- Signed the appeal Swedish Film Workers for Peace and Freedom in an Independent Palestine (2001)
- Announced his retirement (December 2003)
- Member of Amnesty International.
- Social Democrat.
- Niece: Actress Sanna Ekman
- Son of writer/actor/director Hasse Ekman.
- A statue of him was inaugurated at Altona Park in central Malmö, Sweden on June 5th 2004.
- Being a master of slapstick, he claims to have scars to prove 40 years of acting, practically on every single body part.
- Announced that he is retiring from further film projects, and wants to live quietly as a pensioner. He is, however, to appear in the film "Vem är Georg? (2004)", made by his wife, director Marie-Louise Ekman. (December 2003)
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