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Was offered Richard Dreyfuss's role in Lo squalo 2 (1978). But turned it down with the words: "I rather have intellectual battles with Liv Ullmann than fighting with some shark.".

Only actor or actress to appear in Ingmar Bergman movies in every decade from the 1940s through to the new millennium.

Josephson appeared in 14 Ingmar Bergman films as an actor in a span of almost 60 years (1946-2003): Piove sul nostro amore (1946), Verso la gioia (1950), Il volto (1958), Alle soglie della vita (1958), L'ora del lupo (1968), Passione (1969), Sussurri e grida (1972), Scene da un matrimonio (1973), Il flauto magico (1975), L'immagine allo specchio (1976), Sinfonia d'autunno (1978), Fanny & Alexander (1982), Dopo la prova (1984), Vanità e affanni (1997), and Sarabanda (2003). In addition to acting in Bergman's films, Josephson also co-wrote Bergman's A proposito di tutte queste... signore (1964), one of Bergman's rare comedies (and his first film shot in color).

Suffered from Parkinson's disease.

Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 41st Venice International Film Festival in 1984.

Father of 'Jocke Josephson'

Father of actresses Charlotta Larsson and Fanny Josephson.