Simon J. Berger

Simon Berger
Berger in 2013
Born
Simon Jönsson Berger

(1979-06-01) 1 June 1979
Stockholm, Sweden
Alma materMalmö Theatre Academy
OccupationActor
Parents

Simon Jönsson Berger, known as Simon J. Berger (born 1 June 1979) is a Swedish actor.[1] He is the son of musician Bengt Berger and artist Gittan Jönsson.[2] He grew up in Stockholm and in Österlen.[3] He was educated at the Fridhem Folk High School and Malmö Theatre Academy, from which he graduated in 2007.[2] Berger has also acted at Scen Österlen, Lunds Studentteater, Malmö Stadsteater and Royal Dramatic Theatre.[2]

Berger became known to a wider Swedish audience by appearing in the 2007 television miniseries Upp till kamp, in which he played the leading role of Erik Westfeldt.[3] He was given the role while he still studied at Teaterhögskolan.[3]

Berger has also had the leading role in the Academy Award winning short film Istället för Abakadabra.[4] He won a Prix d'Interprétation Masculine award at the Brussels Short Film Festival for that role.[5] In 2010, he made his debut role at the Dramaten as Val Xavier in the play Mannen med Ormskinnsjackan.[6]

In 2012, he played the character Paul in the Jonas Gardell series Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves.[7] The series was broadcast on Swedish Television.[7] He also had a leading role in the 2012 film Call Girl.[8]

In 2015, he played Isak Aronson in TV 4's murder mystery miniseries Modus, which was screened in Australia by SBS[9] and in the UK by BBC Four[10]

From 2019 to 2023, Berger played Adam Vejle in Exit,[11] a series in 3 seasons that described the decadent lives of 4 men in Oslo's finance elites. It became the most streamed in the history of Norwegian national television.[12] His performance as a greedy mining director in the 2023 Norwegian historical drama The Riot was praised by Jan-Olov Andersson in Aftonbladet.[13]

He appeared in the second season of The Hunters in 2021.

References

  1. ↑ Filmdatabas – Simon J. Berger Retrieved 24 March 2016
  2. 1 2 3 Sexig anspänning med jackan på Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 24 March 2016. Deprecated link archived 13 January 2013 at archive.today
  3. 1 2 3 Miranda Sigander/TT Spektra (21 October 2012). "Omtumlande veckor för Simon J Berger". Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Omtumlande veckor för Simon J Berger". Dagens Nyheter. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Palmares 2009". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  6. ↑ ""Mannen i ormskinnsjackan" på Dramaten, Stockholm". Dagens Nyheter. 22 August 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  7. 1 2 Adam Svanell (5 July 2014). "Simon J Berger: "Jag hamnar ofta i gräl med överklasstanter"". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  8. ↑ Johanna Hagström (11 November 2012). "Simon J Berger fäller inga tårar". Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  9. ↑ Modus, SBS TV website, Undated.Retrieved: 3 December 2016.
  10. ↑ Modus: the show that takes Scandi-noir into 'whydunnit' territory, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, The Guardian, 25 November 2016.Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "Bäst i tv-världen just nu: Simon J Berger i norska finans-satiren Exit - TVdags.se". 8 November 2019. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  12. ↑ Pettersen, Jørn (8 October 2019). "Nå er «Exit» den mest strømmede dramaserien i NRK noensinne". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  13. ↑ Andersson, Jan-Olov (1 February 2024). "Simon J Berger är härligt diabolisk som gruvbolagsdirektör" [Simon J Berger is delightfully diabolical as a mining company director]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.

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