Joel Spira

For the American businessman and inventor, see Joel Spira (businessman).

Joel Boris Spira (born 1981) is a Swedish film, television, and theatre actor.

Joel Spira
Spira in 2014
Born	1981 (age 43–44) Stockholm, Sweden
Alma mater	Malmö Theatre Academy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2005–present

Early life and education

He was born in 1981 in Stockholm, Sweden.^[1]

While studying biology at the Stockholm University, Spira decided to give acting a chance.^{[citation needed]}

He graduated from the Malmö Theatre Academy in 2007.^[1]

Career

Theatre

Spira has since graduating from Malmö Theatre Academy appeared in several plays. He played Mowgli in Rudyard Kiplings The Jungle Book at Länsteatern in Västerås, Sweden. He later appeared in Lejonets unge at Länsteaten in Örebro. He is since 2009 part of the cast of The Brothers Lionheart at the Stockholm City Theatre where he plays the secondary lead character Jonathan.

Film

Spira made his movie debut in the 2009 short film Travemünde Trelleborg.^[2] His first appearance in a feature film was in the 2010 movie Snabba cash (English translation "Easy Money") by Swedish director Daniel Espinosa, based on the 2006 book of the same name by author Jens Lapidus.

Television

Spira appeared in the SVT produced Children's television series Barda in 2007. He also appeared in the SVT series Anno 1790 as one of the main characters. In 2013 he appeared in Crimes of Passion.

Spira starred in the three seasons of the drama Thicker Than Water (Tjockare än vatten) in 2014, 2016 and 2020, alongside Björn Bengtsson, Aliette Opheim and Jessica Grabowsky.