Jonas Karlsson

Sven Bert Jonas Karlsson (born 11 March 1971) is a Swedish actor and author. He has won two Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the first for Details and the second for (2021).

Early life Sven Bert Jonas Karlsson was born on 11 March 1971 in Salem, Sweden. He grew up in Värmdö.

Career

Acting He made his film debut in Rasmus på luffen (1981), at the age of ten.

Karlsson co-starred with Johanna Sällström in Making Babies (2001). Both their performances were positively received by Olov Andersson in Aftonbladet.

He and Livia Millhagen played Johan and Marianne, respectively, in a 2009 stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergmans's 1973 miniseries Scenes from a Marriage. The production, directed by , premiered at the Royal Dramatic Theater. Expressen theater critic praised the performances of both Millhagen and Karlsson.

He won a Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in 2004 for the movie Details.

He appeared in Black Mirror's third season finale, "Hated in the Nation." He also earned an International Emmy nomination.

Writing In 2007, he made his literary debut with the short story collection . His second short story collection Den perfekte vännen was released in 2009, and received praise from in Dagens Nyheter.

He wrote three short novels that were translated into English: The Room, The Invoice, and The Circus. The Room was adapted into the 2022 American English-language film Corner Office starring Jon Hamm. His writing often features weird characters and Kafkaesque surrealism.

Acting credits

Film

Television

Theater