedish male composers Swedish television directors Swedish screenwriters Swedish male screenwriters 20th-century Swedish male actors 21st-century Swedish male actors Best Actor Guldbagge Award winners Comedians from Stockholm