Johan Widerberg

Acting

Johan Widerberg

Born

1974-03-16 (52)

Place of birth

Stockholm, Sweden

Known for

Acting

Credits

46 titles

Johan Widerberg is the son of Bo Widerberg (who is often cited as one of the greatest Scandinavian directors). Johan's breakthrough role is often cited as the lead of the acclaimed film "All Things Fair", of the year 1995.

Known for

Ocean's Twelve poster
6.6

Despite pulling off one of the biggest heists in Las Vegas history and splitting the $160 million take, each of the infamous Ocean's crew have tried to go straight, lay low and live a legit life... but that's proven to be a challenge. Casino owner Terry Benedict demands that Danny Ocean return the money, plus millions more in interest. Unable to come up the cash, the crew is forced to come together to pull off another series of heists, this time in Rome, Paris, and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.

Ocean's Twelve

2004

The Sandhamn Murders poster
7.2

Viveca Stens popular novels come to life in "The Sandhamn Murders", a perfect mix of Nordic crime & the beautiful surroundings of the outer Stockholm archipelago.

The Sandhamn Murders

2010

The Wife poster
7.1

A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

The Wife

2017

To Cook a Bear poster
7.9

In Northern Sweden, 1852, a new pastor and his family arrive in Kengis, a village riddled with disorder.

To Cook a Bear

2025

All Things Fair poster
6.5

In 1943 Malmö, 15-year-old Stig is attracted to his teacher Viola, 22 years his senior, who, drawn to his youth and innocence, believes the lad is a God-sent relief from her miserable marriage to a drunken, unfaithful lout.

All Things Fair

1995

A Man Called Ove poster
7.6

Despite being deposed as president of his condominium association, grumpy 59-year-old Ove continues to watch over his neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she accidentally backs into Ove’s mailbox, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.

A Man Called Ove

2015

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 9 titles

The Wife poster
7.1

A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

The Wife

2017

A Man Called Ove poster
7.6

Despite being deposed as president of his condominium association, grumpy 59-year-old Ove continues to watch over his neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she accidentally backs into Ove’s mailbox, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.

A Man Called Ove

2015

The Spy poster
6.1

Sonja Wigert, Scandinavia's most acclaimed female movie star, enlists as a spy for Swedish intelligence but ends up becoming entangled with the German Reichskommissar Terboven.

The Spy

2019

Mending Hugo's Heart poster
6.0

"What a Damn Circus" - A young university student Hugo falls in love with promising violinist Agnes, but something happens that changes his life completely. Moving on, the story turns into a romantic drama-comedy with great portions of humour and warmth, as Hugo ends up at Circus Margôt and is drawn into that absorbing existence.

Mending Hugo's Heart

2017

Happy End poster
5.2

They are people who have important significance for each other, but are not honest with each other. They live in a shadow world of lies and half truths and just waiting for the truth to come forward so they can continue their lives in a new direction.

Happy End

2011

In poster
7.9

A man gets a phone call from an acquaintance, asking for help. They must retrieve something lost inside a train tunnel. They must do it in the middle of the night. "In" is an psychological thriller set in the quiet country of Sweden, where people are hiding behind drawn blinds even though the closest neighbor live miles away. A place where you do not know who live in your apartment building or not even the people you play hockey with every week. We follow the two men into the darkness as they are forced to come closer together. And in spite of all confinement, there is still something left open, an escape, or an abyss, deep down in the dark.

In

2011

Lust och fägring - en film om Bo Widerbergs sista poster
NR

Documentary about the making of Bo Widerberg's last film 'Lust och fägring stor' ('All Things Fair').

Lust och fägring - en film om Bo Widerbergs sista

2015

Bo Widerberg regisserar poster
NR

Director Jan Troell films the process of making Bo Widerberg's last film 'Lust och fägring stor' ('All Things Fair'). The footage was compiled into this documentary by Stefan Nylén and Tomas Ehrnborg in 2015.

Bo Widerberg regisserar

2015

Odjuret poster
3.0

A man takes law into his own hands after the search for his daughter's murderer and rapist fails and instead the police go after him.

Odjuret

2012

2000s · 6 titles

1990s · 9 titles

All Things Fair poster
6.5

In 1943 Malmö, 15-year-old Stig is attracted to his teacher Viola, 22 years his senior, who, drawn to his youth and innocence, believes the lad is a God-sent relief from her miserable marriage to a drunken, unfaithful lout.

All Things Fair

1995

Under the Sun poster
6.0

Olof lives alone on his family's farm after the death of his mother. Unable to read and write, he is dependent on his younger friend, Erik, who helps him in the afternoons. Once a sailor, Erik brags of having known hundreds of women. Out of the blue, Olof advertises in the local paper for a young lady housekeeper, and Ellen, a middle-class city woman, arrives to take over the house and, as the summer goes on, Olof's heart and Erik's desire as well.

