Kjell Nilsson

Acting

Kjell Nilsson

Born 1949-12-19 · Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Kjell Nilsson (born 19 December 1949, dead 2 July 2026) was a Swedish olympic-class weight lifter and actor. He is best known from his 1981 portrayal of "The Humungus," the leader of the marauding wasteland gang in Mad Max 2.

Acting credits

Mad Max 2 poster
7.4

Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.

Mad Max 2

1981

The Pirate Movie poster
5.3

Left behind by her friends on a boat trip, contemporary teen Mabel takes pursuit but is knocked unconscious on an island, where she has a dream involving pirates, sisters, a modern major-general, romance, and adventure.

The Pirate Movie

1982

Edge of Power poster
6.5

The worlds of journalism and politics collide in this story about an experienced journalist who desperately needs to scoop a big story in order to revamp his career. Deciding he'll take matters into his own hands, he frames a politician and arranges to be there when the story is leaked to the public. What he doesn't realize is that his own devious behavior is about to get him caught in the middle of a dangerous web of lies and murder.

Edge of Power

1989

Fish Out of Water poster
6.2

The early 1990s: 300,000 Danes are out of work. Viggo, a machinist with two grown children, is silent about feelings, scared he'll lose his job, loud about the value of trade unionism, interested in his pet fish, and argumentative at dinner. His wife Oda puts up with his moods and works on family genealogy. When Viggo is laid off, he becomes a fish out of water, hardly looking for work, starting a garden, and taking up with Karen, a polished but unhappy widow. He lies to his wife about a union training and goes to Mallorca with Karen. When she stops the affair, Viggo ends up in a psychiatric ward and must figure out what's really important in his life and in his character

Fish Out of Water

1993

Howlin’ Refrain poster
NR

A raw, gritty, uncompromising and heavily stylised independent feature production, based on the ancient Greek narrative, Homer's: 'The Odyssey'.

Howlin’ Refrain

2023

Hard Knuckle poster
6.0

In the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Australia, the most popular sport is Hard Knuckle, a bloodier form of pool. Harry is a pool hustler, wants to beat Knuckle champ Top Dog, to get his bike back.

Hard Knuckle

1988

Hela långa dagen poster
NR

A single mother unable to find someone to look after her youngest son Tobben gets her older son Pingo to look after him for the day.

Hela långa dagen

1979