Personal Info
Birth date
1950-02-05 (75 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Johanneberg, Gothenburg, Göteborgs och Bohus län, Sweden [now Västra Götalands län, Sweden]
Also known as
-Claes Månsson
Biography
Claes Månsson, född 5 februari 1950 i Johanneberg,är en svensk skådespelare, känd från bl.a, Lorrygänget. Månsson är utbildad vid Scenskolan i Stockholm 1981-1984 och har sedan 1985 tillhört Dramatens ensemble. På Dramaten har han haft framträdande roller i pjäser som bl.a. Kronbruden 1987, I väntan på Godot 1990, Ett drömspel 1994, Misantropen 1995 och Tartuffé 2000.Han har även arbetat på andra teaterscener bl.a. Revisorn på Chinateatern, Två ägg i högklackat och Virus i bataljonen på Vallarnas friluftsteater i Falkenberg, här bör även nämnas rollen som Willy Loman i En handelsresandes död i regi av Thorsten Flinck på Teater Plaza i Stockholm. Hösten 2008 och våren 2009 spelade han rollen som Frans Liebkind i The Producers - Det våras för Hitler på Chinateatern i Stockholm. Claes Månsson har medverkat i flera film- och TV-produktioner bl.a. Lorry, Trettondagsafton, Pratmakarna, Den ofrivillige golfaren, Yrrol, Rika barn leka bäst och Drömkåken, samt i Svenne Rubins film "En handelsresandes nöd" samt deras tv-serie "Förmannen som försvann". Han har dubbat flera animerade filmer och gör bl.a. rösten till Wallace i de svenska dubbningarna av de första filmerna om Wallace & Gromit. Han är gift och har två barn, födda 1985 och 1991.
Filmography
Kingdom of Sweden
5.6
Overview:
Mankind has always been on the move. Sometimes escaping from something but often also searching for something else.Young Jönsson Gang: The Cornflakes Robbery
4.8
Overview:
The young Jönsson gang's plan to steal "millions of filmisar" faces problem after problem before uncovering something much greater.Två ägg i högklackat
5.8
Overview:
The brothers Ingemar and Gustav are enemies and have split the business in two. Gustav runs a chainsaw repair shop and Ingemar still runs his motel business and has hired the impossible carpenter Lufsen and Virena. Ingemar has now organized a singles party, but it all seems to be going down the drain as there are only two people registered, mother and son Bengtsson, but are they really mother and son? Is the "hungry pensioner" Hans-Rutger Vällingstråhle really just looking for lunch, or is he also looking for a woman?Sommarmord
4.5
Overview:
Sture is a rich alcoholic who has taken a trip to Mallorca to drink himself to death. But he meets Sylvia and they start a relationship. Sture moves in with her in a middle-class community. Sylvia has an eighteen year old daughter, Eva. She gets murdered on the night between Midsummer eve and Midsummer day, and to the police the primary suspect is Sture, who was so intoxicated that he can not say what he was doing during the night.Lotta on Rascal Street
5.833
Overview:
Lotta is a five old girl living in Sweden with her mother, father, brother and sister. She is living the very normal life of all children of her age...Den inbillade sjuke
8
Overview:
Argan is a severe hypochondriac who wants his daughter to marry a doctor.The Dream House
5.2
Overview:
Göran buys a house in a suburb. It is in need of some repairs, but Göran believes himself capable of repairing it himself with the help of some cheap craftsmen. However, the house is much worse than he thought. At the same time, a gang of crooks is searching for the dynamite they hid in the basement some time ago. Göran has to rescue both his wallet from greedy craftsmen as well as his marriage with Tina.Suedi
5.727
Overview:
What would you do if you found 30 million that no one was missing? Mahmut decides to do what he has always dreamt of: to be seen as a Swede. He changes his name to Sebastian, rents a nice house, buys a Volvo and starts wearing socks with patterns. But there's a problem, all of the money is in notes that become invalid in two weeks. His new life is threatened and he needs to find a way to launder 30 million in two weeks.The Adventures of Halvdan Viking
4.852
Overview:
