Joakim Nätterqvist

Joakim Nätterqvist

Nätterqvist in 2007, filming Arn – The Knight Templar.
Born Dag Joakim Tedson Nätterqvist
(1974-10-24) 24 October 1974
Gamla Uppsala, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Occupation Actor
Years active 1998–present
Spouse(s) Cecilia Häll Separated
Children 1

Dag Joakim Tedson Nätterqvist (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjuːakɪm ˈnɛtːərkvɪst]; born 24 October 1974) is a Swedish actor.

Background

Nätterqvist was born in Gamla Uppsala. He is the son of competitive equestrians Ted and Pia Levin Nätterqvist and grew up on Flammabyggets equestrian farm outside Laholm. Nätterqvis learned to ride at age of four and competed in show jumping as a child and teenager. He is the grandson of Swedish show jumping rider and trainer Dag Nätterqvist.[1][2]

As a youth, he was more drawn to the world of sports, rather than drama, not only competing in equestrian sports, but playing ice hockey and football as well. After attending several smaller drama institutes, he graduated from the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts in Stockholm in 2001. He quickly landed a three-year stint with Stockholm City Theatre, where he appeared in, among others, Hamlet and A View from the Bridge. He also had the chance to work with Lars Norén, considered by many to be Sweden's most prominent contemporary playwright, at The National Theatre Company[3] in his play Terminal.

He landed his first leading TV role in the 2002 mini-series Stackars Tom.[4]

Arn: Knight Templar

Nätterqvist has since then moved on to television and film. He had his big breakthrough in 2007 when he starred in the movie Arn – The Knight Templar, its sequel and the six-part[5] television series.[6] Nätterqvist played the leading role of crusading knight Arn Magnusson. Once the stunt team realized how well Nätterqvist could ride, he ended up performing his own horse stunts. He also benefitted from previous classes in olympic fencing for several past theatre productions, and his general interest in fencing (he was a special guest and speaker at the 2012 Swedish Competitive Fencing Convention).[7]

Nätterqvist was trained in medieval weapons and longbow archery by Steve Ralphs, costume armourer and archery coach for Game of Thrones, Wrath of the Titans and Ridley Scotts' Robin Hood.

This is the most expensive movie project in the history of Swedish film and was shot in English and Swedish, on location in Sweden, Scotland and Morocco with an international cast.[6] The production was headed by Svensk Filmindustri in conjunction with Film i Väst, TV4 (Sweden), Telepool (Germany), Danmarks Radio (Denmark), YLE (Finland) and TV 2 (Norway).[8]

The Arn project has been shown on television in many areas of the world. When it was shown in France on France 4,[9] it went up against Showtime’s historical drama The Tudors, on NRJ12 in the same time slot, and rated with a higher numbers of viewers.[10]

Recent projects

He has continued work with television, theatre and film. In 2011, he co-starred in the controversial Swedish film With Every Heartbeat/Kiss Me[11] and award-winning music video director Adam Berg's film In.[12] Americans saw him in the 2011 season finale of USA Network's series Covert Affairs.[13]

Since the fall of 2011 he has been playing fashion designer and love interest Hugo Cronstedt in TV3’s popular romantic comedy-drama Elsas Värld. The show came back for a second series in 2013 and will consist of 20 episodes, lasting into the spring of 2014. [14]

He spent most of the 2015 summer filming Viking, a Russian medieval epic.[15] In the fall the same year he joined the cast of popular crime drama Maria Wern.[16]

Personal life

He lives in Gamla stan, the medieval section of Stockholm.[17] He was previously married to actress Cecilia Häll and they have a son, Zeth together. Zeth recently provided the voice for one of the animated characters in the Swedish release of The Good Dinosaur.[18]

For many years he lived with haute couture handbag designer Sunshine Cunningham-Cole[19][20] (daughter of British fine artist and ceramist Carl Cunningham-Cole),[21] but is now single.

