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Johan Hedenberg

{{short description|Swedish actor}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1954|10|9}}

| birth_place = Maria Magdalena parish, Stockholm, Sweden

| occupation = Actor, director, screenwriter

| years_active = 1980–present

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Leif Johan Gunnar Hedenberg (born 9 October 1954) is a Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter.

Early life and education

Leif Johan Gunnar Hedenberg was born on 9 October 1954 in Maria Magdalena parish in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of actors {{ill|Ulla-Britt Hedenberg|sv|lt=Ulla-Britt}} and {{ill|Leif Hedenberg|sv}}, and grew up in the suburb of Bromma.{{cite web | title=Johan Hedenberg | website=SFdb | date=2013| first=P. O. |last=Qvist| url=https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=person&itemid=114519#biography | access-date=25 April 2025}} Johan was beaten regularly by his father as a child, until he fought back as a teen and gave him a beating, after which his father never touched him again. Their relationship became frosty for some time after that, before thawing somewhat.{{cite interview|first=Johan |last=Hedenberg | title=Johan Hedenberg: Jag är uppväxt med stryk | website=Expressen | date=29 January 2013 | url=https://www.expressen.se/noje/extra/johan-hedenberg-jag-ar-uppvaxt-med-stryk/ | language=sv | access-date=25 April 2025}} Updated 1 April 2016

In 1978 he began studying at the Malmö Theatre Academy in Malmö, in southern Sweden, graduating in 1981.

Career

=Acting=

After graduating, he started working as an actor with the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. During that time, he spent much time in the company of Thorsten Flinck and Paolo Roberto, and also others who were bad for him, including criminals. He gave up his job at the theatre in anger after a fight, which he later regretted.

He soon found work in various TV series, and at the end of the 1980s found work in the emerging business of voice acting. With the introduction of commercial television in Sweden, animated shows on TV became more common and Hedenberg found steady work as a voice actor. As a voice actor, Hedenberg became a popular choice to cast as villains because of his deep voice, including Dr. Julian Robotnik, Prolix, The Shredder, Dr. Drakken, and Dick Dastardly.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

He acted in the stage premiere of {{ill|Magnus Dahlström (writer)|sv|Magnus Dahlström |lt=Magnus Dahlström}}'s acclaimed play Skärbrännaren (1987), which was made into a television version the following year.

In 1988, he became widely known for his role as a "baddy" in the TV drama series Varuhuset.

During the 2000s and 2010s he provided the Swedish voice for several famous cartoon villains Captain Haddock in The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011; dir: Steven Spielberg) and Django in Ratatouille (2007; dir. Brad Bird).

=Screenwriting=

Hedenberg wrote the screenplay for the 1990 film Tolv vill hem, which he also directed and produced, and Badhuset, released in 1989.

Other activities

Hedenberg was a member of the rock music band Rökrock, and has appeared on television as a trotting expert.

Personal life

Hedenberg was married, and has two daughters.{{cite web|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article14312216.ab|title=Skådespelaren Johan Hedenberg överlevde mirakulöst efter hjärttumör {{pipe}} Nöjesbladet {{pipe}} Aftonbladet|publisher=aftonbladet.se|accessdate=14 February 2015}} After divorcing, he dated actress Sanna Ekman for some time.

In 2012, he survived an operation to remove a tumour from his heart which was at high risk at spreading. He later said that the incident had given him new a perspective on life. In the same year, he published an autobiography titled Lill-Tarzan å jag.{{cite web | last=Hedenberg | first=Johan | title=Lill-Tarzan å jag | website=Norstedts | date=11 January 2013 | url=https://www.norstedts.se/bok/9789113047911/lill-tarzan-a-jag | language=sv | access-date=27 April 2025}}

Filmography

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0373208}}

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Category:1954 births

Category:Living people

Category:Swedish male film actors

Category:Swedish male television actors

Category:Swedish male voice actors

Category:20th-century Swedish male actors

Category:21st-century Swedish male actors

Category:Male actors from Stockholm