Carl Martin Gunnar Wallström Milkéwitz (born 7 July 1983) is a Swedish television and film actor. A successful actor in his home country, he is best known internationally for his 2015 American debut role as Tyrell Wellick in the USA Network cyber-thriller Mr. Robot.
Early life and education Carl Martin Gunnar Wallström Milkéwitz, known as Carl Wallström, was born on 7 July 1983, in Uddevalla, Sweden.
Wallström began his professional acting career as a teenager, and later decided to study acting. He enrolled in the University of Gothenburg's Academy of Music and Drama in 2004, and graduated in 2008.
Career Wallström began his career at age fifteen in the Swedish film Hela Härligheten. He has worked in many Swedish, other Nordic, and German television and film productions since 1998.
In 2008, Wallström had a small role in the wide-release Swedish film Arn: The Kingdom at the End of the Road (Arn – Riket vid vägens slut). The following year, he made his debut in the Johan Falk film franchise in the film Johan Falk: GSI – Gruppen för särskilda insatser; he reprised this role in the following Johan Falk film Johan Falk – Vapenbröder which was released the same year.
In 2010, Wallström starred opposite Bill Skarsgård in the Swedish film Simple Simon. The film was recognised internationally and was shortlisted for that year's Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2013, he starred in Easy Money III: Life Deluxe, the third instalment of the very successful trilogy starring Joel Kinnaman. He also starred in the Swedish romantic comedy Ego that year.
In October 2014, it was announced that Wallström had joined the main cast of the US television thriller Mr. Robot. This was his US television debut and his most prominent international role to date. Wallström was cast as Tyrell Wellick, an ambitious Swedish technology executive for E Corp that works with the main character Elliot, played by Rami Malek. Wallström won the role of Wellick by submitting three self-tapes to the show. The first episode of the series premiered on 24 June 2015. Although credited as a main cast member for all four seasons of the show, he does not appear on-screen in about one-third of its episodes.
Wallström's other English-language roles include as Martin in the 2014 Swedish film Remake (in both Swedish and English), Tomas in the 2015 internationally co-produced English-language television drama 100 Code, a 2017 voice-acting role in an episode of the Comedy Central show Jeff & Some Aliens, and in supporting roles in the World War II drama Ashes in the Snow and independent science-fiction film Parallel, both released in 2018.
Wallström has narrated many audiobooks in Swedish. As of November 2019, he had narrated 32 books.
Personal life Wallström married Swedish actress Lisa Linnertorp. They had a son and a daughter together before divorcing in 2021.
Wallström speaks Swedish and English.
Filmography Year Film Role Notes1998Hela HärlighetenJörgen2000Before the StormDanne2001Ingen återvändoMartinShort film2003Hannah med HGuy at New Years party #12006Du & jagStudenten Jens2008EldsdansenFrej2008Arn – Riket vid vägens slutMagnus Månsköld2009Johan Falk: GSI – Gruppen för särskilda insatserMartin Borhulth2009Johan Falk – VapenbröderMartin Borhulth2010PureMattias2010SebbeTidningstjuv 22010PaxTim2010Simple SimonSam2011Beyond the BorderSven Stenström2011Maria Wern – Drömmar ur snöJesper2013EgoSebastian2013Easy Money III: Life DeluxeMartin Hägerström2014Stockholm StoriesJohan2014RemakeMartin2015NirbashitoGustavIndian-Swedish film2018Ashes in the SnowNikolai KretzskyLithuanian-American film2018VideomannenChefen2019ParallelNoelDirected by Isaac Ezban; Canadian film2024StolenRobert
Television Year TV Series Role Notes2002Olivia TwistBosseMini-series2002FamiljenFred Holde12 episodes2003En ö i havetRagnarMini-series2004LokalreporternRobbanMini-series2004Danslärarens åtkomstUng MolinMini-series2007Upp till kampRogerMini-series2008SelmaNilsTelevision movie2009183 dagarBar Customer1 episode2009Kommissarien och havetMats Östlund1 episode; German production2009Oskyldigt dömdAnders Hellman1 episode2009StenhuggarenAnders AnderssonTelevision movie2005–2010Wallander Jens/Johan Rasmusson2 episodes2010ArnMagnus MånsköldMini-series2010DrottningoffretJohnnyMini-series2013Morden i SandhamnMagnus3 episodes2014ArvingarnaMatti1 episode2015–2019Mr. RobotTyrell WellickMain role; American production2017Jeff And Some AliensGustav1 episode; American production2020Den Sista SommarenPolice officer7 episodes2020–2023BeckJosef Eriksson12 episodes2022HeadhuntersJon Christian Wiklund6 episodes
Music videos Year Artist Title2018In FlamesI Am Above
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