Nätterqvist is bilingual in Swedish and English (he speaks English with two different accents, standardized American English and British Received Pronunciation).

He has a Britpop/Indie pop band named Nacissistic Street. They released the CD Soldier in Me in 2008.[22][23] The album was recorded before he made his big breakthrough as the medieval knight and had to postpone the album release due to massive Arn project.[6] In December 2011 the band performed at the European premiere of David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.[24]

His favorite play is Macbeth.[25]

Voted sexiest man in Sweden 2007 by Plaza Magazine[26]

Nätterqvist has been very active raising money for UNICEF.[27]

He is one of the founders of Actors Studio Stockholm, a two year drama academy.[28]

In August 2013, rapper turned celebrity fitness trainer David “D-Flex” Seisay, published his book ‘’Träna med D-flex’’. Nätterqvist contributed to the book, and is featured in text and photos displaying Seisay's fitness instructions.[29]

Unscripted Television

Nätterqvist has also worked with unscripted television. In 2010 he almost won the Swedish version of Let's Dance for Comic Relief with his interpretation of Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance.[30] In spring 2011 he co-hosted the popular TV cooking show Klockan åtta hos stjärnorna.[31] He has also participated in other shows such as Herr och Fru, Doobidoo[32][33] and Fenomen med Uri Geller.[34]

School

He is the co-founder of Actors Studio Stockholm, a 2 year academic program, that incorporates the Michael Chekhov acting technique with Swedish stage traditions. Nätterqvist has also taught drama at several other schools in Sweden, and worked with unemployed actors via Public Employment Service.[35]

Filmography

Cinema appearances

Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Bomber Photographer
2001 Tsatsiki: Friends Forever Niclas
2002 We Can Be Heroes! Coach
2007 Arn – The Knight Templar Arn Magnusson Nominated: European Film Awards Audience Award
2008 Arn - The Kingdom at Road's End Arn Magnusson Guldbagge Award: Audience Award [36]
2011 In Håkan Best Short Film at 2011 Gothenburg Film Festival
2011 Kiss Me (With Every Heartbeat ) Tim Bratthall 2012 Guldbagge Award from Swedish Film Institute.

Audience Award, Breakthrough Section, at the American Film Institute Fest[37]

2014 Inte som på film (Not Like the Movies) Tommy Young adult Crime family drama
2016 Viking Khevding Russian historic drama
Television appearances
Year Title Role Notes
1998 Aspiranterna Moses
1998 Beck Young Jon Anders Beck – Öga för öga
1998 Waiting for the Tenor/Veranda för en tenor The Production Assistant
2002 Spung Ana-Maria's boyfriend 4 episodes, Season I
2002 Stackars Tom Tom
2003 Talismanen The Thief Produced & co-written by Henning Mankell
2004 Linné och hans apostlar Daniel Solander
2004 Skeppsholmen
2005 Kommissionen News anchor
2008 Häxdansen Henke
2008 Filmen om Arn Arn Magnusson Television program
2009 Life in Fagervik Village Rasmus Svensk Joined cast with series 2, 11 episodes
2010 Arn: The Series Arn Magnusson 6 episodes
2011 Covert Affairs Little Magnus 2011 Season Finale, USA Network
2011 Nils Holgerssons wunderbare Reise Tore Berggren Mini-series, German TV broadcaster ARD
2011–2012 Elsas Värld Hugo Cronsted Season 1
2012 Hellenius Hörna The Shining Knight Special Guest Star [38]
2013 Fort Boyard
2013 Tänk om ryktet är sant Erik 90-minute single drama
2013–2014 Elsas Värld 2 Hugo Cronsted
2014 Star Wars Rebels Kanan Jarrus Swedish voice
2015 Maria Wern DCI Torwalds [16]

