As a child, he did not want to have the same job as his mother, who he sometimes accompanied to her work as an Actress. However, he later chose to start acting anyway and applied for the Royal Dramatic Theatre drama school, but failed to make it through the first round of auditions. He took private acting lessons with Director Fred Hjelm (sv), and then applied for the Teaterhögskolan in Malmö, where he was accepted. He graduated in 1970. After graduation he was employed by the Stockholm City Theatre, where he stayed for two years. After that he acted at Åbo Svenska Theater in Finland, and then at Riksteatern, Unga Teatern and Malmö City Theatre. He also took part in the Tältprojektet in 1977.