Michael Nyqvist Quotes

Sweden, Actor
November 8, 1960 – June, 27, 2017.

Rolf Åke Mikael Nyqvist 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.

David Fincher is one of the best directors I know, so I'm really curious to see it. Really curious, and I want to hear Daniel have the Swedish accent.

Michael Nyqvist
I think the whole mission of being here on Earth is to accept what you have, and my journey was to accept my own life and not pretend anything else. I think that's what we all struggle with.

Michael Nyqvist
- Thinking
- Earth
- Struggle

I was not allowed to talk about being adopted when growing up. I walked around feeling like I was going to explode.

Michael Nyqvist
- Growing
- Feelings
- Adopted
It actually got me upset reading about adopted children. They become junkies or criminals or actors. I wanted to write a book from the children’s point of view.

Michael Nyqvist
- Writing
- Children
- Book