Johan Rheborg

Carl Johan Rheborg (born 5 June 1963) is a Swedish comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter. He played one of the main characters, Percy Nilegård, as a member of the Swedish comedy group Killinggänget, who appeared on Swedish TV in the 1990s and 2000s, and as the space hero Kenny Starfighter in the TV series of the same name in 1997. He also became known playing the "talking stain" in Tide's TV commercial for the 2008 Super Bowl. In 2025 he played police officer Tomas Ness in the Netflix crime drama series The Glass Dome. He has also performed on stage, and has written scripts for several films and TV series.

Early life and education Carl Johan Rheborg was born on 5 June 1963 in Täby, Sweden, to a middle-class family.

He became interested in film as a child and made his own short films, and as a teenager worked in a photography shop and for a video company. He tried twice to get into drama school but was unsuccessful. In 1990 he studied for a law degree, but found that it did not suit him, so entered the advertising industry via training at RMI Bergh's advertising school. In 1999 Killinggänget made a TV film anthology under the common title Fyra små filmer (Four Small Films), which included Gunnar Rehlin - en liten film om att göra någon illa (Gunnar Rehlin - a small film about hurting someone), Ben & Gunnar - en liten film om manlig vänskap (Ben & Gunnar - a small film about male friendship), På sista versen - en liten film om döden (On the Last Verse - a small film about death), and Torsk på Tallinn - en liten film om ensamhet (Screwed in Tallinn - a small film about loneliness). Screwed in Tallinn was a parody of 's TV documentaries. in the cult TV series of the same name. a film version of the 1984 British stage farce Two Into One by English playwright Ray Cooney.

He became known in the United States when he played the talking stain in Tide's TV commercial for the 2008 Super Bowl.

In 2025 he had a lead role as police officer Tomas Ness in the Netflix crime drama series The Glass Dome.

Stage In 1995–1996 Rheborg performed on stage in China in The Little Shop of Horrors. In June 2016 he was one of three people responsible for another dramatisation of the novel for Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre), in a stage production performed in collaboration with the Norwegian Touring Theatre and Thorsson Productions and directed by Bjarni Haukur Thorsson. Sven Nordin played Ove.

Awards and nominations Rheborg has been nominated for the Guldbagge Award at least three times: twice for Best Actor in a Leading Role (2005, for Four Shades of Brown and 2020, for his role as Claes in Orca), and once for Best Screenplay (2005, for Four Shades of Brown).

Selected filmography As actor 1992: I manegen med Glenn Killing (In the Ring with Glenn Killing) 1995: NileCity 105,6 1995: Bert – Den siste oskulden (Bert – The Last Virgin) 1996: Percy tårar (Percy's Tears) 1997: Kenny Starfighter 1998: Rederiet (High Seas) 1999: Hotelliggaren (released on DVD 2005) 2007: Hjälp! 2009: Kenny Begins 2010–2023: Solsidan 2020: Nelly Rapp – Monster Agent 2021–22: Agatha Christie's Hjerson 2023: Nelly Rapp - The Secret of the Black Forest 2024: Nova & Alice 2025: The Glass Dome (Netflix miniseries)

As screenwriter Rheborg wrote the scripts for the following films: 1999: På sista versen : en liten film om döden 1999: Ben & Gunnar : en liten film om manlig vänskap 1999: Gunnar Rehlin - en liten film om att göra någon illa 1999: Screwed in Tallinn 2004: Four Shades of Brown (Fyra nyanser av brunt) 2016: Morran och Tobias - Som en skänk från ovan

Creator 2014: Morran och Tobias (TV series)