Gösta Ekman

Hans Gösta Gustaf Ekman (; 28 July 1939 – 1 April 2017) Ekman represented the third generation in a family of prominent Swedish actors. First in the line was his paternal grandfather, also named Gösta Ekman, followed by his father Hasse Ekman, a successful film director and actor. Ekman's theatrical family also included his brothers Stefan Ekman and Mikael Ekman, a stage director, and his niece, Sanna Ekman, an actress. He was married from 1989 to artist and film director Marie-Louise Ekman, previously Marie-Louise De Geer Bergenstråhle, née Fuchs. Ekman sometimes appeared in credits as Gösta Ekman Jr. to avoid being confused with his famous grandfather.

He was an assistant director to Per-Axel Branner, Hasse Ekman, Stig Olin, Bengt Ekerot and Ingmar Bergman from 1956 to 1961. Ekman started his acting career in the theaters, such as the Alléteatern from 1956 to 1957, Munkbroteatern in 1959 and the Stockholm City Theatre in 1960. 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).

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.

L–R: Gösta Ekman, Ingmar Bergman, Victor Sjöström, and Lena Bergman during the filming of Wild Strawberries (1957).

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)