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    Magnus Samuelsson

    1969-12-21 (54 years old) in Linköping; Sweden

    Magnus Samuelsson (born December 21, 1969), is a Swedish actor, former strongman and winner of the 1998 World's Strongest Man contest in Morocco. The son of a former Swedish arm wrestling champion, he has also been ranked among the best arm wrestlers in the world and was a European Arm Wrestling champion before becoming a professional strongman. Samuelsson holds the record for reaching the World's Strongest Man finals 10 times, a feat which he achieved over a 13-year span from 1995–2007. He has also achieved a podium place in WSM on five separate occasions. Magnus Samuelsson was offered a role in the film Gladiator but declined. One of the reasons he declined was that he believed the film was going to be a B movie. The agent who had phoned him to offer the role had told him that he would "fight with swords and so", and also named a couple of actors in the cast, which Magnus Samuelsson did not recognize. In 2009 Samuelsson won the Swedish version of the television series Dancing with the Stars, beating songwriter Laila Bagge in the final. Samuelsson plays Gunnar Nyberg, a detective in the 2011 Swedish crime thriller series Arne Dahl. It has also been aired in Germany and UK. The series is now available on Amazon Prime.

    Movies

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    We Hunt Giants
    20 %|Jul 3, 2023
    Adventure
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    The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
    72 %|Apr 14, 2023
    Action, Adventure, War
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    Black Lotus
    66 %|Apr 12, 2023
    Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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    Medieval
    70 %|Sep 8, 2022
    Action, Drama, History
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    What a Circus!
    65 %|Oct 5, 2017
    Family
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    Arne Dahl - Himmelsöga
    52 %|Apr 12, 2015
    Drama, Action
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    Arne Dahl 09 - Afterquake
    43 %|Mar 29, 2015
    Drama, Crime
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    Arne Dahl 08 - Mörkertal
    50 %|Mar 15, 2015
    Drama, TV Movie, Crime
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    Arne Dahl - A Midsummer Night's Dream
    50 %|Feb 15, 2015
    Drama, TV Movie, Crime
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    Arne Dahl Dödsmässa
    32 %|Jan 6, 2015
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    Arne Dahl: The Europe Blues
    54 %|Mar 14, 2012
    Crime
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    Arne Dahl: Many Waters
    62 %|Feb 22, 2012
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    Arne Dahl: The Blinded Man
    63 %|Dec 27, 2011
    Crime
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    Who Pulled the Plug? 3
    26 %|Dec 25, 2009
    Comedy
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    Sword of Odin
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Action, Adventure, Fantasy, History, Horror
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    Who Pulled the Plug? 3
    26 %|Dec 25, 2009
    Comedy
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    We Hunt Giants
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    Adventure
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    Arne Dahl: Bad Blood
    66 %|Jan 4, 2012
    Crime
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    Mirror
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Drama

    Series

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    The Witcher
    81 %|Dec 20, 2019
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
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    Arne Dahl
    60 %|Dec 27, 2011
    Mystery, Crime
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    Hem till Midgård
    64 %|Feb 23, 2003
    Comedy, Action & Adventure
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    Fångarna på fortet
    78 %|Sep 29, 1990
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    El Turco
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Action & Adventure, Drama