ACTOR

Björn Andrésen

1955 - Today

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Björn Johan Andrésen (born 26 January 1955) is a Swedish actor and musician. He is best known for playing the 14-year-old Tadzio in Luchino Visconti's 1971 film adaptation of the 1912 Thomas Mann novella Death in Venice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Björn Andrésen has received more than 1,871,024 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Björn Andrésen is the 675th most popular actor (down from 546th in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 121st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Swedish Actor.

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  • 1.9M

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  • 61.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Björn Andrésen ranks 675 out of 13,578. Before him are Raf Vallone, Laura Gemser, Scarlett Johansson, Edwige Fenech, Tyrone Power, and Sandra Milo. After him are Edna Purviance, Inger Nilsson, Anne Hathaway, Takashi Shimura, Uma Thurman, and Hugo Weaving.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Björn Andrésen ranks 51. Before him are Brendan Gleeson, Gary Sinise, Pietro Parolin, Haitham bin Tariq, Denis Mukwege, and François Cluzet. After him are Philippe Troussier, Zucchero Fornaciari, Jorge Valdano, Ante Gotovina, Al-Waleed bin Talal, and Safet Sušić.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Björn Andrésen ranks 149 out of 1,879. Before him are Canute I of Sweden (1150), Eric XI of Sweden (1216), Basshunter (1984), Zarah Leander (1907), Toomas Hendrik Ilves (1953), and Magnus I of Sweden (1106). After him are Elias Magnus Fries (1794), Halsten Stenkilsson (1050), Franz Berwald (1796), Inger Nilsson (1959), Emund the Old (1030), and Ulf Kristersson (1963).

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Among ACTORS In Sweden

Among actors born in Sweden, Björn Andrésen ranks 12. Before him are Dolph Lundgren (1957), Bibi Andersson (1935), Peter Stormare (1953), Ingrid Thulin (1926), Harriet Andersson (1932), and Erland Josephson (1923). After him are Inger Nilsson (1959), Maud Adams (1945), Britt Ekland (1942), Michael Nyqvist (1960), Ann-Margret (1941), and Lena Olin (1955).

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Television and Movie Roles

Midsommar
Dan
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.
Jul 3o 20197.164 / 10
Death in Venice
Tadzio
Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as Aschenbach.
Mar 5o 19717.3 / 10
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
Self
In 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Lucino Visconti proclaimed his Tadzio as the world’s most beautiful boy. A shadow that today, 50 years later, weighs Björn Andrésen’s life.
Jul 30o 20217.4 / 10