Shanti Roney

Shanti Roney
Shanti Roney at 2009 KVIFF.
Born	Shanti Grau Roney 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