Kåre Hedebrant
Encyclopedia
Kåre Hedebrant is a Swedish
actor. He played the main character in the 2008 Swedish romantic
horror film
Let the Right One In. He lives in Hässelby
, near Stockholm
. Hedebrant currently attends Kungsholmens Gymnasium
´s Choir Section, and during middle school he attended Adolf Frederick´s School of Music.
In 2005, Hedebrant played the title role of Emil in "Emil i Lönneberga", a theatrical production based on the popular children's novels by Astrid Lindgren
.
In 2007, after an open casting involving 4000 kids, Hedebrant was chosen to play the role of Oskar in Let the Right One In. Oskar, the protagonist
of the film, is a 12-year old bullied boy who strikes up a friendship with the mysterious Eli (Lina Leandersson
), who later turns out to be a vampire
. Hedebrant received generally positive notices for his role. According to If magazine
's reviewer, "Hedebrant does a fine job of conveying the boy’s silent longing, rage and defiance". James Berardinelli
considered him an "interesting choice to play Oskar", and noted that he "effectively makes the character seem remote, withdrawn, and a little creepy".
According to Hedebrant, "[e]ven the bully scenes weren't hard to shoot because I got on very well with both guys ... [t]he main problem was that it was so cold!"
Hedebrant has expressed that although he hasn't decided to pursue a career in acting, he would "definitely" want to try it again. He received a nomination for "Best Performance in an International Feature Film - Leading Young Performers" (with Lina Leandersson
), in the 30th Annual Young Artist Awards. Other nominations include "Breakthrough Performer" from the Online Film Critics Society Awards 2008
(won by Lina Leandersson
), and "Best Actor" in the 2009 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
(won by Ron Perlman
).
Hedebrant is member of a band called The Broadcasting Service, who "plays alternative rock
, stuff like The Hives
".
In 2010, Hedebrant was chosen as the lead role in Amors Baller
, a Norwegian romantic comedy directed by Kristoffer Metcalfe. Hedebrant plays Lucas, a Swedish teenager who moves to a small Norwegian town, and falls in love with the goalkeeper on the local girl's football team. The film premiered in Norway on 25 March 2011.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
actor. He played the main character in the 2008 Swedish romantic
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
Let the Right One In. He lives in Hässelby
Hässelby
Hässelby is a part of Hässelby-Vällingby in the City of Stockholm in Sweden, comprising the suburban areas Hässelby Gård, Hässelby Strand and Hässelby Villastad.-Hässelby in literature:...
, near Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
. Hedebrant currently attends Kungsholmens Gymnasium
Kungsholmens Gymnasium
Kungsholmens gymnasium is a high school located on the island of Kungsholmen in Stockholm, Sweden...
´s Choir Section, and during middle school he attended Adolf Frederick´s School of Music.
In 2005, Hedebrant played the title role of Emil in "Emil i Lönneberga", a theatrical production based on the popular children's novels by Astrid Lindgren
Astrid Lindgren
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren , 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish author and screenwriter who is the world's 25th most translated author and has sold roughly 145 million copies worldwide...
.
In 2007, after an open casting involving 4000 kids, Hedebrant was chosen to play the role of Oskar in Let the Right One In. Oskar, the protagonist
Protagonist
A protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
of the film, is a 12-year old bullied boy who strikes up a friendship with the mysterious Eli (Lina Leandersson
Lina Leandersson
Lina Leandersson is a Swedish child actress. She played a lead role in the 2008 Swedish romantic vampire film Let the Right One In, based on the novel by the same name. Born in Falun, Leandersson started performing at an early age. She acted in local amateur theatre performances, and had a few...
), who later turns out to be a vampire
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
. Hedebrant received generally positive notices for his role. According to If magazine
If (magazine)
If was an American science fiction magazine launched in March 1952 by Quinn Publications, owned by James L. Quinn. Quinn hired Paul W. Fairman to be the first editor, but early circulation figures were disappointing, and Quinn fired Fairman after only three issues. Quinn then took over the...
's reviewer, "Hedebrant does a fine job of conveying the boy’s silent longing, rage and defiance". James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli is an American online film critic.-Personal life:Berardinelli was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey and spent his early childhood in Morristown, New Jersey. At the age of nine years, he relocated to the township of Cherry Hill, New Jersey...
considered him an "interesting choice to play Oskar", and noted that he "effectively makes the character seem remote, withdrawn, and a little creepy".
According to Hedebrant, "[e]ven the bully scenes weren't hard to shoot because I got on very well with both guys ... [t]he main problem was that it was so cold!"
Hedebrant has expressed that although he hasn't decided to pursue a career in acting, he would "definitely" want to try it again. He received a nomination for "Best Performance in an International Feature Film - Leading Young Performers" (with Lina Leandersson
Lina Leandersson
Lina Leandersson is a Swedish child actress. She played a lead role in the 2008 Swedish romantic vampire film Let the Right One In, based on the novel by the same name. Born in Falun, Leandersson started performing at an early age. She acted in local amateur theatre performances, and had a few...
