- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 21, 1969
- Place of Birth
- Linköping; Sweden
Magnus Samuelsson
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 …
Filmography
movieMirror
2026 · Gunnar, Executive Producer, Writer
tvThe Time Thief
2025 · Esbjörn Holmgång
tvEl-Turk
2025 · Gunther
tvBlind Tracks
2025 · Björne
movieWe Hunt Giants
2023 · Village chief
movieThe Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
2023 · Clapa
movieBlack Lotus
2023 · Ber
movieMedieval
2022 · Lars
tvThe Witcher
2019 · King Henselt of Kaedwen
tvHälsningar Från
2018 · Self
movieWhat a Circus!
2017 · Göran
tvThe Last Kingdom
2015 · Clapa
movieArne Dahl: Himmelsöga
2015 · Gunnar Nyberg
movieArne Dahl 09 - Afterquake
2015 · Gunnar
movieArne Dahl: Mörkertal
2015 · Gunnar
movieArne Dahl - A Midsummer Night's Dream
2015 · Gunnar Nyberg
movieArne Dahl: Dödsmässa
2015 · Gunnar Nyberg
tvTina på besök
2013 · Self
movieArne Dahl: The Europe Blues
2012 · Gunnar Nyberg
movieArne Dahl: Many Waters
2012 · Gunnar Nyberg
movieArne Dahl: To the Top of the Mountain
2012 · Gunnar Nyberg
movieArne Dahl: Bad Blood
2012 · Gunnar Nyberg
movieArne Dahl: The Blinded Man
2011 · Gunnar Nyberg
movieWho Pulled the Plug? 3
2009 · Arnold
Thirty Years of Pain: History of the World's Strongest Man
movieThirty Years of Pain: History of the World's Strongest Man
2008
The Making of World's Strongest Man
movieThe Making of World's Strongest Man
2008
tvHem till Midgård
2003 · Igor
tvFångarna på fortet
1990 · Self
movieSword of Odin
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We Hunt Giants
movieWe Hunt Giants
— · Village chief
movieDark Skulls
— · Ivar