Halvdan is not a proper Viking. He's having a limp and is regarded by the other kids as a strange loner with no friends, except for the village blacksmith Björn who's taken care of him since Halvdan's father left on a plundering trip. Across the mighty river there's an enemy village that has been in a feud with Halvdan's tribe for as long as anyone can remember. One day during Halvdan's lonely excursions to the river he encounters Meia, the daughter of the enemy village ruler. A heart-warming and funny family adventure about bridging differences and forbidden friendship unfoldsLena Ph: Agent 006
5.5
Overview:
Lena Ph alias 006 is a secret agent for the Sister Slaw organisation, her latest mission is to find and take down the male chauvinist Spider and his gang called Macho Male.Pilsner & penseldrag
8
Overview:
If you take a crazy strive as well as a confused aunt and then add on two love-destroying bachelors, we say warmly welcome to the 57's courtyard. Where a crowd of the most heartfelt and surefire characters together this summer creates an "up-the-walls" lively evening at Vallarna's classic outdoor scene. One can say that one of Gideon Wahlberg's famous works is resurrected and given new life. You are offered love, gap laughs, pilsner and brush strokes (yes) and a lot of singing when Sweden's laughter-most gang takes place on stage.Infödingen
NYR
Overview:
"The Native" - About a trapper Elov Jonsson who meets the famous pop artist Bie. The meeting has consequences.1939
4.7
Overview:
When the war breaks out, Annika lives with her parents in Värmland, close to the border to Norway. Her cousin Harald is a dealer in the black market but has to escape from the police to Norway. Annika moves to Stockholm and gets a job as a waitress. She meets the happy-go-lucky Berit and together they have a wonderful time. She also meets a young man, Bengt, whom she marries. But almost immediately she discovers that her husband is different from the man who was courting her. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.Illusioner
7
Overview:
Christer lives in a small town, he is a recently divorced taxi driver and church-yard attendant. He leads a dull small-town existence. But then a young couple arrives, Marie and Erik, and Christer starts a new life. He finds the mysterious Marie totally bewitching. She is a paralysed beauty, a double nature who is only able to talk and move her head. With an insurance fraud in the background the story turns into an erotic triangle drama.Blinded
6.3
Overview:
An ambitious financial reporter Bea receives an anonymous tip about irregularities at a Swedish major bank. Bea weathered a scoop, but the review is made more difficult by her love affair with the bank's married CEO, Peder. Based on Carolina Neurath's book "Speed Blind" which in turn is inspired by real events.Welcome to Sweden
6.19
Overview:
The fish-out-of-water story of New York accountant Bruce, who falls in love with a Swedish girl named Emma and follows her to Sweden.Stjärnorna på Slottet
7
Overview:
Five celebrities spend five days together on a castle somewhere in Sweden. Each episode (or day) centres around one of them. This person decides what to to and eat. The others get the chance to ask questions about this persons life and career.Virus i bataljonen
10
Overview:
The action takes place around the Ingeborg's cafe. The councilor Leif Aronsson has planned a trip to Denmark, but it must be set after he had a brief discussion on money fiddling with Ingeborg. He suspects that one will discover he has taken money from the city budget in their own pocket.Lorry
5.8
Overview:
Lorry was a TV series that premiered on Swedish TV in 1989, broadcast from restaurant Lorry in Sundbyberg. In the ensemble were Peter Dalle, Johan Ulveson, Claes Månsson, Lena Endre, Gunnel Fred, Gunilla Röör, Suzanne Reuter, Ulla Skoog, Evamaria Björkström-Roos and Stefan Sauk. They have also done a show on the Tyrol in 1991 and the movie Yrrol in 1994. The series was said to turn to a "divorced and mature youth", which was also the explanation for having the same title as a dancehall in Sundbyberg. Peter Dalle was the central figure behind Lorry. He wrote the most part of the material and also directed the fourth and last season. Carsten Palmaer, Sven-Hugo Persson and Rolf Börjlind also contributed to the script. The Lorry gang became famous for their sharp, offensive and politically incorrect humor, which even led to pressed charges to the broadcasting commission. The TV series's opening credits song was Earth, Wind & Fire's hit "In the stone". The Lorry gang returned in a variety show at the Oscar Theater in Stockholm and it became a huge hit with the audience in 2001–2002. Parts of the show were sketches taken from the TV series.Walk the Talk
