Trivia

Was offered Richard Dreyfuss's role in Les Dents de la mer, 2ᵉ partie (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): Il pleut sur notre amour (1946), Vers la joie (1950), Le visage (1958), Au seuil de la vie (1958), L'Heure du loup (1968), Une passion (1969), Cris et chuchotements (1972), Scènes de la vie conjugale (1973), La flûte enchantée (1975), Face à face (1976), Sonate d'automne (1978), Fanny et Alexandre (1982), Après la répétition (1984), En présence d'un clown (1997), and Sarabande (2003). In addition to acting in Bergman's films, Josephson also co-wrote Bergman's Toutes ses femmes (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.