Stellan Skarsgård
June 13, 1951 (74 years old) in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
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
Credits
- 2026 · Dante as Dante (voice)
- 2022 · Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as Luthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022 · Soul of a Man as Bon-Bon
- 2021 · The Ape Star as Tord Fjordmark (voice)
- 2020 · 11 Colours of the Bird as Self
- 2019 · Hope as Tomas
- 2019 · I'll Find You as Benno Moser
- 2019 · Out Stealing Horses as Trond
- 2017 · Return to Montauk as Max Zorn
- 2014 · Der Medicus as Bader
- 2013 · Nymphomaniac as Seligman
- 2013 · Rouge Brésil as Villegagnon
- 2012 · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women as Self
- 2012 · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger as Self
- 2010 · King of Devil's Island as Bestyrer Håkon
- 2010 · As If I Am Not There as Doctor
- 2010 · A Somewhat Gentle Man as Ulrik
- 2008 · God on Trial as Baumgarten
- 2008 · Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End as Birger Brosa
- 2007 · Wrath of Gods as Self
- 2006 · Kill Your Darlings as Erik's Father
- 2004 · Blood on the Land: The Making of a King as Self
- 2004 · Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane as Self
- 2004 · The Making of King Arthur as Self
- 2002 · City of Ghosts as Joseph Kaspar
- 2002 · Taking Sides as Wilhelm Furtwängler
- 2001 · Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) as Felix
- 2001 · Powder Keg as Harvey Jacobs
- 2000 · Passion of Mind as William Granther
- 2000 · D-Day as Lise's Mand
- 1993 · Murder at the Savoy as Security Manager
- 1992 · The Democratic Terrorist as Carl Hamilton
- 1990 · Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg as Raoul Wallenberg
- 1989 · The Women on the Roof as Willy
- 1989 · Vildanden as Gregers Werle
- 1989 · Code Name Coq Rouge as Carl Hamilton
- 1989 · S/Y Joy as Klas Larsson
- 1987 · Hip Hip Hurrah! as Sören Kröyer
- 1987 · Jim and the Pirates Blom as Gustav, Jim's Father
- 1986 · The Serpent's Way as Karl Orsa Markström
- 1985 · Peter-No-Tail in Americat as Pelle Swanson
- 1985 · Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark as Hamlet
- 1968 · Bombi Bitt och jag as Bombi Bitt
- Future · Untitled Dakota Fanning Thriller Series as
- 2026 · PLEASE as Winston
- 2025 · Variety & CNN Actors on Actors as Self
- 2025 · Sentimental Value as Gustav Borg
- 2025 · Being Bo Widerberg as Self
- 2025 · Björn Frantzén - jakten på stjärnor as Narrator
- 2024 · Who's Who as Narrator
- 2024 · What Remains as Sören Rank
- 2024 · Dune: Part Two as Baron Harkonnen
- 2022 · Andor as Luthen Rael
- 2022 · Thor: Love and Thunder as Selvig
- 2021 · Dune as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
- 2021 · Marvel Studios Legends as Erik Selvig (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020 · Last Words as Zyberski
- 2019 · The Painted Bird as Hans
- 2019 · Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria as Self
- 2019 · Chernobyl as Boris Shcherbina
- 2018 · Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again as Bill / Kurt
- 2018 · The Man Who Killed Don Quixote as The Boss
- 2018 · Filmworker as Self
- 2017 · Gordon & Paddy as Gordon (voice)
- 2017 · Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträtt as Self
- 2017 · Borg vs McEnroe as Lennart Bergelin
- 2016 · Our Kind of Traitor as Dima
- 2016 · The Hotel as Self
- 2015 · River as John River
- 2015 · Christina Lindberg: The Original Eyepatch Wearing Butt Kicking Movie Babe as Self
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- 2015 · Avengers: Age of Ultron as Erik Selvig
- 2015 · Cinderella as Grand Duke
- 2014 · Hector and the Search for Happiness as Edward
- 2014 · Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard on 'Insomnia' as Himself
- 2014 · Rouge Brésil as Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon
- 2014 · In Order of Disappearance as Nils
- 2013 · Nymphomaniac: Vol. II as Seligman
- 2013 · Nymphomaniac: Vol. I as Seligman
- 2013 · The Physician as Barber
- 2013 · The Railway Man as Finlay
- 2013 · Thor: The Dark World as Erik Selvig
- 2013 · Romeo & Juliet as Prince of Verona
- 2012 · Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga as (voice)
- 2012 · Our Need for Consolation as Narrator
- 2012 · The Avengers as Selvig
- 2012 · Playhouse Presents as The Man
- 2012 · Room 1112 as