Under the Sun

1998

Cop Killer poster
5.8

A woman is found murdered in a closed amusement park. A young couple who happen to be there at the same time become, without their knowledge, suspects for the murder. They are chased by a large number of police but only Martin Beck believes them to be innocent.

Cop Killer

1994

No artwork available
10.0

A drama about a young boy who has a relationship with an older woman.

Augustitango

1996

Selma & Johanna - en roadmovie poster
5.0

Two 10 year old girls from Stockholm decide to run away from home. They travel to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg to report a teacher who wants one girl to revert to study year 4.

Selma & Johanna - en roadmovie

1997

Christmas Oratorio poster
6.3

The 1930s. Sidner's mother Solveig dies in a very unfortunate bicycle accident involving some cows. Sidner, his sister and his father Aron move to Sunne to work at a hotel. Aron tries hard to leave the sweet memories of his wife behind him but that isn't made easier by the fact that he always meets her ghost. Aron gets himself a pen friend, a young girl in New Zealand called Tessa. He starts to dream of beginning a new life on the other side of the world. Will his dreams come true and can they help him to cure his regret over the death of his wife?

Christmas Oratorio

1996

Rosenbaum - Målbrott poster
1.0

One of the students in a school, a young girl, is found strangled. Everything indicates that the gym teacher is guilty.

Rosenbaum - Målbrott

1993

Lithivm poster
4.5

Hanna has had an internship at a newspaper and starts in search of a scoop dig into a case of missing women. Her research makes her run straight for a serial killer.

Lithivm

1998

Nordexpressen poster
8.0

John Andersson is the action hero who saves the world from evil villains.

Nordexpressen

1992

1980s · 3 titles

Series credits

The Sandhamn Murders poster
7.2

Viveca Stens popular novels come to life in "The Sandhamn Murders", a perfect mix of Nordic crime & the beautiful surroundings of the outer Stockholm archipelago.

The Sandhamn Murders

2010

To Cook a Bear poster
7.9

In Northern Sweden, 1852, a new pastor and his family arrive in Kengis, a village riddled with disorder.

To Cook a Bear

2025

Springfloden poster
7.1

A homeless former detective and an aspiring police officer join forces to solve a cold case in which a pregnant woman was buried alive on a beach on North Koster Island.

Springfloden

2016

Modus poster
6.2

During a snowy Christmas season in Sweden, psychologist and profiler Inger Johanne Vik finds not only herself but also her autistic daughter drawn into the investigation of a number of disturbing deaths, through which she meets detective Ingvar Nyman of “Rikskrim,” a Swedish national police force.

Modus

2015

The Guldbagge Awards poster
5.5

The Guldbagge Awards is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the name Guldbaggen. The awards, first presented in 1964 at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, are overseen by the Swedish Film Institute. It is described as the Swedish equivalent of the Academy Awards. The awards ceremony was first televised in 1981.

The Guldbagge Awards

1981

Svenska tv-historier poster
NR

Factual series about Swedish television shows that left an impression.

Svenska tv-historier

2015

Blinded poster
6.0

An ambitious financial reporter Bea receives an anonymous tip about irregularities at a Swedish major bank. Bea weathered a scoop, but the review is made more difficult by her love affair with the bank's married CEO, Peder. Based on Carolina Neurath's book "Speed Blind" which in turn is inspired by real events.

Blinded

2019

Bäckström poster
6.0

Murder investigator Evert Bäckström is convinced that crimes have been committed when a women's cranium is found on an island in the archipelago. But his investigation is countered by the police chief and when the woman's identity is clarified, the entire investigation is turned upside down.

Bäckström

2020

Doktrinen poster
4.3

Journalist Nina Wedén gets the political scoop century and finds herself fast-tracked to becoming the Press Secretary for Sweden's newly appointed Foreign Minister, Jacob Weiss.

Doktrinen

2024

Suburbia poster
6.8

Anders realizes his daughter is being excluded from social activities and decides to start harassing his neighbors.

Suburbia

2022

Ebba och Didrik poster
6.6

Two siblings, Ebba and Didrik, live in small society by the sea. An ordinary family with usual struggles. They're looking for love in different ways, but it's easier said than done.

Ebba och Didrik

1990

Missing poster
6.8

Police inspector Maja Silver returns to her hometown in the Swedish Bible Belt as a terrible discovery paralyzes the small community.

Missing

2017

Report to Heaven poster
7.0

Rapport till himlen is a 1994 Swedish mini series directed by Ulf Malmros and starring Johan Widerberg and Lina Englund.

Report to Heaven

1994

Herr von Hancken poster
8.0

The legendary Captain von Hancken is a true eccentric. He arrives with his family at Iglinge Spa in the early 1800s to seek a cure for his real and imagined ailments. When Dr. Wurm tells him he has six weeks left to live, his self-pity grows as he becomes the object of pity and interest. During these six weeks, the most fantastic things happen. He falls in love with the beautiful and mysterious viscountess and imagines that the king is coming to visit. When the king doesn’t show up, von Hancken starts a rebellion...

Herr von Hancken

2000