Rolf Lydahl is a freelance actor with over 40 years of experience in film, television, theater, and musicals. He completed his education at the Malmö Theatre Academy in 1984 and has since worked at several of the country’s theaters, with Stockholm City Theatre as a recurring workplace.
Rolf has participated in numerous film and television productions over the years, such as all seasons of The thin blue line and Bäckström. He is currently appearing in Whiskey on the Rocks on SVT and End of summer on SkyShowtime. This spring, he will also be seen in the upcoming Paradis City and The Sin.
Among the many roles he has played on Swedish stages are Mack the Knife in The Threepenny Opera, Lopachin in The Cherry Orchard, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, Jean in Miss Julie, Antonio Salieri in Amadeus, and the title roles in The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Holgersson, Gösta Berling’s Saga, and Peer Gynt. He has toured the country with his own music shows and participated in many musicals, such as Hair at Stockholm City Theatre, as well as Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita at Göta Lejon.
He has also appeared in Varning på stan nu mår kung i baren illa igen at Göta Lejon, Billy Elliot at Stockholm City Theatre, played Monsieur Firmin in The Phantom of the Opera at Cirkus, Higgins in My Fair Lady at Stockholm City Theatre, Dan in Next to Normal both at Uppsala City Theatre and Malmö Opera, Priest Stig in As It Is in Heaven at Malmö Opera, and has just finished performing in COMPANY at Stockholm City Theatre, where he played Larry. And on March 1st, he will premiere in Kinky Boots at Uppsala City Theatre.