Selected Stage Appearances

References

  1. ↑ Joakim Nätterqvist. moviezine.se
  2. ↑ Joakim Nätterqvist. vame.se (27 January 2015)
  3. ↑ "Terminal | Riksteatern". Riksteatern.se. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Joakim Nätterqvist blev Arn". Kulturväst.se. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Arn: The Series". SF International. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  6. 1 2 3 "Från brynja till britpop för Joakim Nätterqvist – Kultur & Nöjen – Sydsvenskan – Nyheter dygnet runt". Sydsvenskan.se. 22 December 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Joakim Nätterqvist om karriären". TV4.se. 25 December 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "Arn – The Knight Templar Series". SF International. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  9. ↑ "Arn, le chevalier du temple". France 4. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  10. ↑ "Audiences TNT: Le premier épisode des Simpson dépasse le million sur W9". jeanmarcmorandini.com. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  11. ↑ Snarker, Dorothy (23 May 2011). "Swedish lesbian film "Kiss Me" looks lovely, complicated, lovely some more". AfterEllen.com. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  12. ↑ "Stora novellfilmspriset till IN och sex nya novellprojekt presenterade". Sfi.se. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  13. ↑ "Covert Affairs – Episode Guide: Letter Never Sent". USA Network. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  14. ↑ Breaking News – Sofis snapshots. Bloggar.aftonbladet.se. Retrieved on 22 February 2016.
  15. ↑ Шведская звезда российского блокбастера о викингах снимет свой фильм. Rg.ru (21 June 2012). Retrieved on 2016-02-22.
  16. 1 2 Eva Röse: "Hon går igenom ett helvete" | Nöje. Expressen.se (3 October 2015). Retrieved on 2016-02-22.
  17. ↑ "Trivs i gränslösa gränder". Dagens Nyheter. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  18. ↑ Hygglig men tunn Pixar | Film – Recensioner | Film | Nöjesbladet | Aftonbladet. Aftonbladet.se (8 January 2016). Retrieved on 22 February 2016.
  19. ↑ "Stureplan – Joakim & Sunshine". Stureplan Magazine. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  20. ↑ "Joakim Nätterqvist och hans härliga solsken!". Finest.se. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  21. ↑ algutsboda-art.com. algutsboda-art.com. Retrieved on 22 February 2016.
  22. ↑ "Arn" blir indie". Svenska Dagbladet. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  23. ↑ "Narcissistic Street – Soldier In Me". Sydsvenska Dagbladets AB. 17 June 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  24. ↑ "Galapremiär: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – 13 December". Finest.se. 13 December 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  25. ↑ "Han vill gärna vara ond" (PDF). Mitt i Kungsholmen. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  26. ↑ Joakim Nätterqvist. IMDb
  27. ↑ Bilder från ”för varenda unge”-dagen på Östermalmstorg – UNICEF Sveriges blogg. Blog.unicef.se (22 April 2013). Retrieved on 2016-02-22.
  28. ↑ Joakim Nätterqvist. actorsstudiostockholm.com
  29. ↑ Seisay, D – Träna med D-flex – 13046723 – Norstedts. Norstedts.se (19 March 2014). Retrieved on 2016-02-22.
  30. ↑ "Joakim Nätterqvist panelens val i Dansfeber: Inte väntat". TV4. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  31. ↑ "Kändisar ska tävla – i köket". TV4. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  32. ↑ "Nätterqvist & Meja". NME. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  33. ↑ "Han staller upp for Gammla stan". Direkt Press. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  34. ↑ Kanal 5 | Dplay. Kanal5play.se. Retrieved on 22 February 2016.
  35. ↑ http://actorsstudiostockholm.com/larare/
  36. ↑ "Arn-Vi har vunnit svenska folket". Expressen. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  37. ↑ "Kiss Me blu-ray". blu-ray.com. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  38. ↑ "vARNning för farliga Olin". Aftonbladet. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  39. ↑ Elizabeth Wagmeister (14 June 2016). "HBO-stjerne får hovedrolle i trøndersk musikal". Adresseavisen. Retrieved 15 June 2016.

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