Thomas Hanzon

Sven Thomas Hanzon (born 20 June 1962) is a Swedish actor, stage actor at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and former footballer. He has worked with Ingmar Bergman in both movies and on stage.

Biography Early life and football career Hanzon was born Sven Thomas Hansson 1962 in Stockholm. He made his senior debut in the derby against Hammarby IF at the age of 17. He also played on the Swedish youth national team. He left a promising career as a professional footballer to pursue an acting career. Ending his career at the age of 18, he had played 21 matches for Djurgården in the Swedish top-tier Allsvenskan, lost the 1980 Swedish junior championship final to Örgryte IS, and played 10 matches for the Sweden U19 team.

Hanzon, with several others, started the theatre group Theater Cameleont in 1982. The group later became Club Cameleont. He wrote A Joker in the Game on behalf of the Swedish Church.

The Royal Dramatic Theatre Hanzon joined the Royal Dramatic Theatre where he had his first role as the young Danceny in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and he has been part of the permanent ensemble ever since.

With the Royal Dramatic Theatre Hanzon has collaborated in multiple productions with the director Ingmar Bergman. He has also collaborated with directors , Tommy Bergren, and Arthur Miller. He has also worked with Lars Norén and Robert Lepage. With the Royal Dramatic Theatre he collaborated with Peter Birro in Den ömhet jag är värd, directed by Stefan Larsson, in 2008, and in Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage, directed by Staffan Roos, in 2009.

Personal life In 2014, Hanzon married Åsa Hultman, with whom he lives in Stockholm. He has two children (including actor Edvin Endre) from his previous relationship with actress Lena Endre, whom he dated from 1986 to 1999.

Selected filmography 1987 – Nionde kompaniet (Ninth Company) 1994 – Leken 1994 – Yrrol 1995 – Älskar, älskar inte (Loving, Not Loving) 1997 – Tic Tac 1998 – Mighty Joe Young (voice as Gregory O'Hara) 1999 – Vägen ut 2000 – Hassel – Förgörarna 2000 – Trolösa 2000 – Livet är en schlager 2000 – The Little Mermaid 2 (voice as Eric) 2001 – Det största i världen 2002 – Beck – Sista vittnet 2005 – Van Veeteren – Borkmanns punkt 2005 – Van Veeteren – Münsters fall 2005 – Van Veeteren – Carambole 2006 – Van Veeteren – Svalan, Katten, Rosen, Döden 2006 – Van Veeteren – Fallet G as Münster 2007 – Underbar och älskad av alla (Wonderful and Loved by Everyone) 2011 – Jag saknar dig as Albert 2014 – Medicinen (The Medicine) as Magnus 2015 – Sverige år fantastiskt (Sverige er fantastisk) as Svend-Erik 2015 – Dödsdansen – generalrepetitionen (The Dance of Death – General Rehearsal) 2015 – Så ock på Jorden (Heaven on Earth) as Bruno 2016 – Jag älskar dig – en skilsmässokomedi (I Love You – A Divorce Comedy) as Nils 2016 – Krigarnas ö (The Name of the Game) as Police 2024 - In the Name of God as Jonas

TV theatre, TV series selected 1987 – Lysande landning 1989 – Tiger Rag 1990 – Destination Nordsjön (Destination North Sea) 1996 – Anna Holt – polis 1996 – Ett sorts Hades 1996 – Enskilda samtal 1996 – Zonen 1999 – Personkrets 3:1 2002 – Pappa polis 2003 – Solisterna 2003 – Vera med flera 2005 – Livet enligt Rosa 2005 – Wallander as Zoran 2006 – Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé (The Eagle) as Patrik 2007 – Leende guldbruna ögon (Golden Brown Eyes) as Hasse Manheimer 2007 – Der Kommissar und das Meer (The Inspector and the Sea) as Kristian Norström 2007 – Kodenavn Hunter as Göran 2008 – Häxdansen as Patrik 2008 – Livvagterne (The Protectors) as Gabriel Magnusson 2008 – Livet i Fagervik as Jörgen Wikman 2012 – Hellfjord as Bosse Nova 2013 – Morden i Sandhamn – den innersta kretsen (The Sandhamn Murders) as Ingmar 2013 – Maria Wern – Drömmen förde dig vilse (Maria Wern) as Anders 2014 – Portkod 1525 2018 – Der Kommissar und das Meer 2019 – Das Mädchen am Strand 2020 – Agent Hamilton

Theatre

Audiobooks (selection) 2020 – Flowers over hell by Ilaria Tuti 2020 – Unhappy in Paradise by Christian Rück 2020 – Edward Finnigans restoration by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström 2020 – Sleep Tight by Anders Roslund 2019 – Box 21 by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström 2019 – Moratorium by Monica Rehn 2019 – Dark Powers by Torsten Bengtsson 2019 – Unlikely reasons by Hannes Dükler 2019 – Happy Birthday! by Anders Roslund 2018 – The Phenomenon Ingvar Kamprad by Anders Ström 2018 – The chef that got out of his room by Nicolas Jaquenout 2018 – The Beast by Anders Roslund and Stefan Thunberg 2017 – Exit West by Mosin Hamid 2017 – A brother to die for by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström 2016 – Three minutes by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström 2019 – The Bear Dance by Anders Roslund and Stefan Thunberg

Prize and distinction 1998 – George hatt- for People cirkel 3:1 2012 – Gunn Wållgren Award 2015 – Daniel Engdahls-award

Jury work Thomas Hanzon has been in many different juries for film awards. "Risings Star" on Stockholm International Film Festival 2015 "Best Female Actress" on Internationell Emmy Awards 2016 Head Jury, XXIX Stockholm Competition on Stockholm International Film Festival 2018