Bengt Ekerot

Biography

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)

Known For

The Seventh Seal

as Death

The Magician

as Johan Spegel

Who Saw Him Die?

as Eriksson

Here Is Your Life

as Byberg

Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It

as radio man (voice) (uncredited)

On a Bench in a Park

as Sam Persson

The Royal Rabble

Snapphanar

as Lille-Jonas

Life's Just Great

as The neighbour

The Corridor

as Birger Olsson