- 2011 · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Martin Vanger
- 2011 · Melancholia as Jack
- 2011 · Lykke Li: Sadness is a Blessing as
- 2011 · Thor as Erik Selvig
- 2010 · Frankie & Alice as Oz
- 2010 · Dimension as
- 2010 · Behind the Moomins as Self
- 2010 · Boogie Woogie as Bob Maclestone
- 2010 · Arn: The Knight Templar as Birger Brosa
- 2009 · Metropia as Ralph Parker (voice)
- 2009 · Angels & Demons as Commander Richter
- 2009 · Skavlan as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Schrader's Exorcism as Self
- 2008 · Mamma Mia! as Bill Anderson
- 2007 · Arn: The Knight Templar as Birger Brosa
- 2007 · Guilty Hearts as Stangl
- 2007 · Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Bootstrap Bill
- 2007 · WΔZ as Eddie Argo
- 2006 · Svenska ord i bild och tal as Self
- 2006 · Goya's Ghosts as Francisco Goya
- 2006 · Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Bootstrap Bill
- 2005 · Beowulf & Grendel as Hrothgar
- 2005 · Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist as Father Lankester Merrin
- 2004 · Kulturplatz as Self
- 2004 · Exorcist: The Beginning as Father Lankester Merrin
- 2004 · Entourage as Verner Vollstedt
- 2004 · King Arthur as Cerdic
- 2004 · Dogville Confessions as Self
- 2004 · Eiffel Tower as Jakob
- 2003 · Dogville as Chuck
- 2003 · Helen of Troy as King Theseus of Athens
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2003 · To Kill a Child as Narrator
- 2002 · No Good Deed as Tyrone
- 2001 · The Glass House as Terence Glass
- 2001 · The Hire as Harvey Jacobs
- 2001 · Signs & Wonders as Alec
- 2000 · Aberdeen as Tomas
- 2000 · Dancer in the Dark as Doctor
- 2000 · Light Keeps Me Company as Self
- 2000 · Harlan County War as Warren Jakopovich
- 2000 · Timecode as Alex Green
- 2000 · I Remember Lena Svedberg as Narrator (Eng)
- 1999 · Deep Blue Sea as Jim Whitlock
- 1998 · Ronin as Gregor
- 1998 · The Kingdom II as Stig Helmers advokat
- 1998 · Savior as Peter
- 1998 · The Glass-Blower's Children as Albert
- 1997 · Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier as
- 1997 · Amistad as Tappan
- 1997 · Good Will Hunting as Gerald Lambeau
- 1997 · My Son the Fanatic as Schitz
- 1997 · The Volcano Man as English voice (voice)
- 1997 · Insomnia as Jonas Engström
- 1996 · Hundarna i Riga as Magnus Björk
- 1996 · Breaking the Waves as Jan Nyman
- 1996 · Harry & Sonja as Harry Olsson
- 1995 · The Dogs of Riga as Magnus Björk
- 1995 · Zero Kelvin as Randbæk
- 1995 · The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery as Herman Melvin
- 1994 · The Kingdom as Stig Helmers advokat
- 1994 · Report to Heaven as Gary
- 1993 · The Last Dance as Host in Norrköping
- 1993 · The Slingshot as Fritiof Schütt
- 1992 · Wind as Joe Heiser
- 1992 · Den sanne lögnaren - Fritiof Nilsson Piraten as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 · The Ox as Helge Roos
- 1990 · Parker Kane as Nathan Van Adams
- 1990 · The Hunt for Red October as Capt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov)
- 1990 · Smash as Finansministerns sekreterare
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Stellan Skarsgård (voice)
- 1989 · The Interrogation as Carl Hamilton
- 1988 · The Perfect Murder as Axel Svensson
- 1988 · The Unbearable Lightness of Being as The Engineer
- 1988 · Time of the Wolf as Peder Ulfstand
- 1987 · Friends as Matt
- 1985 · False as Water as Stig
- 1985 · August Strindberg: A Life as Verner von Heidenstam
- 1985 · Noon Wine as Olaf Helton
- 1984 · Åke and His World as Ebenholtz
- 1983 · The School of Wives as Horace
- 1983 · Alf Sjöberg - mästaren as
- 1983 · P & B as Karl-Johan "Charlie" Pettersson
- 1982 · The Simple-Minded Murderer as Sven
- 1982 · American Playhouse as
- 1981 · The Guldbagge Awards as Self - Best Actor winner
- 1978 · Det är din boll, Jim as Journalist
- 1977 · Hemåt i natten as Kurt Sjöberg
- 1977 · Tabu as Jan-Erik
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · The Intruders as Peter Delaney
- 1973 · Anita, Swedish Nymphet as Erik
- 1973 · The Wedding as Roffe Eriksson
- 1973 · Five Days in August as Christer
- 1972 · The Office Party as Peter
- 1972 · Raid in the Summer as Erik
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · The Eighth Commandment as
- Future · The Kiss as
- Future · Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oro as den långsamme
- Future · Bow Tie as Himself