Nils Bengt Folke Ekerot was a Swedish actor and director. He had several important roles in Swedish films, but he became immortalized in 1957 when he starred in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, portraying Death as a white-faced man in a black cloak, an archetype that has influenced the representation of Death in countless instances in film and other media since then. All in all Bengt Ekerot appeared in 35 feature films and directed 7 from 1940 to 1968. "He was wrestled with the conditions of his hunger. He cried over his violent appetite. The demons destroyed his beauty." Erland Josephson on Bengt Ekerot in "The Role"(Book 1989)
Death
Det sjunde inseglet
Byberg
Här har du ditt liv
Johan Spegel
Ansiktet
"Paniken"
Brita i grosshandlarhuset
Åke Kronström
Lågor i dunklet
Eriksson
Ole dole doff
Student
Brott och straff
Johan Erikson
Sceningång
radio man (voice) (uncredited)
Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar
German patient
I dödens väntrum
Sam Persson
På en bänk i en park
Anton Haraldsson
Rosen på tistelön
Kungliga patrasket
Erik Jonsson
Jazzgossen
Lille-Jonas
Snapphanar
Narrator (voice)
Krigets vanvett
Student at art school (uncredited)
Man glömmer ingenting
Linus Tallhagen
Vi hemslavinnor
Hamlet
Hamlet
Det går an
Bengt
Sonja
Bild av Stockholm – en promenad genom 5 sekel
Max
Ola & Julia
John
Natt i hamn
Sven Törring
Det sägs på stan
Freedom fighter
Med livet som insats
13 stolar
The neighbour
Livet är stenkul
Birger Olsson
Korridoren
Lennart
När ungdomen vaknar
A student
Dårskapens hus
Policeman/Social Worker/Guard
Myten
Erik
Tre söner gick till flyget
Hanna i societén
Stig
Herre med portfölj
Marianne
Allan Axelson
Dynamit
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
37
Gender
Male
Birthday
1920-02-08
Place of Birth
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Also Known As