Michael Nyqvist, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michael Nyqvist

Swedish actor

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1960

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Date of Death: 27-Jun-2017

Profession: stage actor, film producer, film actor

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Rolf Åke Mikael Nyqvist (Swedish: [?ny?kv?st]; 8 November 1960 – 27 June 2017), better known as Michael Nyqvist, was a Swedish actor.
Educated at the School of Drama in Malmö, he became well known for playing police officer Banck in the 1997–1998 Martin Beck TV series and for his leading role in the 2001 film Grabben i graven bredvid.
He was internationally recognized for his role as Mikael Blomkvist in the acclaimed Millennium series and as the lead villains in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (as Kurt Hendricks) and John Wick (as Viggo Tarasov).
In 2004, he played the leading role in As It Is in Heaven which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 77th Academy Awards.