Stellan Skarsgård
June 13, 1951 (75 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 · Please as Winston
- 2026 · Dante as Dante (voice)
- 2025 · Variety & CNN Actors on Actors as Self
- 2025 · Sentimental Value as Gustav Borg
- 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)
- 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 / Kurt
- 2018 · The Man Who Killed Don Quixote as The Boss
- 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 · Der Medicus as Bader
- 2014 · Hector and the Search for Happiness as Edward
- 2014 · Rouge Brésil as Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon
- 2014 · A Brother's Journey: Thor & Loki as Self
- 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
- 2012 · The Avengers as Selvig
- 2012 · Playhouse Presents as The Man
- 2011 · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Martin Vanger
- 2011 · Thor as Erik Selvig
- 2011 · Melancholia as Jack
- 2010 · King of Devil's Island as Bestyrer Håkon
- 2010 · Frankie & Alice as Oz
- 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 · 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
- 2007 · Wrath of Gods 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
- 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
- 2001 · Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) as Felix
- 2001 · The Glass House as Terence Glass
- 2001 · The Hire as Harvey Jacobs
- 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 · Savior as Peter
- 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
- 1994 · Report to Heaven as Gary
- 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)
- 1989 · Vildanden as Gregers Werle
- 1988 · The Unbearable Lightness of Being as The Engineer
- 1985 · August Strindberg: A Life as Verner von Heidenstam
- 1985 · The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark as Hamlet
- 1982 · American Playhouse as Olaf Helton
- 1981 · The Guldbagge Awards as Self - Best Actor winner
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1973 · Anita, Swedish Nymphet as Erik
- 1968 · Bombi Bitt och jag as Bombi Bitt
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Untitled Dakota Fanning Thriller Series as Brant
- 2025 · Being Bo Widerberg as Self
- 2025 · Björn Frantzén - jakten på stjärnor as Narrator
- 2024 · What Remains as Sören Rank
- 2021 · The Ape Star as Tord Fjordmark (voice)
- 2020 · Last Words as Zyberski
- 2019 · Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria as Self
- 2018 · Filmworker as Self
- 2017 · Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträtt as Self
- 2017 · Return to Montauk as Max Zorn
- 2016 · The Hotel as Self
- 2013 · Nymphomaniac: Vol. I as Seligman
- 2013 · Rouge Brésil as Villegagnon
- 2012 · Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga as (voice)
- 2010 · Dimension as
- 2010 · As If I Am Not There as Doctor
- 2010 · A Somewhat Gentle Man as Ulrik
- 2008 · God on Trial as Baumgarten
- 2008 · Schrader's Exorcism as Self
- 2007 · Guilty Hearts as Stangl
- 2006 · Svenska ord i bild och tal as Self
- 2006 · Kill Your Darlings as Erik's Father
- 2004 · Blood on the Land: The Making of a King as Self
- 2004 · Dogville Confessions as Self
- 2004 · Eiffel Tower as Jakob
- 2002 · Taking Sides as Wilhelm Furtwängler
- 2000 · Light Keeps Me Company as Self
- 2000 · Harlan County War as Warren Jakopovich
- 1997 · Amistad as Tappan
- 1997 · My Son the Fanatic as Schitz
- 1997 · The Volcano Man as English voice (voice)
- 1996 · Hundarna i Riga as Magnus Björk
- 1995 · The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery as Herman Melvin
- 1992 · Den sanne lögnaren - Fritiof Nilsson Piraten as Narrator (voice)
- 1990 · Parker Kane as Nathan Van Adams
- 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
- 1982 · The Simple-Minded Murderer as Sven
- 1977 · Hemåt i natten as Kurt Sjöberg
- 1973 · Five Days in August as Christer
- Future · Mamma Mia! 3 as Bill
- 1977 · Tabu as Jan-Erik
- Future · The Eighth Commandment as
- Future · Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oro as den långsamme
- Future · Bow Tie as Himself
- Future · The Kiss as
- 2024 · Who's Who as Narrator
- 2022 · Soul of a Man as Bon-Bon
- 2020 · 11 Colours of the Bird as Self
- 2017 · Gordon & Paddy as Gordon (voice)
- 2015 · Christina Lindberg: The Original Eyepatch Wearing Butt Kicking Movie Babe as Self
- 2014 · Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard on 'Insomnia' as Himself
- 2012 · Our Need for Consolation as Narrator
- 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
- 2012 · Room 1112 as
- 2011 · Lykke Li: Sadness is a Blessing as
- 2004 · Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane as Self
- 2004 · The Making of King Arthur as Self
- 2003 · To Kill a Child as Narrator
- 2001 · Powder Keg as Harvey Jacobs
- 2001 · Signs & Wonders as Alec
- 2000 · Aberdeen as Tomas
- 2000 · I Remember Lena Svedberg as Narrator (Eng)
- 2000 · D-Day as Lise's Mand
- 1998 · The Kingdom II as Stig Helmers advokat
- 1998 · The Glass-Blower's Children as Albert
- 1997 · Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier as
- 1996 · Harry & Sonja as Harry Olsson
- 1995 · The Dogs of Riga as Magnus Björk
- 1995 · Zero Kelvin as Randbæk
- 1993 · The Last Dance as Host in Norrköping
- 1993 · Murder at the Savoy as Security Manager
- 1992 · The Democratic Terrorist as Carl Hamilton
- 1991 · The Ox as Helge Roos
- 1990 · Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg as Raoul Wallenberg
- 1989 · The Interrogation as Carl Hamilton
- 1989 · The Women on the Roof as Willy
- 1989 · Code Name Coq Rouge as Carl Hamilton
- 1988 · The Perfect Murder as Axel Svensson
- 1988 · Time of the Wolf as Peder Ulfstand
- 1987 · Friends as Matt
- 1985 · False as Water as Stig
- 1985 · Noon Wine as Olaf Helton
- 1985 · Hamlet 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
- 1975 · The Intruders as Peter Delaney
- 1973 · The Wedding as Roffe Eriksson
- 1972 · The Office Party as Peter
- 1972 · Raid in the Summer as Erik