Michael Nyqvist Net Worth

What was Michael Nyqvist's Net Worth?

Michael Nyqvist was a Swedish actor who had a net worth of $10 million at the time of his death. Michael Nyqvist appeared in such films as "Together," "Grabben i graven bredvid," "As it is in Heaven," "Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol," "John Wick," and the three films in the "Millennium" series. He also acted in some television programs, including the series "Zero Hour" and "100 Code" and the Nelson Mandela biographical miniseries "Madiba." Unfortunately, Michael Nyqvist died on June 27, 2017 at the age of 56. He had been battling lung cancer.

Early Life and Education

Michael Nyqvist was born Rolf Åke Mikael Nyqvist on November 8, 1960 in Stockholm, Sweden. His biological mother was Swedish, and his biological father was from Italy. Placed in an orphanage, Nyqvist was adopted as a young boy by Gerd and Åke. As a teenager, he spent his last year of high school as an exchange student in Omaha, Nebraska, where he took his first acting class. Nyqvist returned to Sweden to attend a ballet school, but he left after a year. He went on to study at Malmö Theatre Academy.

Film Career

Nyqvist came to prominence in the late 1990s for his role as John Banck in the first installment of the Swedish crime drama film series "Beck," which was released direct-to-video. His big-screen breakthrough came in 2000, when he played feckless husband Rolf in Lukas Moodysson's acclaimed film "Together." For his performance, Nyqvist earned his first Guldbagge Award nomination, for Best Supporting Actor. He went on to win the Guldbagge Award for Best Actor for the 2002 film "Grabben i graven bredvid." Nyqvist's subsequent credits included "Smala Sussie," "London Voodoo," and "Day and Night." In 2004, he starred in the international hit "As it is in Heaven," which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. Nyqvist was in multiple films the next year, including the Norwegian psychological thriller "Naboer," the Finnish historical drama "Mother of Mine," and the Swedish crime drama "Wallander: Mastermind." For his performance in "Mother of Mine," he earned his third Guldbagge Award nomination. Nyqvist went on to appear in such films as "Suddenly," "The Black Pimpernel," "Arn: The Knight Templar," "The Kautokeino Rebellion," and "Downloading Nancy."

In 2009, he played Mikael Blomkvist opposite Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander, in all three big-screen adaptations of Stieg Larsson's "Millennium" book series: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," "The Girl Who Played with Fire," and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest."

In his first film of the 2010s, Nyqvist played Johan in the erotic psychological drama "The Woman That Dreamed About a Man." He went on to appear in two major American films in 2011, playing villains in both: "Abduction" and "Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol." In 2012, Nyqvist appeared in "Disconnect," and in 2013 he was in "Europa Report," "The Girl from Nagasaki," and "Days and Nights." He had a memorable role in 2014 as New York Russian mob boss Viggo Tarasov in the action thriller "John Wick." That same year, Nyqvist was in the comedy "Paris Follies." In 2015, he appeared in the biographical drama "The Girl King," the historical thriller "Colonia," and the drama "The Girl in the Book." Nyqvist received a German Film Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of minister and sex offender Paul Schäfer in "Colonia." His subsequent credits included "Frank & Lola," "I.T.," and "You Disappear." Nyqvist's final three films were all released posthumously: the disaster drama "Kursk" and the action thriller "Hunter Killer," both in 2018, and Terrence Malick's epic historical drama "A Hidden Life," which came out in 2019.

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Television Career

On television, Nyqvist played the main character White Vincent in the short-lived ABC series "Zero Hour," which aired in 2013, and the main character Mikael Eklund in the Sky Krimi series "100 Code," which premiered in Germany in 2015. Among his other major television credits was the 2017 BET biographical drama miniseries "Madiba," about Nelson Mandela. In it, Nyqvist portrays South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd.

Personal Life and Death

Nyqvist was married to Finnish scenographer Catharina Ehrnrooth from 1990 until his passing. They had a daughter and a son together. In 2010, Nyqvist published his memoir "Just After Dreaming," about his adoption and his journey of discovering his birth parents.

On June 27, 2017, Nyqvist died of lung cancer in Stockholm.

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