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
- 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 · What Remains as Sören Rank
- 2022 · Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as Luthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022 · Soul of a Man as Bon-Bon
- 2020 · 11 Colours of the Bird as Self
- 2019 · Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria as Self
- 2018 · The Man Who Killed Don Quixote as The Boss
- 2017 · Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträtt as Self
- 2016 · Our Kind of Traitor as Dima
- 2014 · Hector and the Search for Happiness as Edward
- 2012 · Playhouse Presents as
- 2010 · Dimension as
- 2010 · Behind the Moomins as Self
- 2010 · Arn: The Knight Templar as Birger Brosa
- 2009 · Metropia as Ralph Parker (voice)
- 2008 · Birthing Mamma Mia! as Self
- 2008 · Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End as Birger Brosa
- 2007 · Arn: The Knight Templar as Birger Brosa
- 2007 · Wrath of Gods as Self
- 2006 · Svenska ord i bild och tal as Self
- 2005 · Beowulf & Grendel as Hrothgar
- 2005 · Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist as Father Lankester Merrin
- 2004 · Eiffel Tower as Jakob
- 2000 · Aberdeen as Tomas
- 2000 · Harlan County War as Warren Jakopovich
- 2000 · Timecode as Alex Green
- 2000 · I Remember Lena Svedberg as Narrator (Eng)
- 1997 · My Son the Fanatic as Schitz
- 1997 · The Volcano Man as English voice (voice)
- 1997 · Insomnia as Jonas Engström
- 1990 · Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg as Raoul Wallenberg
- 1990 · Smash as Finansministerns sekreterare
- 1989 · Code Name Coq Rouge as Carl Hamilton
- 1989 · S/Y Joy as Klas Larsson
- 1986 · The Serpent's Way as Karl Orsa Markström
- 1985 · Peter-No-Tail in Americat as Pelle Swanson
- 1985 · False as Water as Stig
- 1981 · The Guldbagge Awards as Self - Best Actor winner
- 1977 · Hemåt i natten as Kurt Sjöberg
- 1973 · The Wedding as Roffe Eriksson
- 1971 · Den byxlöse äventyraren as
- Future · Mamma Mia! 3 as
- 2024 · Who's Who as Narrator
- 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 · The Ape Star as Tord Fjordmark (voice)
- 2021 · Marvel Studios Legends as Erik Selvig (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020 · Last Words as Zyberski
- 2019 · Hope as Tomas
- 2019 · The Painted Bird as Hans
- 2019 · I'll Find You as Benno Moser
- 2019 · Chernobyl as Boris Shcherbina
- 2019 · Out Stealing Horses as Trond
- 2018 · Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again as Bill Anderson / Kurt Anderson
- 2018 · Filmworker as Self
- 2017 · Gordon & Paddy as Gordon (voice)
- 2017 · Borg vs McEnroe as Lennart Bergelin
- 2017 · Return to Montauk as Max Zorn
- 2016 · The Hotel as Self
- 2015 · River as John River
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Avengers: Age of Ultron as Erik Selvig
- 2015 · Cinderella as Grand Duke
- 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 · The Physician as Barber
- 2013 · Nymphomaniac: Vol. I as Seligman
- 2013 · The Railway Man as Finlay
- 2013 · Thor: The Dark World as Erik Selvig
- 2013 · Romeo & Juliet as Prince of Verona
- 2013 · Rouge Brésil as Villegagnon
- 2012 · Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga as (voice)
- 2012 · Our Need for Consolation as Narrator
- 2012 · The Avengers as Selvig
- 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
- 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 · As If I Am Not There as Doctor
- 2010 · Boogie Woogie as Bob Maclestone
- 2010 · A Somewhat Gentle Man as Ulrik
- 2009 · Angels & Demons as Commander Richter
- 2009 · Skavlan as Self - Guest
- 2008 · God on Trial as Baumgarten
- 2008 · Schrader's Exorcism as Self
- 2008 · Mamma Mia! as Bill Anderson
- 2007 · Guilty Hearts as Stangl
- 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 William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner
- 2006 · Kill Your Darlings as Erik's Father
- 2004 · Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane as Self
- 2004 · Kulturplatz as Self
- 2004 · The Making of King Arthur 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 · To Kill a Child as Narrator
- 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 · Powder Keg as Harvey Jacobs
- 2001 · The Hire as Harvey Jacobs
- 2001 · Signs & Wonders as Alec
- 2000 · Dancer in the Dark as Doctor
- 2000 · Light Keeps Me Company as Self
- 2000 · Passion of Mind as William Granther
- 2000 · D-Day as Lise's Mand
- 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
- 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 · Murder at the Savoy as Security Manager
- 1993 · The Slingshot as Fritiof Schütt
- 1992 · Wind as Joe Heiser
- 1992 · The Democratic Terrorist as Carl Hamilton
- 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)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Stellan Skarsgård (voice)
- 1989 · The Interrogation as Carl Hamilton
- 1989 · The Women on the Roof as Willy
- 1989 · Vildanden as Gregers Werle
- 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
- 1987 · Hip Hip Hurrah! as Sören Kröyer
- 1987 · Jim and the Pirates Blom as Gustav, Jim's Father
- 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
- 1982 · The Simple-Minded Murderer as Sven
- 1982 · American Playhouse as
- 1978 · Det är din boll, Jim as Journalist
- 1977 · Tabu as Jan-Erik
- 1975 · The Intruders as Peter Delaney
- 1973 · Anita, Swedish Nymphet as Erik
- 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