Stellan Skarsgård
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jun 13, 1951 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
Biography
Stellan Skarsgård (born June 13, 1951) is a Swedish actor, known internationally for The Hunt for Red October and Good Will Hunting, as well as his supporting roles in the Pirates of the Caribbean, Mamma Mia!, and Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) franchises. Skarsgård is particularly associated with director Lars von Trier and has appeared in six of the Danish auteur's features: The Kingdom, Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, Melancholia, and Nymphomaniac.
Known For
| 2026 | DanteDante (voice) | |
| 2025 | Sentimental ValueGustav Borg | |
| 2025 | Being Bo WiderbergSelf | |
| 2025 | Björn Frantzén - jakten på stjärnorNarrator | |
| 2025 | Variety & CNN Actors on ActorsSelf | |
| 2024 | What RemainsSören Rank | |
| 2024 | Who's WhoNarrator | |
| 2024 | Dune: Part TwoBaron Harkonnen | |
| 2022 | Soul of a ManBon-Bon | |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and ThunderSelvig | |
| 2022 | Andor: A Disney+ Day Special LookLuthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2022 | AndorLuthen Rael | |
| 2021 | DuneBaron Vladimir Harkonnen | |
| 2021 | The Ape StarTord Fjordmark (voice) | |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios LegendsErik Selvig (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2020 | Last WordsZyberski | |
| 2020 | 11 Colours of the BirdSelf | |
| 2019 | The Painted BirdHans | |
| 2019 | Out Stealing HorsesTrond | |
| 2019 | I'll Find YouBenno Moser | |
| 2019 | HopeTomas | |
| 2019 | Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoriaSelf | |
| 2019 | ChernobylBoris Shcherbina | |
| 2018 | The Man Who Killed Don QuixoteThe Boss | |
| 2018 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go AgainBill Anderson / Kurt Anderson | |
| 2018 | FilmworkerSelf | |
| 2017 | Borg vs McEnroeLennart Bergelin | |
| 2017 | Return to MontaukMax Zorn | |
| 2017 | Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträttSelf | |
| 2017 | Gordon & PaddyGordon (voice) | |
| 2016 | Our Kind of TraitorDima | |
| 2016 | The HotelSelf | |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of UltronErik Selvig | |
| 2015 | CinderellaGrand Duke | |
| 2015 | Christina Lindberg: The Original Eyepatch Wearing Butt Kicking Movie BabeSelf | |
| 2015 | RiverJohn River | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest | |
| 2014 | In Order of DisappearanceNils | |
| 2014 | Hector and the Search for HappinessEdward | |
| 2014 | Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard on 'Insomnia'Himself | |
| 2014 | Rouge BrésilNicolas Durand de Villegagnon | |
| 2013 | Thor: The Dark WorldErik Selvig | |
| 2013 | The Railway ManFinlay | |
| 2013 | The PhysicianBarber | |
| 2013 | Nymphomaniac: Vol. IISeligman | |
| 2013 | Nymphomaniac: Vol. ISeligman | |
| 2013 | Romeo & JulietPrince of Verona | |
| 2013 | Rouge BrésilVillegagnon | |
| 2012 | The AvengersSelvig | |
| 2012 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and VangerSelf | |
| 2012 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate WomenSelf | |
| 2012 | Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga(voice) | |
| 2012 | Room 1112 | |
| 2012 | Our Need for ConsolationNarrator | |
| 2012 | Playhouse PresentsThe Man | |
| 2011 | ThorErik Selvig | |
| 2011 | MelancholiaJack | |
| 2011 | The Girl with the Dragon TattooMartin Vanger | |
| 2010 | A Somewhat Gentle ManUlrik | |
| 2010 | King of Devil's IslandBestyrer Håkon | |
| 2010 | Frankie & AliceOz | |
| 2010 | Boogie WoogieBob Maclestone | |
| 2010 | Dimension | |
| 2010 | Behind the MoominsSelf | |
| 2010 | As If I Am Not ThereDoctor | |
| 2010 | Arn: The Knight TemplarBirger Brosa | |
| 2009 | Angels & DemonsCommander Richter | |
| 2009 | MetropiaRalph Parker (voice) | |
| 2009 | SkavlanSelf - Guest | |
| 2008 | Mamma Mia!Bill Anderson | |
| 2008 | God on TrialBaumgarten | |
| 2008 | Arn: The Kingdom at Road's EndBirger Brosa | |
| 2008 | Schrader's ExorcismSelf | |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndBootstrap Bill | |
| 2007 | Arn: The Knight TemplarBirger Brosa | |
| 2007 | WΔZEddie Argo | |
| 2007 | Guilty HeartsStangl | |
| 2007 | Wrath of GodsSelf | |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestBootstrap Bill | |
| 2006 | Goya's GhostsFrancisco Goya | |
| 2006 | Kill Your DarlingsErik's Father | |
| 2006 | Svenska ord i bild och talSelf | |
| 2005 | Beowulf & GrendelHrothgar | |
| 2005 | Dominion: Prequel to The ExorcistFather Lankester Merrin | |
| 2004 | Exorcist: The BeginningFather Lankester Merrin | |
