Ola Rapace is a Swedish

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 is best known in Sweden for roles in the popular TV series Tusenbröder

Tusenbröder

Tusenbröder was a very popular drama TV-series on Swedish Television in three seasons, from 2002 , 2003 and 2006...

and the first season of the Swedish TV series Wallander

Wallander (Swedish TV series)

Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films were produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and the remainder with new storylines suggested by Mankell...

which is based on Henning Mankell

Henning Mankell

Henning Mankell is a Swedish crime writer, children's author, leftist activist and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most famous creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander.-Life and career:...

's Kurt Wallander

Kurt Wallander

Kurt Wallander is a fictional character created by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell. The protagonist of several mystery novels, set in and around the town of Ystad, 60 km south-east of the city of Malmö, in the southern province of Skåne...

 books. Outside Sweden, his most notable work is in the 2000

2000 in film

The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ....

 Lukas Moodysson

Lukas Moodysson

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 film Together

Together (2000 film)

Together is a 2000 comedy/drama film. It is Swedish director Lukas Moodysson's second full length film. Set in a Stockholm commune called "Tillsammans" in 1975, it is a satirical view at socialist values and a bittersweet comedy....

which won several awards at international film festivals.

He had a small role in the English language

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 film Rancid

Rancid (film)

Rancid is a 2004 Swedish thriller film in English, written by Jesper Ersgård and directed by Jack Ersgard....

(2004). He is also known for his acting role as Daniel Nordström in the Danish police TV show Anna Pihl

Anna Pihl

Anna Pihl is a Danish police drama produced by TV2. The series stars Charlotte Munck as the title character Anna Pihl, Peter Mygind, and Iben Hjejle as Mikala...

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He was married to the actress Noomi Rapace

Noomi Rapace

Noomi Rapace is a Swedish actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish/Danish film adaptations of the "Millennium series": The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest...

. They chose the surname Rapace together after they were married: it means "bird of prey" in French and Italian. Rapace lived in France for several years and speaks fluent French. He was convicted of drug offences in March 2009 after admitting taking cocaine. He was arrested in October 2008 while playing an amphetamine addict in the play Den ömhet jag är värd ("The tenderness I am worth") at the Royal Dramatic Theatre

Royal Dramatic Theatre

The Royal Dramatic Theatre is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's eight running stages....

 in Stockholm.

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