Gösta Ekman

Hans Gösta Ekman Gustav ( the Younger ) ( pronunciation: [ ˌ ʝœs ː ta ː e kman ], born July 28, 1939 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish actor, screenwriter and director. He is the grandson of actor Gösta Ekman ( the Elder) and son of actor Hasse Ekman. He is married to Marie -Louise Ekman, the artistic director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm from 2009.

Gösta Ekman started in the mid 1950s, his career as an assistant director for his father Hasse Ekman and worked as assistant director even when Ingmar Bergman, among others, for the film Wild Strawberries. However, Ekman wanted to be an actor and appeared in 1963 in various revues with Hans Alfredson and Tage Danielsson on, it should develop a long-term cooperation.

His talent for the comic and his "stumbling arts" made ​​him very popular soon in the Swedish audience. For many, Sweden Gösta Ekman is mainly known as Charles -Ingvar ' Sickan " Jönsson, the scheming head of the band Jönssonligan in which he participated in the first four films, which until 1986 were from 1981 in the cinemas. Gösta Ekman has also played serious roles, including numerous character roles during his time at Stockholm stadsteater in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1973 he was awarded the Swedish Film Award for his film Mannen som Guldbagge slutade röka ( The man who gave up smoking ) and 2008 to honor Guldbagge for his many years of work.

For the German television audience, he was known for his interpretation of the Commissioner Martin Beck, the main character in the detective novels of Swedish author Maj Sjöwall and Per pair Wahlöö. With the film Asta Nilsson's Sällskap of 2005 he announced that he would be retiring from film and theater.

With reference to his famous actor Gösta Ekman ancestors once said: "I was already prominent as sperm ".