Thomas Hanzon


Sven Thomas Hanzon is a Swedish actor, stage actor at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and former footballer. He has worked with Ingmar Bergman in both movies and on stage.

Biography

Early life and football career

Hanzon was born Sven Thomas Hansson 1962 in Stockholm.
In his youth, Hanzon played football for Djurgårdens IF, coming through as a full back. He made his senior debut in the derby against Hammarby IF at the age of 17. He also played on the Swedish youth national team. He left a promising career as a professional footballer to pursue an acting career. Ending his career at the age of 18, he had played 21 matches for Djurgården in the Swedish top-tier Allsvenskan, lost the 1980 Swedish junior championship final to Örgryte IS, and played 10 matches for the Sweden U19 team.
Hanzon, with several others, started the theatre group Theater Cameleont in 1982. The group later became Club Cameleont. He wrote A Joker in the Game on behalf of the Swedish Church.

Stockholm City Theatre

Hanzon was discovered by a producer from the Stockholm City Theatre. He made his debut in 1985 in Arnold. He remained with the theater for several years and received most of his acting education there. He did not stay at the theater due to his lack of formal education, and then became involved in drama.
Hanzon made his film debut in 1987 in Colin Nutley movie Nionde kompaniet. He made his TV debut in 1987 on Swedish Television Drama in Stieg Trenter's series Lysande landning. Ingmar Bergman directed Hanzon in the TV production Private Confessions. He played in the Bergman movie Faithless in 2000, directed by Liv Ullmann. The movie won several honours, including the Festival Award Jury's Special Prize in Belgium.

The Royal Dramatic Theatre

Hanzon joined the Royal Dramatic Theatre where he had his first role as the young Danceny in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and he has been part of the permanent ensemble ever since.
With the Royal Dramatic Theatre Hanzon has collaborated in multiple productions with the director Ingmar Bergman. He has also collaborated with directors, Tommy Bergren, and Arthur Miller. He has also worked with Lars Norén and Robert Lepage. With the Royal Dramatic Theatre he collaborated with Peter Birro in Den ömhet jag är värd, directed by Stefan Larsson, in 2008, and in Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage, directed by Staffan Roos, in 2009.

Personal life

In 2014, Hanzon married Åsa Hultman, with whom he lives in Stockholm. He has two children from his previous relationship with actress Lena Endre, whom he dated from 1986 to 1999.

Selected filmography

  • 1987 – Nionde kompaniet
  • 1994 – Leken
  • 1994 – Yrrol
  • 1995 – Älskar, älskar inte
  • 1997 – Tic Tac
  • 1998 – Mighty Joe Young
  • 1999 – Vägen ut
  • 2000 – Hassel – Förgörarna
  • 2000 – Trolösa
  • 2000 – Livet är en schlager
  • 2000 – The Little Mermaid 2
  • 2001 – Det största i världen
  • 2002 – Beck – Sista vittnet
  • 2005 – Van Veeteren – Borkmanns punkt
  • 2005 – Van Veeteren – Münsters fall
  • 2005 – Van Veeteren – Carambole
  • 2006 – Van Veeteren – Svalan, Katten, Rosen, Döden
  • 2006 – Van Veeteren – Fallet G as Münster
  • 2007 – Underbar och älskad av alla
  • 2011 – Jag saknar dig as Albert
  • 2014 – Medicinen as Magnus
  • 2015 – Sverige år fantastiskt as Svend-Erik
  • 2015 – Dödsdansen – generalrepetitionen
  • 2015 – Så ock på Jorden as Bruno
  • 2016 – Jag älskar dig – en skilsmässokomedi as Nils
  • 2016 – Krigarnas ö as Police

    TV theatre, TV series selected

  • 1987 – Lysande landning
  • 1989 – Tiger Rag
  • 1990 – Destination Nordsjön
  • 1996 – Anna Holt – polis
  • 1996 – Ett sorts Hades
  • 1996 – Enskilda samtal
  • 1996 – Zonen
  • 1999 – Personkrets 3:1
  • 2002 – Pappa polis
  • 2003 – Solisterna
  • 2003 – Vera med flera
  • 2005 – Livet enligt Rosa
  • 2005 – Wallander as Zoran
  • 2006 – Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé as Patrik
  • 2007 – Leende guldbruna ögon as Hasse Manheimer
  • 2007 – Der Kommissar und das Meer as Kristian Norström
  • 2007 – Kodenavn Hunter as Göran
  • 2008 – Häxdansen as Patrik
  • 2008 – Livvagterne as Gabriel Magnusson
  • 2008 – Livet i Fagervik as Jörgen Wikman
  • 2012 – Hellfjord as Bosse Nova
  • 2013 – Morden i Sandhamn – den innersta kretsen as Ingmar
  • 2013 – Maria Wern – Drömmen förde dig vilse as Anders
  • 2014 – Portkod 1525
  • 2018 – Der Kommissar und das Meer
  • 2019 – Das Mädchen am Strand
  • 2020 – ''Agent Hamilton''

    Theatre

Audiobooks (selection)

  • 2020 – Flowers over hell by Ilaria Tuti
  • 2020 – Unhappy in Paradise by Christian Rück
  • 2020 – Edward Finnigans restoration by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström
  • 2020 – Sleep Tight by Anders Roslund
  • 2019 – Box 21 by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström
  • 2019 – Moratorium by Monica Rehn
  • 2019 – Dark Powers by Torsten Bengtsson
  • 2019 – Unlikely reasons by Hannes Dükler
  • 2019 – Happy Birthday! by Anders Roslund
  • 2018 – The Phenomenon Ingvar Kamprad by Anders Ström
  • 2018 – The chef that got out of his room by Nicolas Jaquenout
  • 2018 – The Beast by Anders Roslund and Stefan Thunberg
  • 2017 – Exit West by Mosin Hamid
  • 2017 – A brother to die for by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström
  • 2016 – Three minutes by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström
  • 2019 – The Bear Dance by Anders Roslund and Stefan Thunberg

    Prize and distinction

  • 1998 – George hatt- for People cirkel 3:1
  • 2012 – Gunn Wållgren Award
  • 2015 – Daniel Engdahls-award

    Jury work

Thomas Hanzon has been in many different juries for film awards.