Biography
He was born Sven Thomas Hansson 1962 in Stockholm, Sweden. [1]
In his youth, Hanzon played football for Djurgårdens IF, coming through as a full back. [2] He made his senior debut in the derby against Hammarby IF at the age of 17. He also played on the Swedish youth national team. He left a promising career as a professional footballer to pursue an acting career. [3] [1] Ending his career at the age of 18, he had played 21 matches for Djurgården in the Swedish top-tier Allsvenskan, lost the 1980 Swedish junior championship final to Örgryte IS, [4] and played 10 matches for the Sweden U19 team. [5]
Hanzon, with several others, started the theatre group Theater Cameleont in 1982. The group later became Club Cameleont. He wrote A Joker in the Game on behalf of the Swedish Church. [1]
Stockholm City Theatre
Hanzon was discovered by a producer from the Stockholm City Theatre. He made his debut in 1985 in Arnold. He remained with the theater for several years and received most of his acting education there. He did not stay at the theater due to his lack of formal education, and then became involved in drama. [1]
Hanzon made his film debut in 1987 in Colin Nutley movie Nionde kompaniet. He made his TV debut in 1987 on Swedish Television Drama in Stieg Trenter's series Lysande landning. Ingmar Bergman directed Hanzon in the TV production Private Confessions . He played in the Bergman movie Faithless in 2000, directed by Liv Ullmann. The movie won several honours, including the Festival Award Jury's Special Prize in Belgium. [6]
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