), in the 30th Annual Young Artist Awards. Other nominations include "Breakthrough Performer" from the Online Film Critics Society Awards 2008
Online Film Critics Society Awards 2008
----Best Picture: WALL-E The 12th Online Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the best in film for 2008, were given on 19 January 2009.-Best Picture:WALL-E*The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*The Dark Knight...
(won by Lina Leandersson
Lina Leandersson
Lina Leandersson is a Swedish child actress. She played a lead role in the 2008 Swedish romantic vampire film Let the Right One In, based on the novel by the same name. Born in Falun, Leandersson started performing at an early age. She acted in local amateur theatre performances, and had a few...
), and "Best Actor" in the 2009 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
Fangoria
Fangoria is an American magazine devoted to horror and exploitation films, which has a number of associated brands:* Fangoria Comics* Fangoria Films* Fangoria RadioFangoria may also refer to:* Fangoria , a Spanish electro pop band...
(won by Ron Perlman
Ron Perlman
Ronald N. "Ron" Perlman is an American television, film and voice over actor. He is known for having played Vincent in the TV series Beauty and the Beast , a Deathstroke figure known as Slade in the animated series Teen Titans, Clarence "Clay" Morrow in Sons of Anarchy, the comic book character...
).
Hedebrant is member of a band called The Broadcasting Service, who "plays alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
, stuff like The Hives
The Hives
The Hives are a Swedish garage rock band that first garnered attention in the early 2000s as a prominent group of the garage rock revival. Their mainstream success came with the release of the "greatest hits" album Your New Favourite Band, featuring their most well-known song "Hate to Say I Told...
".
In 2010, Hedebrant was chosen as the lead role in Amors Baller
Amors Baller
Amors Baller is a Norwegian teenage comedy film directed by Kristoffer Metcalfe, starring Kåre Hedebrant and Eira K. Stuedahl. The film was co-written by Metcalfe and producer Frederick Howard. The film premiered in Norway on 25 March 2011.-Plot:...
, a Norwegian romantic comedy directed by Kristoffer Metcalfe. Hedebrant plays Lucas, a Swedish teenager who moves to a small Norwegian town, and falls in love with the goalkeeper on the local girl's football team. The film premiered in Norway on 25 March 2011.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Let the Right One In | Oskar | Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Film BAFTA Award for Best Film This page lists the winners and nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language and Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film for each year, in addition to the retired earlier versions of those awards... Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film -1990s:-2000s:-2010s:... BIFA Award for Best Foreign Independent Film BIFA Award for Best Foreign Independent Film The British Independent Film Award for Best Foreign Independent Film is an annual award given to the best Foreign independent film. The award was introduced in the 1998 ceremony.- Winners and nominees :From 1998 to 2002 there were two separate categories:... Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Film Chlotrudis Award for Best Film The Chlotrudis Award for Best Film is an award given by the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film to the film that is voted as the best by participating members. The Chlotrudis Awards is an annual ceremony where the best of the previous year's independent and international film are... Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated—Goya Award for Best European Film Goya Award for Best European Film The Goya Award for Best European Film is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards.-1990s:-2000s:-Awards by nation:-External links:**... Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film is an award given by the Kansas City Film Critics Circle to honor the best achievements in acting.-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:-References:*... Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best foreign language film of the year.-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:... Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance The Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best breakthrough performance of the year.-Winners:... (by Kåre Hedebrant) Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film is an annual award given by the Phoenix Film Critics Society.- 2000s :- 2010s :... San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film The San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the annual film awards given by the San Diego Film Critics Society.- 1990s :- 2000s :- 2010s :... San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film The San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film, given by the San Francisco Film Critics Circle, honors the finest achievements in filmmaking.- 2000s :- 2010s :... Saturn Award for Best International Film Saturn Award for Best International Film The following is a list of Saturn Award winners for Best International Film.... Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the annual film awards given by the Southeastern Film Critics Association.- 1990s :- 2000s :- 2010s :... Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Film is one of the annual awards given by the Toronto Film Critics Association.-2000s:-2010s:... |
| 2011 | Amors Baller Amors Baller Amors Baller is a Norwegian teenage comedy film directed by Kristoffer Metcalfe, starring Kåre Hedebrant and Eira K. Stuedahl. The film was co-written by Metcalfe and producer Frederick Howard. The film premiered in Norway on 25 March 2011.-Plot:... |
Lucas |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Breakthrough Performance (won by Lina Leandersson Lina Leandersson Lina Leandersson is a Swedish child actress. She played a lead role in the 2008 Swedish romantic vampire film Let the Right One In, based on the novel by the same name. Born in Falun, Leandersson started performing at an early age. She acted in local amateur theatre performances, and had a few... ) |
Let the Right One In | |
| 2009 | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in an International Feature Film – Leading Young Performers (with Lina Leandersson Lina Leandersson Lina Leandersson is a Swedish child actress. She played a lead role in the 2008 Swedish romantic vampire film Let the Right One In, based on the novel by the same name. Born in Falun, Leandersson started performing at an early age. She acted in local amateur theatre performances, and had a few... ) |
Let the Right One In | |
| 2009 | Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | Best Actor | Let the Right One In |