Magnus Samuelsson
Birthday: Born in 1969-12-21 in Linköping; Sweden
Deathday: Alive
Magnus Samuelsson (born December 21, 1969), is a Swedish actor, former strongman and winner of the 1998 World's Strongest Man contest in Morocco. The son of a former Swedish arm wrestling champion, he has also been ranked among the best arm wrestlers in the world and was a European Arm Wrestling champion before becoming a professional strongman. Samuelsson holds the record for reaching the World's Strongest Man finals 10 times, a feat which he achieved over a 13-year span from 1995–2007. He has also achieved a podium place in WSM on five separate occasions. Magnus Samuelsson was offered a role in the film Gladiator but declined. One of the reasons he declined was that he believed the film was going to be a B movie. The agent who had phoned him to offer the role had told him that he would "fight with swords and so", and also named a couple of actors in the cast, which Magnus Samuelsson did not recognize. In 2009 Samuelsson won the Swedish version of the television series Dancing with the Stars, beating songwriter Laila Bagge in the final. Samuelsson plays Gunnar Nyberg, a detective in the 2011 Swedish crime thriller series Arne Dahl. It has also been aired in Germany and UK. The series is now available on Amazon Prime.
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Fångarna på fortet
Character: Self
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The Witcher
Character: King Henselt of Kaedwen
Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts....
Arne Dahl
Character: Gunnar Nyberg
An elite, seven-member team is tasked with solving the most complex crimes in Sweden, from murder and drug trafficking to espionage....
El Turco
Character: Gunther
Balaban, a soldier in the Janissary army, settles in Moena in northern Italy after the Battle of Vienna in 1683 and fights for the rights of the local people....
Hem till Midgård
Character: Igor
A Swedish show concerning the fates of some dorky Swedish Vikings. The show is mainly about a viking called Lill-Snorre and his friends, including Tyke Mörbult who has a below average IQ, to put it mildly. How will they survive? A small group of friends, in a small village called Midgård....
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Who Pulled the Plug? 3
Character: Arnold
Years after winning a race down the Göta Canal, life for a family of shipbuilders gets complicated when they get entangled with the mafia....
We Hunt Giants
Character: Village chief
In a world where cavemen and dinosaurs share the world, a tribe is plagued by a man-eating giant T-Rex that hunts them all. Rougu, the son of the village chief, has had his woman and the whole village captured by the witch doctors tribe in the same area. They believe that the only way to calm the beast is to sacrifice her beautiful flesh. Rougu and his father realizes that the only way to save his woman and their village is to do what no man has ever done before... Hunt the Giant....
Sword of Odin
Character:
A new movie by Todor Chapkanov called Sword Of Odin...
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
Character: Clapa
In the wake of King Edward's death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last....
Arne Dahl: The Blinded Man
Character: Gunnar Nyberg
Arne Dahl - Misterioso A failed robbery attempt at Sydbanken outside Avesta leaves one robber lying dead with a dart through his eye, but there are no witnesses to the incident and no perpetrator is ever identified. In Stockholm, three high-profile businessmen are assassinated in a short period of time, and Jenny Hultin of National CID is assigned the task of putting together a special team to solve the case before the assassin strikes again....
Black Lotus
Character: Ber
An ex-special forces operative wages a one man war through the streets of Amsterdam to rescue his friend's daughter from the local crime syndicate....
Arne Dahl - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character: Gunnar Nyberg
A series of brutal murders of Polish women who secretly hiding in Sweden becomes the new A - team first case. The victims prove to be key witnesses in a major lawsuit against the Polish mafia . Three of them have been found murdered in the space of a few days , two missing and the hope is that they are still alive. Detective Kerstin Holm get command when the hunt for a ruthless killer and his shady victim begins....
Arne Dahl - Mörkertal
Character: Gunnar
Two Swedish girls have been found dead on the outskirts of Brussels. Circumstances indicating a ruthless trafficking activities and the biker gang Blackhearts branch in Sweden. When another girl disappears from the same area sees the A group a shocking pattern. Shortly after found a suspected kidnappers brutally murdered and the link to Blackhearts becomes suddenly even more puzzling. Is there anyone else who is behind? The missing girl's fate now rests entirely in the A-team hands....
Arne Dahl 09 - Afterquake
Character: Gunnar
The explosion is powerful and devastation total when a T-train explodes in Stockholm's subway system, one night in November. The country is in shock but when some who call themselves "Siffins Sacred rider" takes the blame in an anonymous call to the A group manages to trace, so it is believed to be close to an arrest. What police do not know is that this is only the beginning of a hunting bordered by political extremism, hatred and death....
Arne Dahl - Himmelsöga
Character: Gunnar Nyberg
Through a christmas decorated Stockholm staggers a half naked and beaten woman. The tracks lead police to a warehouse with illegal medical preparations that can be linked to international smuggling organization Maximus. According to Interpol is the organization's principal is likely in Sweden and the A-group assignment is to find him. The investigation is lined with a number bisara findings in a series of women found beaten and murdered. The victims have in common is that they are found with whi...
Who Pulled the Plug? 3
Character:
Years after winning a race down the Göta Canal, life for a family of shipbuilders gets complicated when they get entangled with the mafia....
Arne Dahl: Bad Blood
Character: Gunnar Nyberg
As a Swedish citizen is found dead at Newark, an American serial killer is on the plane to Stockholm. Sneaking past the police, killings soon start to happen in Sweden as well and after working with FBI, the Swedish police start to piece together an unsettling and complex image....
Arne Dahl: To the Top of the Mountain
Character: Gunnar Nyberg
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Arne Dahl: Many Waters
Character: Gunnar Nyberg
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Arne Dahl: The Europe Blues
Character: Gunnar Nyberg
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Arne Dahl - Dödsmässa
Character: Gunnar Nyberg
Early one morning, a bank office in the middle of Stockholm is hit with a violent robbery. When the police storm the premises, the robbers have vanished without a trace. The event mystifies the A Unit who, under the supervision of US Intelligence, takes the case. When they find a strange hiding place inside one of the bank's walls, with traces of secrets from the days of the Cold War, it soon becomes clear that the bank robbers are just pawns in a larger game. A game that will soon claim more vi...
What a Circus!
Character: Göran
Everything is as usual at the circus, where a cheerful band of performers enjoy a world full of magic and where grown-ups get to play. Ramona loves her life inside and outside the circus ring, and not least her motley circus family. But strange tracks in the snow and a series of mysterious incidents threaten to disturb her paradise. Someone is watching her. The question is: Who and why? At the same time, her beloved father and circus manager Leo, is beginning to behave very strangely indeed. Wor...
Medieval
Character: Lars
The story of fifteenth century Czech icon and warlord, Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire....
Mirror
Character: Gunnar
An aging and formerly successful bodybuilder, struggles with failing health while refusing to accept that his glory days are behind him. When his son unexpectedly enters his life, he is challenged to find meaning in life outside of bodybuilding....