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Magnus Samuelsson

Acting
Known For

55 Years Old

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.

Born

Linköping; Sweden on 21st December 1969

All Credits

The Witcher Image
The Witcher
King Henselt of Kaedwen
El Turco Image
El Turco
Gunther
Arne Dahl Image
Arne Dahl
Gunnar Nyberg
Blind Spot Image
Blind Spot
Björne
Hem till Midgård Image
Hem till Midgård
Igor
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die Image
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
Clapa
Fångarna på fortet Image
Fångarna på fortet
Self
Black Lotus Image
Black Lotus
Ber
Medieval Image
Medieval
Lars
Arne Dahl: The Blinded Man Image
Arne Dahl: The Blinded Man
Gunnar Nyberg
Sword of Odin Image
Sword of Odin
Arne Dahl - A Midsummer Night's Dream Image
Arne Dahl - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Gunnar Nyberg
Arne Dahl - Dödsmässa Image
Arne Dahl - Dödsmässa
Gunnar Nyberg
Who Pulled the Plug? 3 Image
Who Pulled the Plug? 3
Who Pulled the Plug? 3 Image
Who Pulled the Plug? 3
Arnold
Arne Dahl: Bad Blood Image
Arne Dahl: Bad Blood
Gunnar Nyberg
Arne Dahl: To the Top of the Mountain Image
Arne Dahl: To the Top of the Mountain
Gunnar Nyberg
Arne Dahl: Many Waters Image
Arne Dahl: Many Waters
Gunnar Nyberg
Arne Dahl - Mörkertal Image
Arne Dahl - Mörkertal
Gunnar
Arne Dahl: The Europe Blues Image
Arne Dahl: The Europe Blues
Gunnar Nyberg
Arne Dahl - Himmelsöga Image
Arne Dahl - Himmelsöga
Gunnar Nyberg
What a Circus! Image
What a Circus!
Göran
Arne Dahl 09 - Afterquake Image
Arne Dahl 09 - Afterquake
Gunnar
Mirror Image
Mirror
Gunnar
We Hunt Giants Image
We Hunt Giants
Village chief
No Image
We Hunt Giants
Village chief