About

Known credits:
41
Birthday:
1920-02-08
Place of birth:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Website:
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Bengt Ekerot

Overview

Nils Bengt Folke Ekerot was a Swedish actor and director. He had several important roles in Swedish films, but he became immortalized in 1957 when he starred in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, portraying Death as a white-faced man in a black cloak, an archetype that has influenced the representation of Death in countless instances in film and other media since then. All in all Bengt Ekerot appeared in 35 feature films and directed 7 from 1940 to 1968.

"He was wrestled with the conditions of his hunger. He cried over his violent appetite. The demons destroyed his beauty." Erland Josephson on Bengt Ekerot in "The Role"(Book 1989)

Known for

Acting
1968 The Corridor Actor Birger Olsson 59
Average
1968 Who Saw Him Die? Actor Eriksson 59
Average
1967 Ola och Julia Actor Max, regissör 59
Average
1967 Life's Just Great Actor The neighbour 58
Average
1966 Here Is Your Life Actor Byberg 59
Average
1966 The D.T.'s Actor Policeman/Social Worker/Guard N/A
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1964 Portrait of Stockholm - A Walk Through 5 Centuries Actor N/A
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1963 Det går an Actor N/A
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1960 On a Bench in a Park Actor Sam Persson 58
Average
1958 The Magician Actor Johan Spegel 63
Fair
1958 Jazz Boy Actor Erik Jonsson 58
Average
1957 The Seventh Seal Actor Death 78
Good
1956 Sceningång Actor Johan Erikson 58
Average
1955 Hamlet Actor Hamlet N/A
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1953 Marianne Actor N/A
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1951 The Nuthouse Actor A student 58
Average
1947 Dynamite Actor Allan Axelson N/A
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1946 Interlude Actor German patient 58
Average
1946 Brita i grosshandlarhuset Actor "Paniken" 59
Average
1945 13 Chairs Actor N/A
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1945 Crime and Punishment Actor Student 59
Average
1945 Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It Actor radio man (voice) (uncredited) 58
Average
1945 Rosen på tistelön Actor Anton Haraldsson 59
Average
1945 Three Sons Actor Erik N/A
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1945 The Royal Rabble Actor 59
Average
1943 Herre med portfölj Actor Stig N/A
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1943 Sonja Actor Bengt 59
Average
1943 När ungdomen vaknar Actor Lennart N/A
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1943 Natt i hamn Actor John N/A
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1942 Man glömmer ingenting Actor Student at art school (uncredited) N/A
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1942 We Home Toilers Actor Linus Tallhagen 59
Average
1942 Flames in the Dark Actor Åke Kronström 59
Average
1941 Snapphanar Actor Lille-Jonas 58
Average
1941 The Talk of the Town Actor Sven Törring 58
Average
1940 Hanna in High Society Actor N/A
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1940 They Staked Their Lives Actor Freedom fighter 58
Average

Directing
1959 Måsen Directing Director N/A
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1956 Sceningång Directing Director 58
Average
1946 Barbacka Directing Director N/A
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1946 Det glada kalaset Directing Director N/A
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1945 Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It Directing Assistant Director 58
Average