Martin Wollstrom is a popular Swedish actor who plays in the theater and cinema. He mainly appears in works of the detective and dramatic genre. Popularity was brought to him by the paintings “Another Way”, “Vallander”, “Arn: The Kingdom at the End of the Way”, “Towards Something Beautiful”, “Sebbe”, “The Border”, “Mr. Robot”.
Actor Biography
Martin Wolstrom was born in 1983. He was born in the Swedish town of Uddevalla.
He began his acting career in 1998 with episodic roles on Swedish television. In 2004 he entered the prestigious Academy of Music and Drama, located in Gothenburg.
Over time, he became a permanent member of the troupe of the Gothenburg City Theater. At the same time he graduated from a local university with a higher education.
In 2008, an important event took place in his personal life. Martin Wolstrom married a colleague Lisa Linnerthorpe. She is known for participating in Swedish TV shows.
Movie debut
Martin Wolstrom’s first notable film was Christine Olofson’s drama The Other Way. Here he played a small role as a guy at a party in the story of the 18-year-old Hannah, who is trying to figure out herself and others, entering into adulthood.
After Martin Wollstrom’s career, he participated in the popular Swedish detective series “Wallander”. It tells about the police inspector, in whose eyes the girl makes self-immolation. Law enforcement officers are trying to figure out this and many other complicated stories.
Fame and success
The true success of the hero of our article came in 2011, when he played in the military drama Ricard Holm's "Border".
The events of this film take place on the Swedish-Norwegian border in 1942. Two young soldiers leave their post at a checkpoint to see the real Nazis. On the way back, they accidentally find themselves on Norwegian soil, which, unlike Sweden, is already occupied by the Germans. Wolstrom plays one of the young soldiers named Sven Stenström.
Since 2015, Wolstrom has starred in the American television series Mr. Robot. Three seasons have already appeared, which amounted to 32 episodes. The hero of our article has one of the main roles - his character's name is Tyrell Wellick.
The series tells the story of a young cybersecurity engineer and a talented hacker at the same time. At one point, he is at a crossroads, not knowing which road to take next. The leader of the secret hacker movement wants to recruit him in order to destroy the corporation for which he officially works.
He is tormented by internal doubts about what to do in this situation.