RIKARD ULVSHAMMAR is a screenwriter, actor, and member of the Swedish comedy group “Grotesco”. He wrote the re-make of “Jönssonligan”, directed by Tomas Alfredson with premiere in 2019.
As an actor, he took part in the play “Kvinnan i svart / The woman in black” that ran at Scalateatern in Stockholm in 2019.
After graduating from the screenwriting program at IHTV (Institutet för högre TV-utbildning) in Gothenburg 2001, Rikard has been working in mainly comedy. As a writer, he has experience of both working alone and in writers’ room. He wants to develop as a writer and actor by working with other genres such as drama, thriller, and crime.
Agent: Martina Österling
SELECTED WORKS WRITER
Göta Kanal 4 - feature (co-writer) - 2021
Se upp för Jönssonligan - feature (co-writer) - 2020
Livet i Mattelandet 2 - series (episode writer) - 2019
Grotescos sju mästerverk - series (co-creator/writer) - 2017
Enkelstöten - series (episode writer) - 2017
Fallet - series (co-creator/episode writer) - 2017
Grotesco på Scala - En näradödenrevy - feature (co-writer) - 2015-2016
Inte OK 1 & 2 - series (episode writer) - 2014-2015
Kontoret 1 & 2 - series (episode writer) - 2012-2013
Gustafsson 3 tr, 1 & 2 - series (episode writer) - 2011-2012
Åsa-Nisse - Wälcom to Knohult - feature (co-writer) (with Henrik Dorsin) - 2011
Grotesco II - series (episode writer) - 2010
Halv åtta hos mig - 2009-2018
Parlamentet - 2009-2010
Extra! Extra! - 2007-2008
Grotesco - 2007
Time out - 2005-2007
Selected works, actor
Sommaren med släkten - 2020
Playa del Sol - 2019
Spiken - 2018
Småstaden - 2017
Grotescos sju mästerverk - 2017
Grotesco på Scala - En näradödenrevy - 2015-2016
Solsidan - 2015
Inte OK 1 & 2 - 2014-2015
Mysteriet på Greveholm 2 - Grevens Återkomst - 2012
Kontoret 1 & 2 - 2012-2013
Grotesco II - 2010
Cirkus Möller - 2009
Grotesco - 2007
Awards and nominations
Livet i Mattelandet 2 - winner Årets barnprogram Kristallen (Swedish Emmy Award) - Winner of Årets Barnprogram (The kids show of the Year) - 2019
International Competition Japan Prize - Nominated - 2019
Grotesco: Flyktingkrisen - en musikal
Rose D’or - Winner - 2018
Grotescos sju mästerverk
Svenska Humorpriset (Swedish Comedy Award) - Winner of the Swedish Comedy Award - 2018
Nordiske seriedager - Winner - 2018
Riagalan - Winner - 2018
Kristallen (Swedish Emmy Award) - Winner - 2018
Enkelstöten
Kristallen (Swedish Emmy Award) - Nominated - 2018
Inte OK
Kristallen (Swedish Emmy Award) - Nominated - 2016
Svenska Humorpriset (Swedish Comedy Award) - Nominated - 2015
Kristallen (Swedish Emmy Award) - Nominated - 2015
Grotesco på Scala - En näradödenrevy
Svenska Humorpriset (Swedish Comedy Award) - Winner - 2015
Halv åtta hos mig
Kristallen (Swedish Emmy Award) - Nominated - 2014
Kristallen (Swedish Emmy Award) - Nominated - 2013
Kristallen (Swedish Emmy Award) - Nominated - 2011
Kristallen (Swedish Emmy Award) - Nominated - 2010
Kristallen (Swedish Emmy Award) - Nominated - 2009
Kontoret 2
Kristallen (Swedish Emmy Award) - Nominated - 2013
Kontoret
Kristallen (Swedish Emmy Award) - Nominated - 2012
Mysteriet på Greveholm 2
Kristallen (Swedish Emmy Award) - Nominated - 2013
Grotesco II
Kristallen (Swedish Emmy Award) - Nominated - 2011
Grotesco
Kristallen (Swedish Emmy Award) - Nominated - 2008
