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Simon Berger
Berger in 2013
Born
Simon Jönsson Berger

(1979-06-01) 1 June 1979 (age 45)
Stockholm, Sweden
OccupationActor

Simon Jönsson Berger, known as Simon J. Berger (born 1 June 1979) is a Swedish actor.[1] He is the son of musician Bengt Berger and artist Gittan Jönsson.[2] He grew up in Stockholm and in Österlen.[3] He was educated at the Fridhems Folkhögskola and Teaterhögskolan in Malmö, from which he graduated in 2007.[2] Berger has also acted at Scen Österlen, Lunds Studentteater, Malmö Stadsteater and Royal Dramatic Theatre.[2]

Berger became known to a wider Swedish audience by appearing in the 2007 television miniseries Upp till kamp, in which he played the leading role of Erik Westfeldt.[3] He was given the role while he still studied at Teaterhögskolan.[3]

Berger has also had the leading role in the Academy Award winning short film Istället för Abakadabra.[4] He won a Prix d'Interprétation Masculine award at the Brussels Short Film Festival for that role.[5] In 2010, he made his debut role at the Dramaten as Val Xavier in the play Mannen med Ormskinnsjackan.[6]

In 2012, he played the character Paul in the Jonas Gardell series Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves.[7] The series was broadcast on Swedish Television.[7] He also had a leading role in the 2012 film Call Girl.[8]

In 2015, he played Isak Aronson in TV 4's murder mystery miniseries Modus, which was screened in Australia by SBS[9] and in the UK by BBC Four[10]

From 2019 to 2023, Berger played Adam Vejle in Exit,[11] a series in 3 seasons that described the decadent lives of 4 men in Oslo's finance elites. It became the most streamed in the history of Norwegian national television.[12]

He appeared in the second season of The Hunters in 2021.

References

  1. ^ Filmdatabas – Simon J. Berger Retrieved 24 March 2016
  2. ^ a b c Sexig anspänning med jackan på Dagens Nyheter Retrieved 24 March 2016 Archived 13 January 2013 at archive.today
  3. ^ a b c Miranda Sigander/TT Spektra (21 October 2012). "Omtumlande veckor för Simon J Berger". Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Omtumlande veckor för Simon J Berger". DN.SE. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Palmares 2009". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  6. ^ ""Mannen i ormskinnsjackan" på Dramaten, Stockholm". DN.SE. 22 August 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  7. ^ a b Adam Svanell – adam.svanell@svd.se (5 July 2014). "Simon J Berger: "Jag hamnar ofta i gräl med överklasstanter"". SvD.se. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  8. ^ Johanna Hagström (11 November 2012). "Simon J Berger fäller inga tårar". Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  9. ^ Modus, SBS TV website, Undated.Retrieved: 3 December 2016.
  10. ^ Modus: the show that takes Scandi-noir into 'whydunnit' territory, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, The Guardian, 25 November 2016.Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  11. ^ "Bäst i tv-världen just nu: Simon J Berger i norska finans-satiren Exit - TVdags.se". 2019-11-08. Archived from the original on 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  12. ^ Pettersen, Jørn (2019-10-08). "Nå er «Exit» den mest strømmede dramaserien i NRK noensinne". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-07-02.

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