Björn Andrésen

Birth Name: Björn Johan Andrésen

Björn Andrésen was born on January 26, 1955 in Stockholm, Sweden as Björn Johan Andrésen. He is an actor, known for Mort à Venise (1971), A Swedish Love Story (1970) and Den enfaldige m ...Show More

I didn't choose "Death in Venice". "Death in Venice" chose me. I didn't choose "Death in Venice". "Death in Venice" chose me.

I was just 16 and [Luchino Visconti] and the team took me to a gay nightclub. Almost all the crew we Show more I was just 16 and [Luchino Visconti] and the team took me to a gay nightclub. Almost all the crew were gay. The waiters at the club made me feel very uncomfortable. They looked at me uncompromisingly as if I was a nice meaty dish. I knew I couldn't react. It would have been social suicide. But it was the first of many such encounters. Hide

My career is one of the few that started at the absolute top and then worked its way down. That was Show more My career is one of the few that started at the absolute top and then worked its way down. That was lonely. Hide

I would rather have built my life than be put on this pedestal. I would rather have built my life than be put on this pedestal.

It's very different now, but you can see why most actors would avoid homosexual roles . . . After I Show more It's very different now, but you can see why most actors would avoid homosexual roles . . . After I was in Mort à Venise (1971) so many papers in America wrote that I was homosexual. All from one movie! I kept having to say no, no, which makes me sound desperate or prejudiced . . . so I think for me I'm better being far away from all that. Hide

Björn Andrésen's FILMOGRAPHY

as Actor (9)

Jordskott - Season 1 [Sub: Eng]

Midsommar: Director's Cut

Shelley

Den enfaldige mördaren

Wallander (2005) - Season 1

Midsommar

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Jordskott - Season 2 [Sub: Eng]

Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia)