Magnus Samuelsson
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.
Acting
TV
The Witcher
as King Henselt of Kaedwen
2019
TV
The Last Kingdom
as Clapa
2015
Movie
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
as Clapa
2023
Movie
Medieval
as Lars
2022
Movie
Black Lotus
as Ber
2023
TV
El-Turk
as Gunther
2025
Movie
Arne Dahl: The Blinded Man
as Gunnar Nyberg
2011
Movie
Who Pulled the Plug? 3
as Arnold
2009
Movie
Who Pulled the Plug? 3
2009
Movie
Arne Dahl: Bad Blood
as Gunnar Nyberg
2012
Movie
Arne Dahl: To the Top of the Mountain
as Gunnar Nyberg
2012
TV
Hem till Midgård
as Igor
2003
Movie
Arne Dahl: The Europe Blues
as Gunnar Nyberg
2012
Movie
Arne Dahl: Many Waters
as Gunnar Nyberg
2012
Movie
Arne Dahl: Mörkertal
as Gunnar
2015
TV
Fångarna på fortet
as Self
1990
Movie
Arne Dahl: Himmelsöga
as Gunnar Nyberg
2015
Movie
Arne Dahl - A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Gunnar Nyberg
2015
Movie
Arne Dahl 09 - Afterquake
as Gunnar
2015
Movie
Arne Dahl: Dödsmässa
as Gunnar Nyberg
2015
Movie
What a Circus!
as Göran
2017
TV
Blind Tracks
as Björne
2025
TV
The Time Thief
as Esbjörn Holmgång
2025
Movie
We Hunt Giants
as Village chief
2023
