Michael Nyqvist: R.I.P.

Sad news: Michael Nyqvist, the actor best known for his role in the Swedish movie adaptations of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, has died at the age of 56 from lung cancer.

Nyqvist also starred in John Wick and Mission Impossible-Ghost Protocol. He also starred in Colonia and Hunter Killer.

After starring during the 1980s and early 1990s in mostly Swedish theater and movie productions, including in the role as police officer Banck in the first series of Beck films made in 1997.

He is survived by his wife Catharina and their children.