Credits

• 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 · Thor: Love and Thunder as Selvig
• 2021 · Dune as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
• 2021 · Marvel Studios Legends as Erik Selvig (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2019 · Chernobyl as Boris Shcherbina
• 2018 · Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again as Bill / Kurt
• 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 · Rouge Brésil as Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon
• 2013 · Nymphomaniac: Vol. II as Seligman
• 2013 · Nymphomaniac: Vol. I as Seligman
• 2013 · The Physician as Barber
• 2013 · Thor: The Dark World as Erik Selvig
• 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
• 2010 · Arn: The Knight Templar as Birger Brosa
• 2009 · Angels & Demons as Commander Richter
• 2009 · Skavlan as Self - Guest
• 2008 · Mamma Mia! as Bill Anderson
• 2007 · Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Bootstrap Bill
• 2006 · Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Bootstrap Bill
• 2004 · Kulturplatz as Self
• 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
• 2001 · The Hire as Harvey Jacobs
• 2000 · Dancer in the Dark as Doctor
• 1999 · Deep Blue Sea as Jim Whitlock
• 1998 · Ronin as Gregor
• 1997 · Good Will Hunting as Gerald Lambeau
• 1994 · The Kingdom as Stig Helmers advokat
• 1990 · The Hunt for Red October as Capt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov)
• 1989 · The Simpsons as Stellan Skarsgård (voice)
• 1982 · American Playhouse as Olaf Helton
• 1981 · The Guldbagge Awards as Self - Best Actor winner
• 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• 1953 · The Oscars as Self
• 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
• Future · The Eighth Commandment as
• 2026 · Please as Winston
• 2020 · 11 Colours of the Bird as Self
• 2019 · The Painted Bird as Hans
• 2019 · Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria as Self
• 2018 · The Man Who Killed Don Quixote as The Boss
• 2017 · Borg vs McEnroe as Lennart Bergelin
• 2016 · Our Kind of Traitor as Dima
• 2014 · Hector and the Search for Happiness as Edward
• 2013 · The Railway Man as Finlay
• 2013 · Romeo & Juliet as Prince of Verona
• 2011 · Melancholia as Jack
• 2010 · King of Devil's Island as Bestyrer Håkon
• 2010 · Dimension as
• 2010 · Behind the Moomins as Self
• 2010 · Boogie Woogie as Bob Maclestone
• 2009 · Metropia as Ralph Parker (voice)
• 2008 · Schrader's Exorcism 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 · Goya's Ghosts as Francisco Goya
• 2005 · Beowulf & Grendel as Hrothgar
• 2005 · Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist as Father Lankester Merrin
• 2004 · Blood on the Land: The Making of a King as Self
• 2004 · Exorcist: The Beginning as Father Lankester Merrin
• 2004 · Dogville Confessions as Self
• 2004 · Eiffel Tower as Jakob
• 2002 · No Good Deed as Tyrone
• 2001 · Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) as Felix
• 2001 · The Glass House as Terence Glass
• 2000 · Timecode as Alex Green
• 2000 · Passion of Mind as William Granther
• 1997 · The Volcano Man as English voice (voice)
• 1997 · Insomnia as Jonas Engström
• 1996 · Breaking the Waves as Jan Nyman
• 1990 · Smash as Finansministerns sekreterare
• 1977 · Tabu as Jan-Erik
• 1973 · Anita, Swedish Nymphet as Erik
• Future · Untitled Dakota Fanning Thriller Series as Brant
• Future · The Kiss as
• Future · Bow Tie as Himself
• 1993 · The Slingshot as Fritiof Schütt
• 1988 · The Unbearable Lightness of Being as The Engineer
• 1977 · Hemåt i natten as Kurt Sjöberg
• 1973 · Five Days in August as Christer
• Future · Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oro as den långsamme
• 2025 · Being Bo Widerberg as Self
• 2025 · Björn Frantzén - jakten på stjärnor as Narrator
• 2024 · Who's Who 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
• 2021 · The Ape Star as Tord Fjordmark (voice)
• 2020 · Last Words as Zyberski
• 2019 · Hope as Tomas
• 2019 · I'll Find You as Benno Moser
• 2019 · Out Stealing Horses as Trond
• 2018 · Filmworker as Self
• 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 · In Order of Disappearance as Nils
• 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: 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
• 2010 · Frankie & Alice as Oz
• 2010 · As If I Am Not There as Doctor
• 2010 · A Somewhat Gentle Man as Ulrik
• 2008 · God on Trial as Baumgarten
• 2007 · Guilty Hearts as Stangl
• 2007 · WΔZ as Eddie Argo
• 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
• 2003 · To Kill a Child as Narrator
• 2002 · City of Ghosts as Joseph Kaspar
• 2002 · Taking Sides as Wilhelm Furtwängler
• 2001 · Powder Keg as Harvey Jacobs
• 2001 · Signs & Wonders as Alec
• 2000 · Aberdeen as Tomas
• 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 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 · My Son the Fanatic as Schitz
• 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 · 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
• 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
• 1982 · The Simple-Minded Murderer as Sven
• 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
• 1968 · Bombi Bitt och jag as Bombi Bitt