Sverrir Gudnason Biography: In His Own Words – Exclusive Video, News, Photos, Age

Sverrir Gudnason is a Swedish actor of Icelandic origin. He is best known for his distinct roles as Björn Borg in the drama/sports film Borg vs. McEnroe, Mikael Blomkvist in the action/thriller The Girl in the Spider’s Web and for portraying a harsh misogynist father as a difficult young man in the flashback scenes in the 2020 drama film Falling.

SVERRIR GUDNASON BIOGRAPHY: AGE, EARLY LIFE, FAMILY, EDUCATION

Gudnason was born on September 12, 1978 (Sverrir Gudnason age: 44) in Lund, Sweden. He grew up in Reykjavík, Iceland. Then, in 1990, when his father landed a job as a professor for the Royal Institute of Technology, Gudnason and his family relocated once more to Tyresö, Sweden.

SVERRIR GUDNASON BIOGRAPHY: CAREER

In 2009, Gudnason was awarded Best Actor for his engrossing role in the Swedish/Danish film Original at the Shanghai International Film Festival. Since this time, Gudnason has portrayed Pontus Höijer in the second series of the drama Wallander. In addition, Gudnason has also played starring roles in productions at both Gothenburg’s and Stockholm’s city theaters alike.

In an exclusive interview with uInterview, Gudnason revealed his first experience acting that made him realize he wanted to pursue it as a long-term career.

“It was when I was a kid,” Gudnason explained. “I was living in Reykjavík, Iceland. I was 10, I think. Ten [or] 11. And I auditioned for a main part in the city theater of Iceland and I got the part. So, I said the first line in the first play in the new theater there. So, that was like my first role. Then, after that, I just couldn’t think of doing anything else.”

Moving on to the newly released comedy Northern Comfort, Gudnason and his cast member Ella Rumpf disclosed whether or not they drew from their own personal fears of flying in the film.

“Well, I, in periods of my life, had my own fear of flying,” Gudnason confessed. “Because when I was a kid I didn’t have it. Then the more I flew, the more I felt the fear because, somehow, you know, it’s like if you buy one lottery ticket you don’t stand a chance, but if you’re flying all the time, you might win the lottery, you know?” Gudnason smiled. “So, I developed this fear of flying. Now it’s gone away again, but it was fun to get into this thing and to shoot this movie because I think many people have this fear.”

“Yeah and it also seems to be about a lot of other things other than fear of flying,” commented Erik Meers, founder of uInterview.

“Yeah it’s about letting go,” Gudnason continued. “And just…”

“Confronting your fears,” Rumpf interjected. “I mean, it’s really about how every individual just confronts their fears and how they learn to embrace it and everybody has a different way to do that and it’s I think really funny to see how every individual character in this film is overcoming these fears or trying to overcome this fear,” Rumpf stated. “I think that’s really the premise of this movie, like how do you embrace your fear?”

The two were then asked which film was most fun for them to shoot.

“I mean, all the scenes have been so fun to shoot with the whole crew,” Rumpf mentioned. “I think we had so many really, really good moments that are unforgettable, but I think like one moment, we spent three days in this belly of an airplane, where we were shooting, that was shaking us like for three days,” Rumpf said. “And I think after three days we were all having sick stomachs, getting shaken around in this airplane.”

“We also had a great day in the north of Iceland shooting in this beautiful lagoon,” Gudnason recalled. “Like it’s a natural lagoon out in the snow and it’s warm as a bathtub. It’s wonderful really, but we spent I think eight hours in that lagoon that day, which was just fine. It was just fine, but it was an experience to just have bath pants on and just shoot for eight hours in a lagoon.”