# Thomas Hanzon

Sven Thomas Hanzon (born 20 June 1962) 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

He was born Sven Thomas Hansson 1962 in Stockholm, Sweden.
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 Stefan Larsson [sv], 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

He has two children with Swedish actress Lena Endre and is now married to Åsa Hultman and living in Stockholm.

## Selected filmography

* 1987 – Nionde kompaniet (Ninth Company)
* 1994 – Leken
* 1994 – Yrrol
* 1995 – Älskar, älskar inte (Loving, Not Loving)
* 1997 – Tic Tac
* 1998 – Mighty Joe Young (voice as Gregory O'Hara)
* 1999 – Vägen ut
* 2000 – Hassel – Förgörarna
* 2000 – Trolösa
* 2000 – Livet är en schlager
* 2000 – The Little Mermaid 2 (voice as Eric)
* 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 (Wonderful and Loved by Everyone)
* 2011 – Jag saknar dig as Albert
* 2014 – Medicinen (The Medicine) as Magnus
* 2015 – Sverige år fantastiskt (Sverige er fantastisk) as Svend-Erik
* 2015 – Dödsdansen – generalrepetitionen (The Dance of Death – General Rehearsal)
* 2015 – Så ock på Jorden (Heaven on Earth) as Bruno
* 2016 – Jag älskar dig – en skilsmässokomedi (I Love You – A Divorce Comedy) as Nils
* 2016 – Krigarnas ö (The Name of the Game) as Police

## TV theatre, TV series selected

* 1987 – Lysande landning
* 1989 – Tiger Rag
* 1990 – Destination Nordsjön (Destination North Sea)
* 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 (The Eagle) as Patrik
* 2007 – Leende guldbruna ögon (Golden Brown Eyes) as Hasse Manheimer
* 2007 – Der Kommissar und das Meer (The Inspector and the Sea) as Kristian Norström
* 2007 – Kodenavn Hunter as Göran
* 2008 – Häxdansen as Patrik
* 2008 – Livvagterne (The Protectors) as Gabriel Magnusson
* 2008 – Livet i Fagervik as Jörgen Wikman
* 2012 – Hellfjord as Bosse Nova
* 2013 – Morden i Sandhamn – den innersta kretsen (The Sandhamn Murders) as Ingmar
* 2013 – Maria Wern – Drömmen förde dig vilse (Maria Wern) as Anders
* 2014 – Portkod 1525
* 2018 – Der Kommissar und das Meer
* 2019 – Das Mädchen am Strand
* 2020 – Agent Hamilton

## Theatre

| Year | Role | Production | Director | Theatre |
| 1985 | David | Arnold Harvey Fierstein | Jan Maagaard | Stockholm City Theatre |
| 1986 | Resident | Perikles William Shakespeare | Eva Ultz | Stockholm City Theatre |
| 1986 | Boy 1 | The park Botho Strauss | Jan Maagaard | Stockholm City Theatre |
| 1989 | Danceny | Dangerous Liaisons Pierre Choderlos de Laclos | Brigitte Ornstein | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 1990 | Blixt | Amorina Carl Jonas Love Almqvist | Peter Stormare | Stockholm City Theatre |
| 1991 | Egil The old man son Egil Böjgen Fool Ingert, in the third part | Peer Gynt Henrik Ibsen | Ingmar Bergman | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 1991 | Tybalt | Romeo och Julia William Shakespeare | Peter Langdal | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 1991 | John | Peter Pan J.M. Barrie | Jackie Söderman | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 1992 | Romeo | Romeo och Julia William Shakespeare | Peter Langdal | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 1992 | Happy | Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller | Arthur Miller | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 1993 | Joey | The Homecoming | Thommy Berggren | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 1993 | The King | Happy Birthday! | Lars Löfgren | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 1994 | Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt | Strindberg behind the scenes | |
| 1995 | Philinte | Misantropen Molière | Ingmar Bergman | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 1998 | Heiner | The Human Circle 3:1 Lars Norén | Lars Norén | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 1998 | Calisto | Celestina Fernando de Rojas | Robert Lepage | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2001 | Henrik | Life in three versions | Kia Berglund | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2002 | Adolphe | Rus August Strindberg | Stefan Larsson | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2003 | Multiple characters | Alice i Underlandet Lewis Carroll, Lucas Svensson and Ole Anders Tandberg | Ole Anders Tandberg | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2004 | Axel | Friends August Strindberg | Hilda Hellwig | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2006 | Banquo | Macbeth William Shakespeare | Staffan Valdemar Holm | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2006 | Wurm | Intrigue and Love Friedrich Schiller | Hilda Hellwig | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2009 | Alain Reille | Le Diu du Carnage Yasmina Reza | Staffan Roos | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2010 | Bill Fordham | August: Osage County Tracy Letts | Stefan Larsson | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2012 | Oscar Ekdahl | Fanny and Alexander Ingmar Bergman | Stefan Larsson | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2013 | Oscar Ekdahl | Fanny and Alexander Ingmar Bergman | Stefan Larsson | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2013 | Johan Tönnesen | The societys mainstay | Gunnel Lindblom | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2013 | Tamburmajoren | Woyzeck | Michael Thalheimer | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2014 | Oscar Ekdahl | Fanny and Alexander Ingmar Bergman | Stefan Larsson | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2014 | Paul | Schwarzes Tier Trauigkeit | Tobias Theorell | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2014 | Kurt | The Dance of Death August Strindberg | Stefan Larsson | The Maxim Theatre |
| 2015 | Oscar Ekdahl | Fanny and Alexander Ingmar Bergman | Stefan Larsson | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2015 | Eugene Jr | And give us shadows Lars Norén | Eirik Stubø | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2016 | Friedrich Hofreiter | The big expanse Arthur Schnitzler | Tobias Theorell | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2016 | Oscar Ekdahl | Fanny and Alexander Ingmar Bergman | Stefan Larsson | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2017 | Oscar Ekdahl | Fanny and Alexander Ingmar Bergman | Stefan Larsson | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2017 | Farmhand Johan | Molnens brother Barbro Lindgren | Lars Rudolfsson | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2017 | Eugene Jr | And give us shadows Lars Norén | Eirik Stubø | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2018 | Gustav Adolf Ekdahl | Fanny and Alexander Ingmar Bergman | Stefan Larsson | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2018–2019 | Multiple characters | Peer Gynt Henrik Ibsen | Michael Thalheimer | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2018–2019 | I | A night in the Swedish summer Erland Josephson | Eirik Stubø | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| 2019 | Kurt | The Death Dance August Strindberg | Stefan Larsson | The Maxim Theatre |
| 2020 | | We here you -Greta Thunberg speech Jacob Hirdwall | Ada Berger and Jacob Hirdwall | Royal Dramatic 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.
* "Risings Star" on Stockholm International Film Festival 2015
* "Best Female Actress" on Internationell Emmy Awards 2016
* Head Jury, XXIX Stockholm Competition on Stockholm International Film Festival 2018