NYR
Overview:
Pontus, Mats, Olle and David. Four friends in their 40s who are restarting their lives in different ways when they thought all the choices were made. The main roles are played by Gustaf Hammarsten, Shanti Roney, Erik Johansson and Jacob Ericksson.Olivia Twist
6
Overview:
Charles Dickens's classical Oliver Twist story, but set in modern day Stockholm and with a girl as the main character.Skrot, hopp och kärlek
9
Overview:
In the forests of Halland lies an old car workshop run by a dysfunctional raggar family.Jävla Kajsa
NYR
Overview:
The series takes place exclusively at Restaurang Ollonet, a neighborhood pub somewhere in Stockholm. It revolves around the innkeeper Bettan and her three regulars.Creepschool
10
Overview:
Creepschool is a Swedish, French and Canadian animated series by Alphanim, Cookie Jar Entertainment, Happy Life and France 3 about four kids who find themselves at a spooky boarding school. The basic concept was created by Torbjörn Jansson, which was then substantially re-worked and developed by the co-head-writers Kristina Mansfeld and Per Carlsson into the series it is today. They also wrote all the storylines. Creepschool has been compared to Gravedale High.Acting
TBAJe m'appelle Agneta as Einar
2025Off Track 2 as Unknown
2024Skrot, hopp och kärlek as Unknown
2023Trolltider – legenden om Bergatrollet (24 Episodes) as Stubbe
2022Äntligen! (4 Episodes) as Conny
2021A Christmas Tale as Adult Karl-Bertil
2021Suedi as Unknown
2019Blinded (8 Episodes) as Otto Rehnskiöld
2018The Adventures of Halvdan Viking as Espen
2018Kingdom of Sweden as Various
2018Pilsner & penseldrag as Unknown
2018Lingonligan (8 Episodes) as Bossen
2015Bröllop i kikar'n as Unknown
2014Welcome to Sweden (20 Episodes) as Emma's Father
2013Nugammalt (1 Episode) as Self
2012Campa i klaveret as Unknown
2012Once Upon a Time in Phuket as The Priest
2011The Stig-Helmer Story as Uncle Sven/Farbror Sven
2011Den girige as mäster Jacques
2011Tjuvarnas jul as Föreståndaren
2011Asa-Nisse - Welcome to Knohult as Ebbe
2011Geografens Testamente as Farfar/Morfar
2010Walk the Talk (10 Episodes) as Anjas far
2009Virus i bataljonen as Unknown
2008Hemsöborna - Väldigt fritt efter August Strindberg as Rundqvist
2008My Uncle Loved the Colour Yellow as Helmer, Martins morbror
2007Tingles as Doctor Kropp
2006Who Pulled the Plug? 2 as Sailor
2006Heartbreak Hotel as Åke Nyman
2006Stjärnorna på Slottet (5 Episodes) as Self
2005Två ägg i högklackat as Hans-Rutger Vällingstråhle
2004Creepschool (26 Episodes) as Rektor Malcolm (voice)
2003Mannen Som Log (2 Episodes) as Alfred Harderberg
2002Olivia Twist (2 Episodes) as Herr Tranberg
2001The bäst of Lorry as Unknown
1999Jävla Kajsa (6 Episodes) as Gunnar
1999Trettondagsafton as Andreas Blek av Nosen
1997Pelle Svanslös (24 Episodes) as Strutsen Karl-Erik
1997Rika barn leka bäst as Dir. Vredenvåg
1997Persons parfymeri (6 Episodes) as Unknown
1996Young Jönsson Gang: The Cornflakes Robbery as Principal Jansson
1995Wallander (Henning Mankells) (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1994Yrrol: An Enormously Well Thought Out Movie as Various
1994Illusioner as Kjell
1994Sommarmord as Käll, policeman
1993The Dream House as Mats
1992Lotta on Rascal Street as Konduktör
1992Lena Ph: Agent 006 as Police
1991The Accidental Golfer as Distr. Antiqarian Berglund
1991Charlie Strap and Froggy Ball Flying High as Tonto-Turbo
1991Infödingen as The Gothenburger
1990Apelsinmannen (1 Episode) as Kontorschef på UD
1990Smash (4 Episodes) as Portiern
19891939 as Unknown
1989Lorry (26 Episodes) as Various
1989Vildanden (3 Episodes) as Molvig
1989Den inbillade sjuke as Thomas Diafoirus, hans son
1988The Father as Nöjd
1988Lethal Film as Kerberos
1987Idag Röd as Hotel Porter
1986Min pappa är Tarzan as mc-polis
1960Julkalendern (24 Episodes) as Henrik