Biography for
Lasse Hallström More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

2 June 1946, Stockholm, Sweden

Birth Name

Lars Hallström

Height

6' 0½" (1.84 m)

Spouse

Lena Olin	(18 March 1994 - present) 1 child
Malou Hallström	(1974 - 1981) (divorced) 1 child

Trivia

Son Johan Hallström (born 1976) with ex-wife Malou Hallström.

He and actress Lena Olin have a daughter, Tora Hallstrom, born in 1995. Singer Tommy Körberg is her godfather.

He and his wife Lena Olin were both born in Stockholm.

He and Lena Olin are the first Swedish Oscar-nominated married couple.

Has (since 1999) frequently worked with cinematographer Oliver Stapleton

Has directed 4 actors to Oscar nominations: Michael Caine, Juliette Binoche, Leonardo DiCaprio and Judi Dench. Caine won for supporting actor honors for his low-key portrayal of a simple-hearted abortionist who runs a Maine orphanage and dies of accidental ether overdose in The Cider House Rules (1999).

Brother-in-law of Mats Olin.

He and Lena Olin moved to the US permanently in 1995. They reside in Bedford, New York.

Stepfather of Lena Olin's son F. Auguste Rahmberg.

Swedish author [Astrid Lindgren] told him when he was about to direct "Barnen i Bullerbyn", based on her novel, that: "I will try not to like you, because all the directors I like end up dead". She referred to Tage Danielsson and Olle Hellbom.

Son-in-law of Stig Olin and Britta Holmberg.

Ex-son-in-law of Brita Appelgren.