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 · Sentimental Value as Gustav Borg
- 2025 · Being Bo Widerberg as Self
- 2022 · Soul of a Man as Bon-Bon
- 2021 · The Ape Star as Tord Fjordmark (voice)
- 2019 · Hope as Tomas
- 2019 · Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria as Self
- 2019 · I'll Find You as Benno Moser
- 2019 · Out Stealing Horses as Trond
- 2016 · The Hotel as Self
- 2014 · Hector and the Search for Happiness as Edward
- 2013 · Nymphomaniac: Vol. I as Seligman
- 2010 · King of Devil's Island as Bestyrer Håkon
- 2010 · Frankie & Alice as Oz
- 2010 · Dimension as
- 2010 · Boogie Woogie as Bob Maclestone
- 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 · Kill Your Darlings as Erik's Father
- 2004 · The Making of King Arthur as Self
- 2004 · Dogville Confessions as Self
- 2003 · To Kill a Child as Narrator
- 2002 · No Good Deed as Tyrone
- 2000 · Aberdeen as Tomas
- 2000 · Harlan County War as Warren Jakopovich
- 2000 · Timecode as Alex Green
- 2000 · Passion of Mind as William Granther
- 2000 · D-Day as Lise's Mand
- 1998 · The Glass-Blower's Children as Albert
- 1997 · The Volcano Man as English voice (voice)
- 1997 · Insomnia as Jonas Engström
- 1996 · Harry & Sonja as Harry Olsson
- 1994 · Report to Heaven as Gary
- 1990 · Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg as Raoul Wallenberg
- 1990 · Parker Kane as Nathan Van Adams
- 1990 · Smash as Finansministerns sekreterare
- 1987 · Friends as Matt
- 1987 · Jim and the Pirates Blom as Gustav, Jim's Father
- 1986 · The Serpent's Way as Karl Orsa Markström
- 1985 · False as Water as Stig
- 1985 · Noon Wine as Olaf Helton
- 1984 · Åke and His World as Ebenholtz
- 1982 · The Simple-Minded Murderer as Sven
- 1973 · The Wedding as Roffe Eriksson
- 1972 · The Office Party as Peter
- Future · Mamma Mia! 3 as
- 2025 · Variety & CNN Actors on Actors 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 · Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as Luthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 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
- 2020 · 11 Colours of the Bird as Self
- 2019 · The Painted Bird as Hans
- 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 · Gordon & Paddy as Gordon (voice)
- 2017 · Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträtt as Self
- 2017 · Borg vs McEnroe as Lennart Bergelin
- 2017 · Return to Montauk as Max Zorn
- 2016 · Our Kind of Traitor as Dima
- 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 · 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 · Playhouse Presents as
- 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 · Behind the Moomins as Self
- 2010 · As If I Am Not There as Doctor
- 2010 · Arn: The Knight Templar as Birger Brosa
- 2010 · A Somewhat Gentle Man as Ulrik
- 2009 · Metropia as Ralph Parker (voice)
- 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 · 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 William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner
- 2005 · Beowulf & Grendel as Hrothgar
- 2005 · Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist as Father Lankester Merrin
- 2004 · Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane as Self
- 2004 · Kulturplatz as Self
- 2004 · Exorcist: The Beginning as Father Lankester Merrin
- 2004 · Entourage as Verner Vollstedt
- 2004 · King Arthur as Cerdic
- 2004 · Eiffel Tower as Jakob
- 2003 · Dogville as Chuck
- 2003 · Helen of Troy as King Theseus of Athens
- 2002 · City of Ghosts as Joseph Kaspar
- 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 · 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
- 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
- 1996 · Hundarna i Riga as Magnus Björk
- 1996 · Breaking the Waves as Jan Nyman
- 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
- 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 · 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
- 1989 · Code Name Coq Rouge as Carl Hamilton
- 1989 · S/Y Joy as Klas Larsson
- 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 · Hip Hip Hurrah! as Sören Kröyer
- 1985 · Peter-No-Tail in Americat as Pelle Swanson
- 1985 · August Strindberg: A Life as Verner von Heidenstam
- 1985 · Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark as Hamlet
- 1983 · The School of Wives as Horace
- 1983 · Alf Sjöberg - mästaren as
- 1983 · P & B as Karl-Johan "Charlie" Pettersson
- 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 · The Intruders as Peter Delaney
- 1973 · Anita, Swedish Nymphet as Erik
- 1973 · Five Days in August as Christer
- 1972 · Raid in the Summer as Erik
- 1971 · Den byxlöse äventyraren as
- 1968 · Bombi Bitt och jag as Bombi Bitt