Shanti Roney

Shanti Roney
Shanti Roney at 2009 KVIFF.
Born	Shanti Grau Roney (1970-11-24) 24 November 1970 Spånga, Stockholm Municipality, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present
Relatives	Marimba (sister) Nunu

Shanti Grau Roney (born 24 November 1970) is a Swedish actor. While his film credits include nearly twenty movies, most of these have been limited to a domestic or Scandinavian release. One notable exception is Lukas Moodysson's film Together (2000) which gathered acclaim at film festivals worldwide.

In television, he had a prominent role in the popular series Tusenbröder while also featuring in the Danish series The Eagle which won an International Emmy Award in 2005. In 2011, Roney had a leading role in Crime Drama Arne Dahl.

Shanti Roney is brother to Nunu and Marimba Roney.

Filmography

• Nymphomaniac (2013)
• Arne Dahl (2011) as Paul Hjelm (10 episodes)
• Vagn (2009) as Engberg
• Metropia as (voice) Karl
• Applause (2009) as Tom
• Flickan (2009)
  • aka The Girl (Europe: English title: festival title)
• Julia (2009) as Bruno
• Wallander as Ralf (1 episode, 2009)
  • - Tjuven (2009) TV episode .... Ralf
• Häxdansen (2008) TV mini-series .... Peter Brandt
• Der Kommissar und das Meer as Per Bovide (1 episode, 2008)
  • - Sommerzeit (2008) TV episode .... Per Bovide
• En mand kommer hjem (2007) .... The cook
  • aka A Man Comes Home (International: English title)
  • aka En man kommer hem (Sweden)
  • aka When a Man Comes Home (USA)
• Desmond & Träskpatraskfällan (2006) (voice)
  • aka Desmond & The Swamp Barbarian Trap (International: English title)
• Smagsdommerne as Løvborg (1 episode, 2006)
  • - Episode #3.8 (2006) TV episode .... Løvborg
• Vakuum (2006) .... The man
• Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé as Benjamin Stern (3 episodes, 2005)
  • aka "Ørnen" (Denmark: short title)
  • aka "The Eagle" (International: English title)
  • - Kodenavn: Erinye - Del 11 (2005) TV episode
  • - Kodenavn: Kronos - Del 10 (2005) TV episode
  • - Kodenavn: Kronos - Del 9 (2005) TV episode
• Bang Bang Orangutang (2005) as Martin
• Desmonds trashade äppelträd (2004) (voice) as Desmond
  • aka Desmond's Trashed Apple Tree (International: English title)
• Hotet (2004) as Lasse Brunell
  • aka The Threat (International: English title)
  • aka Uhka (Finland)
• Kommer du med mig då (2003) as Theodor Marklund
  • aka Kehystetty rakkaus (Finland)
  • aka Make Believe (International: English title)
• Norrmalmstorg (2003) (TV) .... Clark Olofsson
• Talismanen (2003) TV mini-series .... Viktor
• Freddies och Leos äventyr (2003) (TV) .... Berättare
  • aka The Adventures of Freddie and Leo (International: English title)
• Tusenbröder as Niklas (5 episodes, 2002)
  • aka "Tusenbröder II" (Sweden: second season title)
  • aka "Tusenbröder III" (Sweden: third season title)
  • - Tusenbröder - Del 5 (2002) TV episode
  • - Tusenbröder - Del 4 (2002) TV episode
  • - Tusenbröder - Del 3 (2002) TV episode
  • - Tusenbröder - Del 2 (2002) TV episode
  • - Tusenbröder - Del 1 (2002) TV episode
• Kaspar i Nudådalen as the Narrator (24 episodes, 2001)
  • - Episode #1.24 (2001) TV episode (voice)
  • - Episode #1.23 (2001) TV episode (voice)
  • - Episode #1.22 (2001) TV episode (voice)
  • - Episode #1.21 (2001) TV episode (voice)
  • - Episode #1.20 (2001) TV episode (voice) (19 more)
• Syndare i sommarsol (2001) as Alf
• Øyenstikker (2001) as Mann i leilighet
  • aka Dragonflies (UK)
  • aka Dragonfly (International: English title)
• Beck – Hämndens pris as Dag Sjöberg (1 episode, 2001)
• Så vit som en snö (2001) as Lars Andersson
  • aka As White as in Snow (International: English title)
  • aka Så hvid som sne (Denmark)
• Hans och hennes (2001) as Clarence
  • aka His and Hers (literal English title)
  • aka Making Babies (International: English title)
• En fot i graven (2001) TV mini-series
• Skuggpojkarna (2001) (TV) as Per
• Tillsammans (2000) as Klas
  • aka Together (International: English title) (Italy)
  • aka Tillsammans (Denmark)
• Födelsedagen (2000) .... Peter
  • aka The Birthday (International: English title)
• Ett litet rött paket as Jesper Olsén (1 episode, 1999)
  • - Drömmen om Elin (1999) TV episode
• Clinch (1999) as Ralle
• Vägen ut (1999) as Glenn
  • aka Breaking Out (International: English title)
• Personkrets 3:1 (1998) (TV) as Micke
• S:t Mikael as Nilsson (1 episode, 1998)
  • - Episode #1.5 (1998) TV episode
• Hammarkullen (1997) TV mini-series as Josef, Frank's son
  • aka "Vi ses i Kaliningrad!" (Sweden)
• Harry och Sonja (1996) as Jonathan

Trivia

Roney played the role of Clark Olofsson in a 2003 TV movie about the 1973 Norrmalmstorg robbery, which coined the phrase "Stockholm syndrome".

References

• "Shanti Roney" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved 2010-01-31. 

External links

• Shanti Roney at the Internet Movie Database