From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Erland Josephson (born 15 June 1923 - died 25 February 2012 ) was a Swedish actor and author. He is best known to international audiences for his work in films directed by Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Theodoros Angelopoulos. Description above from the Wikipedia article Erland Josephson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​