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
- 2028 · Silent Hymns as The Creature
- 2026 · Dante as Dante (voice)
- 2025 · Variety & CNN Actors on Actors as Self
- 2025 · Sentimental Value as Gustav Borg
- 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)
- 2019 · The Painted Bird as Hans
- 2019 · I'll Find You as Benno Moser
- 2019 · Chernobyl as Boris Shcherbina
- 2018 · Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again as Bill Anderson / Kurt Anderson
- 2018 · The Man Who Killed Don Quixote as The Boss
- 2018 · Filmworker as Self
- 2017 · Borg vs McEnroe as Lennart Bergelin
- 2016 · Our Kind of Traitor as Dima
- 2015 · River as John River
- 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 · 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 · The Avengers as Selvig
- 2012 · Playhouse Presents as The Man
- 2011 · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Martin Vanger
- 2011 · Melancholia as Jack
- 2011 · Thor as Erik Selvig
- 2010 · King of Devil's Island as Bestyrer Håkon
- 2010 · Frankie & Alice as Oz
- 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 · God on Trial as Baumgarten
- 2008 · Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End as Birger Brosa
- 2008 · Mamma Mia! as Bill Anderson
- 2007 · Arn: The Knight Templar as Birger Brosa
- 2007 · Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Bootstrap Bill
- 2007 · WΔZ as Eddie Argo
- 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
- 2003 · Dogville as Chuck
- 2003 · Helen of Troy as King Theseus of Athens
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2002 · City of Ghosts as Joseph Kaspar
- 2002 · No Good Deed as Tyrone
- 2002 · Taking Sides as Wilhelm Furtwängler
- 2001 · Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) as Felix
- 2001 · The Glass House as Terence Glass
- 2001 · The Hire as Harvey Jacobs
- 2000 · Aberdeen as Tomas
- 2000 · Dancer in the Dark as Doctor
- 2000 · Timecode as Alex Green
- 2000 · Passion of Mind as William Granther
- 1999 · Deep Blue Sea as Jim Whitlock
- 1998 · Ronin as Gregor
- 1998 · The Kingdom II as Stig Helmers advokat
- 1998 · Savior as Peter
- 1997 · Amistad as Tappan
- 1997 · Good Will Hunting as Gerald Lambeau
- 1997 · Insomnia as Jonas Engström
- 1996 · Breaking the Waves as Jan Nyman
- 1994 · The Kingdom as Stig Helmers advokat
- 1993 · The Slingshot as Fritiof Schütt
- 1992 · Wind as Joe Heiser
- 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)
- 1988 · The Unbearable Lightness of Being as The Engineer
- 1982 · The Simple-Minded Murderer as Sven
- 1982 · American Playhouse as
- 1981 · The Guldbagge Awards as Self - Best Actor winner
- 1977 · Tabu as Jan-Erik
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1973 · Anita, Swedish Nymphet as Erik
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Untitled Dakota Fanning Thriller Series as
- 2025 · Being Bo Widerberg as Self
- 2025 · Björn Frantzén - jakten på stjärnor as Narrator
- 2024 · Who's Who as Narrator
- 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 · Last Words as Zyberski
- 2020 · 11 Colours of the Bird as Self
- 2019 · Hope as Tomas
- 2019 · Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria as Self
- 2019 · Out Stealing Horses as Trond
- 2017 · Gordon & Paddy as Gordon (voice)
- 2017 · Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträtt as Self
- 2017 · Return to Montauk as Max Zorn
- 2016 · The Hotel as Self
- 2015 · Christina Lindberg: The Original Eyepatch Wearing Butt Kicking Movie Babe as Self
- 2014 · Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard on 'Insomnia' as Himself
- 2014 · Rouge Brésil as Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon
- 2013 · Rouge Brésil as Villegagnon
- 2012 · Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga as (voice)
- 2012 · Our Need for Consolation as Narrator
- 2012 · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger as Self
- 2012 · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women as Self
- 2012 · Room 1112 as
- 2010 · Dimension as
- 2010 · Behind the Moomins as Self
- 2010 · As If I Am Not There as Doctor
- 2010 · A Somewhat Gentle Man as Ulrik
- 2008 · Schrader's Exorcism as Self
- 2007 · Guilty Hearts as Stangl
- 2007 · Wrath of Gods as Self
- 2006 · Svenska ord i bild och tal as Self
- 2006 · Kill Your Darlings as Erik's Father
- 2004 · Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane as Self
- 2004 · The Making of King Arthur as Self
- 2004 · Eiffel Tower as Jakob
- 2003 · To Kill a Child as Narrator
- 2001 · Powder Keg as Harvey Jacobs
- 2001 · Signs & Wonders as Alec
- 2000 · Light Keeps Me Company as Self
- 2000 · Harlan County War as Warren Jakopovich
- 2000 · I Remember Lena Svedberg as Narrator (Eng)
- 2000 · D-Day as Lise's Mand
- 1998 · The Glass-Blower's Children as Albert
- 1997 · Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier as
- 1997 · My Son the Fanatic as Schitz
- 1997 · The Volcano Man as English voice (voice)
- 1996 · Hundarna i Riga as Magnus Björk
- 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 · Report to Heaven as Gary
- 1993 · The Last Dance as Host in Norrköping
- 1993 · Murder at the Savoy as Security Manager
- 1992 · The Democratic Terrorist as Carl Hamilton
- 1992 · Den sanne lögnaren - Fritiof Nilsson Piraten as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 · The Ox as Helge Roos
- 1990 · Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg as Raoul Wallenberg
- 1990 · Parker Kane as Nathan Van Adams
- 1989 · The Interrogation as Carl Hamilton
- 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
- 1988 · The Perfect Murder as Axel Svensson
- 1988 · Time of the Wolf as Peder Ulfstand
- 1987 · Friends as Matt
- 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 · False as Water as Stig
- 1985 · August Strindberg: A Life as Verner von Heidenstam
- 1985 · Noon Wine as Olaf Helton
- 1985 · Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark as Hamlet
- 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
- 1978 · Det är din boll, Jim as Journalist
- 1977 · Hemåt i natten as Kurt Sjöberg
- 1975 · The Intruders as Peter Delaney
- 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
- 1968 · Bombi Bitt och jag as Bombi Bitt
- Future · The Kiss as
- Future · Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oro as den långsamme
- Future · The Eighth Commandment as
- Future · Please as
- Future · Bow Tie as Himself