Which actor played Kurt Hendricks in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol?

Michael Nyqvist played Kurt Hendricks in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.

Hendricks is a Swedish-born nuclear strategist who adopts the name Cobalt. He engineers the bombing of the Kremlin and seeks to trigger a nuclear war between the United States and Russia. His plan drives the IMF team across several international locations, including Dubai and Mumbai.

Ghost Protocol was released in 2011 and directed by Brad Bird. It was Bird’s first live-action feature film after a career associated mainly with animation. The cast included Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, Jeremy Renner as William Brandt, Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn, and Paula Patton as Jane Carter.

Michael Nyqvist was a Swedish actor known internationally for film and television work. Kurt Hendricks is sometimes confused with the franchise’s other antagonists, especially Solomon Lane, but Lane appears later and is played by Sean Harris.