Other parts include the role of Carl Hamilton from the novels by Jan Guillou, Beorn in The Hobbit,[1] as well as Jakob Nyman in the English TV series Sex Education.

Persbrandt has stated that he has ancestry from Åland on his mother's side, and that he thinks his paternal ancestors were Walloons.

Persbrandt is well known for his role as the hardboiled police inspector Gunvald Larsson, in the Beck series of films.

[3][4][5][6] In December 2005, Persbrandt notified police that the newspaper Expressen had made false accusations about him having acute alcohol poisoning and being admitted to a clinic in Uppsala.

[8] In April 2014, he was sentenced to five months' imprisonment for another cocaine offence, but on appeal this was reduced to 75 hours' community service.