| 2004 | King ArthurCerdic | |
| 2004 | Ronin: Filming in the Fast LaneSelf | |
| 2004 | The Making of King ArthurSelf | |
| 2004 | Dogville ConfessionsSelf | |
| 2004 | Eiffel TowerJakob | |
| 2004 | EntourageVerner Vollstedt | |
| 2004 | KulturplatzSelf | |
| 2003 | DogvilleChuck | |
| 2003 | To Kill a ChildNarrator | |
| 2003 | Helen of TroyKing Theseus of Athens | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest | |
| 2002 | No Good DeedTyrone | |
| 2002 | Taking SidesWilhelm Furtwängler | |
| 2002 | City of GhostsJoseph Kaspar | |
| 2001 | The Glass HouseTerence Glass | |
| 2001 | Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)Felix | |
| 2001 | Signs & WondersAlec | |
| 2001 | Powder KegHarvey Jacobs | |
| 2001 | The HireHarvey Jacobs | |
| 2000 | Dancer in the DarkDoctor | |
| 2000 | AberdeenTomas | |
| 2000 | Light Keeps Me CompanySelf | |
| 2000 | Harlan County WarWarren Jakopovich | |
| 2000 | TimecodeAlex Green | |
| 2000 | Passion of MindWilliam Granther | |
| 2000 | D-DayLise's Mand | |
| 2000 | I Remember Lena SvedbergNarrator (Eng) | |
| 1999 | Deep Blue SeaJim Whitlock | |
| 1998 | SaviorPeter | |
| 1998 | RoninGregor | |
| 1998 | The Glass-Blower's ChildrenAlbert | |
| 1998 | The Kingdom IIStig Helmers advokat | |
| 1997 | Good Will HuntingGerald Lambeau | |
| 1997 | AmistadTappan | |
| 1997 | InsomniaJonas Engström | |
| 1997 | My Son the FanaticSchitz | |
| 1997 | Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier | |
| 1997 | The Volcano ManEnglish voice (voice) | |
| 1996 | Breaking the WavesJan Nyman | |
| 1996 | Harry & SonjaHarry Olsson | |
| 1996 | Hundarna i RigaMagnus Björk | |
| 1995 | The Jönsson Gang's Greatest RobberyHerman Melvin | |
| 1995 | Zero KelvinRandbæk | |
| 1995 | The Dogs of RigaMagnus Björk | |
| 1994 | Report to HeavenGary | |
| 1994 | The KingdomStig Helmers advokat | |
| 1993 | The SlingshotFritiof Schütt | |
| 1993 | The Last DanceHost in Norrköping | |
| 1993 | Murder at the SavoySecurity Manager | |
| 1992 | The Democratic TerroristCarl Hamilton | |
| 1992 | WindJoe Heiser | |
| 1992 | Den sanne lögnaren - Fritiof Nilsson PiratenNarrator (voice) | |
| 1991 | The OxHelge Roos | |
| 1990 | The Hunt for Red OctoberCapt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov) | |
| 1990 | Good Evening, Mr. WallenbergRaoul Wallenberg | |
| 1990 | Parker KaneNathan Van Adams | |
| 1990 | SmashFinansministerns sekreterare | |
| 1989 | Code Name Coq RougeCarl Hamilton | |
| 1989 | The InterrogationCarl Hamilton | |
| 1989 | The Women on the RoofWilly | |
| 1989 | S/Y JoyKlas Larsson | |
| 1989 | VildandenGregers Werle | |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsStellan Skarsgård (voice) | |
| 1988 | The Unbearable Lightness of BeingThe Engineer | |
| 1988 | The Perfect MurderAxel Svensson | |
| 1988 | Time of the WolfPeder Ulfstand | |
| 1987 | Jim and the Pirates BlomGustav, Jim's Father | |
| 1987 | Hip Hip Hurrah!Sören Kröyer | |
| 1987 | FriendsMatt | |
| 1986 | The Serpent's WayKarl Orsa Markström | |
| 1985 | Peter-No-Tail in AmericatPelle Swanson | |
| 1985 | False as WaterStig | |
| 1985 | Noon WineOlaf Helton | |
| 1985 | Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av DanmarkHamlet | |
| 1985 | August Strindberg: A LifeVerner von Heidenstam | |
| 1984 | Åke and His WorldEbenholtz | |
| 1983 | P & BKarl-Johan "Charlie" Pettersson | |
| 1983 | Alf Sjöberg - mästaren | |
| 1983 | The School of WivesHorace | |
| 1982 | The Simple-Minded MurdererSven | |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | |
| 1981 | The Guldbagge AwardsSelf - Best Actor winner | |
| 1978 | Det är din boll, JimJournalist | |
| 1977 | TabuJan-Erik | |
| 1977 | Hemåt i nattenKurt Sjöberg | |
| 1975 | The IntrudersPeter Delaney | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited) | |
| 1973 | Anita, Swedish NymphetErik | |
| 1973 | Five Days in AugustChrister | |
| 1973 | The WeddingRoffe Eriksson | |
| 1972 | Raid in the SummerErik | |
| 1972 | The Office PartyPeter | |
| 1968 | Bombi Bitt och jagBombi Bitt | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee | |
| - | The Eighth Commandment | |
| - | The Kiss | |
| - | Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oroden långsamme | |
| - | Bow TieHimself | |
| - | Please | |
| - | Untitled Alexander Cary/Apple TV+ Thriller Series |
| 2025 | Sentimental ValueExecutive Producer | |
| 2014 | In Order of DisappearanceExecutive Producer | |
| 2010 | King of Devil's IslandExecutive Producer | |
| 2000 | AberdeenAssociate Producer |
| 1987 | Jim and the Pirates BlomWriter |
| 2017 | The WifeThanks | |
| 2005 | ManderlayThanks |