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Stefan Olsdal

  • Actor
  • Writer
  • Composer
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Stefan Olsdal was born on 31 March 1974 in Sweden. He is an actor and writer, known for Cruel Intentions (1999), Kaboom (2010) and Velvet Goldmine (1998).
BornMarch 31, 1974
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    • Known for

    Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, and Sarah Michelle Gellar in Cruel Intentions (1999)
    Cruel Intentions
    6.8
    • Soundtrack
    • 1999
    Thomas Dekker and Juno Temple in Kaboom (2010)
    Kaboom
    5.7
    • Soundtrack
    • 2010
    Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Velvet Goldmine (1998)
    Velvet Goldmine
    6.9
    • Bass Guitar - Polly Small's Band
    • 1998
    Five Seconds to Spare (2000)
    Five Seconds to Spare
    5.1
    • Soundtrack
    • 2000

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Placebo: B3
      Music Video
      • Stefan Olsdal
      • 2012
    • Placebo Feat. David Bowie: Without You I'm Nothing (2010)
      Placebo Feat. David Bowie: Without You I'm Nothing
      Music Video
      • Stefan Olsdal
      • 2010
    • Placebo: Battle for the Sun
      Music Video
      • Stefan Olsdal
      • 2010
    • Placebo: Bright Lights
      Music Video
      • Stefan Olsdal
      • 2010
    • Placebo: Trigger Happy Hands (2010)
      Placebo: Trigger Happy Hands
      Music Video
      • Stefan Olsdal
      • 2010
    • Placebo: Ashtray Heart (2009)
      Placebo: Ashtray Heart
      Music Video
      • Stefan Olsdal
      • 2009
    • Placebo: For What It's Worth (2009)
      Placebo: For What It's Worth
      Music Video
      • Stefan Olsdal
      • 2009
    • Placebo: The Never-Ending Why (2009)
      Placebo: The Never-Ending Why
      Music Video
      • Stefan Olsdal (voice)
      • 2009
    • Placebo: Because I Want You
      Music Video
      • Stefan Olsdal
      • 2006
    • Placebo: Infra-Red
      Music Video
      • Stefan Olsdal
      • 2006
    • Placebo: Meds (2006)
      Placebo: Meds
      Music Video
      • Stefan Olsdal
      • 2006
    • Placebo: English Summer Rain (2004)
      Placebo: English Summer Rain
      7.2
      Music Video
      • Stefan Olsdal
      • 2004
    • Placebo: Twenty Years (2004)
      Placebo: Twenty Years
      7.7
      Music Video
      • Stefan Olsdal
      • 2004
    • Placebo: Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)
      Music Video
      • Stefan Olsdal
      • 2003
    • Placebo: Special Needs (2003)
      Placebo: Special Needs
      7.9
      Music Video
      • Stefan Olsdal
      • 2003

    Writer

    • Begin the end (2014)
      Begin the end
      Video
      • writer
      • 2014
    • Placebo: English Summer Rain (2004)
      Placebo: English Summer Rain
      7.2
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 2004
    • Placebo: Twenty Years (2004)
      Placebo: Twenty Years
      7.7
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 2004
    • Placebo: Special Needs (2003)
      Placebo: Special Needs
      7.9
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 2003
    • Placebo: The Bitter End (2003)
      Placebo: The Bitter End
      7.2
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 2003
    • Placebo: This Picture (2003)
      Placebo: This Picture
      7.5
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 2003
    • Placebo: Black-Eyed (2001)
      Placebo: Black-Eyed
      6.9
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 2001
    • Placebo: Taste in Men (2000)
      Placebo: Taste in Men
      7.6
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 2000
    • Placebo: Slave to the Wage (2000)
      Placebo: Slave to the Wage
      7.6
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 2000
    • Placebo: Special K (2000)
      Placebo: Special K
      7.2
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 2000
    • Placebo: Every You Every Me (1999)
      Placebo: Every You Every Me
      7.2
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 1999
    • Placebo: You Don't Care About Us (1998)
      Placebo: You Don't Care About Us
      7.1
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 1998
    • Placebo: Nancy Boy (1997)
      Placebo: Nancy Boy
      7.4
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 1997
    • Placebo: 36 Degrees (1996)
      Placebo: 36 Degrees
      7.2
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 1996
    • Placebo: Teenage Angst (1996)
      Placebo: Teenage Angst
      7.5
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 1996

    Composer

    • Placebo: Pure Morning (1998)
      Placebo: Pure Morning
      8.0
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1998

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Placebo
    • Height
      • 6′ 4½″ (1.94 m)
    • Born
      • March 31, 1974
      • Sweden
    • Publicity listings
      • 5 Interviews
      • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Bass player in rock band, Placebo
    • Quotes
      [2009, Bucharest] [Brian Molko: Ladies and gentlemen, my partner in crime for 15 years... the Queen of Sweden - Mister Stefan Olsdal!] If there's a queen, the queen needs a king... well actually, another queen will do. This is my Drama Queen - Miss Brian Molko, the one and only.

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