Anecdotes

Ph.D. candidate in Meta-Physics at UCLA 1970-1974.

A 5th degree black belt in judo and other martial arts, he was inducted into the Martial Arts Masters Hall of Fame on August 8, 2009.

He was television's highest-paid actor for his reprisal of Buford Pusser in the television series Justice sauvage (1981). Only Johnny Carson was making more than he was at the time.

U.S. Armed Forces Far East Heavyweight Division Judo Champion (1961).

Won silver in the 2009 USA Judo National Championships despite three broken ribs suffered days earlier.

Receipient of the 2012 Silver Spur Lifetime Achievement Award from The Reel Cowboys Hall of Fame.

Speaker and lecturer on topics such as how to convey one's personality in an engaging manner in order to shine in one's private life as well as on stage and camera.

Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1976" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 28.

Following a shared bronze in the 2012 IJF World Judo Masters Championships, Svenson won his weight class at the 2013 USJA Winter Nationals. He has now retired from competition.

Bo Svenson was appointed Sports Commissioner for the 2015 Special Olympics judo event being held at his old alma mater, UCLA.

Won the 2010 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award for "Outstanding Performance by a Cast" for Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds".

Born in Sweden, the only child of a single parent who was a big band leader. His father was the driver and personal bodyguard to The King of Sweden. At seventeen, he emigrated by himself to the US. He served in the US Marines from 1959-65.

Three daughters: Pia, Maja and Mia.

Received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2013 Movieville International Film Festival in Sarasota, Florida. The award acknowledged and celebrated Svenson's many years of excellence as an actor, writer, and director.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected Bo Svenson to be a juror on the Student Academy Award committee.

Bo Svenson's screenplay "Dreamers" won Best Screenplay at the 2018 Russian Film Festival (Moscow).

Chairman of the board and CEO of Motion Picture Group of America from 1984-1994. CEO of MagicQuest Entertainment from 1994 to present.

The October 24, 1979, issue of Variety, in the Italian Production section, announced the movie "Due Nelle Stelle" (English title "Two in the Stars") by director Anthony Ascott, cast Fred Williamson, Bo Svenson, Arthur Kennedy, Jackie Basehart, and Antonella Interlenghi began filming in September 1979. No evidence the movie was ever finished.

Bo's screenplay, "A Dream of America", has been selected as a semi-finalist at the 2021 Saint Petersburg (Russia) Film & Television Festival.

A long-time proponent of Indigenous Peoples' rights, Bo Svenson has written an award-winning screenplay, "Dreamspeakers", about the lingering effects of Inter-Generational Historical Trauma ("IGHT") on Native Americans and First Nations Peoples.

Bo's screenplay "The Red Cloth" has won Best Screenplay Awards at film festivals in major cities around the globe, including London, New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Montreal, and Rome.

"The Red Cloth" and "A Dream of America", two of Bo Svenson's feature screenplays, were named Official Selections by the 2021 Cannes Cinema Festival.

Bo Svenson's screenplay, "Khalid - A Champion For All", won Best Screenplay at the 2021 Cannes International Cinema Festival.

Bo Svenson's screenplay "The Red Cloth" won Best TV Pilot at the Dubai Indie Film Festival.

Bo Svenson's screenplay "The Red Cloth" won Best Unproduced Script at the Boston Film Awards.

Bo's screenplay "The Red Cloth" was named a semi-finalist in the 2022 Dublin World Film Festival.

Bo's screenplay "The Red Cloth" is a semi-finalist at the Calgary Independent Film Festival.

Bo Svenson's screenplay, "Dorisville" has won Best Feature - Unproduced Script at the 2022 Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival.

Bo Svenson's combat sports-centric screenplay, "Dorisville", won Best Web/TV Pilot at the Los Vegas Movie Awards, Best Feature Screenplay at the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, and Best Series Pilot Script at the New York International Film Awards.