About

Known credits:
24
Birthday:
1969-12-21
Place of birth:
Linköping; Sweden
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Magnus Samuelsson

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting

2023 We Hunt Giants Actor Village chief 59
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2023 The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die Actor Clapa 66
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2023 Black Lotus Actor Ber 60
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2022 Medieval Actor Lars 64
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2017 What a Circus! Actor Göran 59
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2015 Arne Dahl - Himmelsöga Actor Gunnar Nyberg 59
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2015 Arne Dahl 09 - Afterquake Actor Gunnar 58
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2015 Arne Dahl 08 - Mörkertal Actor Gunnar 59
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2015 Arne Dahl - A Midsummer Night's Dream Actor Gunnar Nyberg 59
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2015 Arne Dahl Dödsmässa Actor Gunnar Nyberg 58
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2012 Arne Dahl: The Europe Blues Actor Gunnar Nyberg 59
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2012 Arne Dahl: Many Waters Actor Gunnar Nyberg 59
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2012 Arne Dahl: To the Top of the Mountain Actor Gunnar Nyberg 59
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2012 Arne Dahl: Bad Blood Actor Gunnar Nyberg 59
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2011 Arne Dahl: The Blinded Man Actor Gunnar Nyberg 59
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2011 Arne Dahl Actor Gunnar Nyberg 68
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2009 Who Pulled the Plug? 3 Actor 57
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2009 Who Pulled the Plug? 3 Actor Arnold 57
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Mirror Actor Gunnar N/A
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We Hunt Giants Actor Village chief N/A
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Sword of Odin Actor N/A
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El Turco Actor Gunther N/A
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Writing

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Production

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