He started acting school in Malmö and went from there to the Skånska Teatern in Landskrona, performing in plays by Shakespeare or Brecht. He made a breakthrough as Puck in William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer's Night Dream'. He also met his wife Birgitta there. The 1990s meant a lot of work in front of the camera, playing a string of policemen, most notably Kurt Wallander from Henning Mankell's crime novels.
瑞典著名演员，17岁时便出演了电视剧，1972—1988年间在瑞典首都斯德哥尔摩国家大剧院工作，在期间学到很少表演方面的知识和技能，也为他日后的发展奠定了坚实的基础。
