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Rolf Åke Michael Nyqvist (born November 8, 1960) is a Swedish actor. Educated at the School of Drama in Malmö, he became well known from his role as police officer Banck in the first series of Beck movies made in 1997. He is recently most recognized for his role in the internationally acclaimed Millennium series as Mikael Blomkvist. Nyqvist was born in Stockholm. As a baby, he was adopted from an orphanage and his biological father is Italian. At 17, he spent a year as an exchange student in the United States in Omaha, Nebraska. He took his first acting classes there, as a senior in high... MORE

Rolf Åke Michael Nyqvist (born November 8, 1960) is a Swedish actor. Educated at the School of Drama in Malmö, he became well known from his role as police officer Banck in the first series of Beck movies made in 1997. He is recently most recognized for his role in the internationally acclaimed Millennium series as Mikael Blomkvist. Nyqvist was born in Stockholm. As a baby, he was adopted from an orphanage and his biological father is Italian. At 17, he spent a year as an exchange student in the United States in Omaha, Nebraska. He took his first acting classes there, as a senior in high school playing, amongst other things, a small part in the drama Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. When he returned to Sweden, he was accepted at ballet school, but after one year gave it up. An ex-girlfriend suggested he try theatre instead and at 24 he was accepted to the Malmö Theatre Academy. After graduating, Nyqvist worked mainly in theatre but also landed smaller parts in several different film productions. His first big breakthrough came in 2000 with the film Together directed by Lukas Moodysson. The movie was set in the 1970s and followed the antics of life in a suburban commune in LESS