Michael Nyqvist

Michael Nyqvist
Nyqvist in 2013
Born
Rolf Åke Mikael Nyqvist

(1960-11-08)8 November 1960
Died27 June 2017(2017-06-27) (aged 56)
Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation(s)Actor, writer
Years active1982–2017
Spouse
Catharina Ehrnrooth
(m. 1990)
Children2

Rolf Åke Mikael Nyqvist (Swedish: [ˈnŷːkvɪst]; 8 November 1960 – 27 June 2017) was a Swedish actor. Educated at the School of Drama in Malmö, he became well known for playing police officer Banck in the 1997–1998 Martin Beck TV series and for his leading role in the 2002 film Grabben i graven bredvid. He was internationally recognized for his role as Mikael Blomkvist in the acclaimed Millennium series and as the lead villains in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (as Kurt Hendricks) and John Wick (as Viggo Tarasov). In 2004, he played the leading role in As It Is in Heaven which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 77th Academy Awards.