Stellan Skarsgård
Stellan Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, known internationally for his film roles in Angels & Demons, Breaking the Waves, The Hunt for Red October, Ronin, Good Will Hunting, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, Mamma Mia! and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. He also portrays Dr. Erik Selvig in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He has appeared as the character in Thor (2011), The Avengers (2012), Thor: The Dark World (2013), and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). 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
- 2024 · Who's who? as Narrator
- 2024 · What Remains as Sören Rank
- 2024 · Dune: Part Two as Baron Harkonnen
- 2022 · Star Wars: Andor as Luthen Rael
- 2022 · Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as Luthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022 · Thor: Love and Thunder as Selvig
- 2022 · Soul of a Man as Bon-Bon
- 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
- 2020 · 11 Colours of the Bird as Self
- 2019 · Hope as Tomas
- 2019 · The Painted Bird as Hans
- 2019 · Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria as Self
- 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 · The Man Who Killed Don Quixote as The Boss
- 2018 · Filmworker as Self
- 2017 · Gordon & Paddy as Gordon (voice)
- 2017 · Moomins and the Winter Wonderland as Moomin Pappa (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
- 2016 · The Hotel as Self
- 2015 · River as John River
- 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 · 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
- 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: Hard Copy as
- 2012 · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women as Self
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Erik Selvig (archive footage)
- 2012 · Room 1112 as
- 2011 · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Martin Vanger
- 2011 · Thor: Assembling the Troupe as Himself
- 2011 · Melancholia as Jack
- 2011 · Thor as Erik Selvig
- 2010 · King of Devil's Island as Bestyrer Håkon
- 2010 · Frankie & Alice as Oz
- 2010 · Dimension as
- 2010 · As If I Am Not There as Doctor
- 2010 · Arn: The Knight Templar as Birger Brosa
- 2010 · A Somewhat Gentle Man as Ulrik
- 2010 · Behind the Moomins as Self
- 2009 · Metropia as Ralph Parker (voice)
- 2009 · Boogie Woogie as Bob Maclestone
- 2009 · Angels & Demons as Commander Richter
- 2009 · Skavlan as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Birthing Mamma Mia! as Self
- 2008 · God on Trial as Baumgarten
- 2008 · Schrader's Exorcism as Himself
- 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 William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner
- 2007 · WΔZ as Eddie Argo
- 2007 · Wrath of Gods as Self
- 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
- 2006 · Kill Your Darlings as Erik's Father
- 2006 · Guilty Hearts as Stangl
- 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 · The Making of King Arthur as Self
- 2004 · Exorcist: The Beginning as Father Lankester Merrin
- 2004 · Entourage as
- 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 · 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 · 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)
- 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 · 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 · The Kingdom II as Stig Helmers advokat
- 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 · Polis polis potatismos 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 · Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg as Raoul Wallenberg
- 1990 · Parker Kane as Nathan Van Adams
- 1990 · The Hunt for Red October as Captain Tupolev
- 1990 · Smash as Finansministerns sekreterare
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Stellan Skarsgård (voice)
- 1989 · Förhöret 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 · Friends as Matt
- 1987 · Hip Hip Hurrah! as Sören Kröyer
- 1987 · Jim and the Pirates Blom as Gustav
- 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: Ett liv 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
- 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 · The Wedding as Roffe Eriksson
- 1973 · Five Days in August as Christer
- 1972 · The Office Party as Peter
- Future · Sentimental Value as Gustav
- 1972 · Raid in the Summer as Erik
- 1971 · Den byxlöse äventyraren as
- 1968 · Bombi Bitt och jag as Bombi Bitt