Magnus Samuelsson

Acting

Magnus Samuelsson

Born

1969-12-21 (56)

Place of birth

Linköping; Sweden

Known for

Acting

Credits

33 titles

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 …

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

2010s · 11 titles

Arne Dahl: Many Waters poster
6.2

An African refugee is shot by the police. A husband and wife are killed and their son is still missing. Another body is found in a luxurious appartment.

Arne Dahl: Many Waters

2012

Arne Dahl: The Europe Blues poster
5.6

A man is found dead, hung from a tree. Another body is found in Skansen's wolverine enclosure. Five girls attempt to flee from Sweden.

Arne Dahl: The Europe Blues

2012

Arne Dahl: Bad Blood poster
6.7

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: Bad Blood

2012

Arne Dahl: The Blinded Man poster
6.3

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.

Arne Dahl: The Blinded Man

2011

Arne Dahl 09 - Afterquake poster
5.2

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 09 - Afterquake

2015

Arne Dahl: Mörkertal poster
4.4

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: Mörkertal

2015

Arne Dahl: To the Top of the Mountain poster
6.0

Group A are called in to investigate a car bomb in Holland but to their horror a policeman and his family were in the car. Further investigation reveal a link between drugs and child porn so can Group A make the required connection before its too late.

Arne Dahl: To the Top of the Mountain

2012

What a Circus! poster
8.6

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. Worried that his circus will be outshone by their rival, Circus Supremo, Leo is demanding the impossible from his performers.

What a Circus!

2017

Arne Dahl: Himmelsöga poster
5.5

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 white pillowcases over their heads.

Arne Dahl: Himmelsöga

2015

Arne Dahl - A Midsummer Night's Dream poster
4.4

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 - A Midsummer Night's Dream

2015

Arne Dahl: Dödsmässa poster
3.8

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 victims.

Arne Dahl: Dödsmässa

2015

Series credits

The Witcher poster
7.9

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.

The Witcher

2019

The Last Kingdom poster
8.3

A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the story of how a people combined their strength under one of the most iconic kings of history in order to reclaim their land for themselves and build a place they call home.

The Last Kingdom

2015

Fort Boyard Sweden poster
7.1

No synopsis available yet.

Fort Boyard Sweden

1990

El-Turk poster
7.5

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.

El-Turk

2025

Hälsningar Från poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hälsningar Från

2018

The Time Thief poster
6.0

Ever since Clint's father Pontus disappeared on Christmas Eve five years ago, Clint has loathed Christmas. But everything changes when a mysterious man appears in his closet and drops a time spy. When Clint tries the binoculars, he sees his father stuck in ancient times. At the same time, strange things begin to happen - Gustav Vasa steps out of the closet, misplaced by 500 years. With the help of the time viewer, Clint embarks on a breathtaking adventure to save his father, where he travels through history.

The Time Thief

2025

Blind Tracks poster
3.5

A heavy snowstorm, a train collides with an avalanche forcing passengers to shelter in an isolated mountain hotel. A suspended police officer finds herself investigating mysterious murders occurring there.

Blind Tracks

2025

Hem till Midgård poster
6.4

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.

Hem till Midgård

2003

Tina på besök poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tina på besök

2013

Behind the camera