Stellan Skarsgård

Biography

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.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

177

Birth Date

1951-06-13 00:00:00

Birth Place

Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Known For

• 

  Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
• 

  The Avengers
• 

  Chernobyl
• 

  Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
• 

  Dune
• 

  Cinderella

Credits

• actors (170 credits)

  • Silent Hymns

    The Creature

    actor

    actors
    2028
  • PLEASE

    Winston

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • The Eighth Commandment

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • The Kiss

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oro

    den långsamme

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Bow Tie

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Dante

    Dante (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Sentimental Value

    Gustav Borg

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Being Bo Widerberg

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Björn Frantzén - jakten på stjärnor

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Who's Who

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • What Remains

    Sören Rank

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Dune: Part Two

    Baron Harkonnen

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

    Luthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Thor: Love and Thunder

    Selvig

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Soul of a Man

    Bon-Bon

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Andor

    - Make It Stop (2025) ... Luthen Rael actor actors

    - Welcome to the Rebellion (2025) ... Luthen Rael actor actors

    - Messenger (2025) ... Luthen Rael actor actors

    - What a Festive Evening (2025) ... Luthen Rael actor actors

    - I Have Friends Everywhere (2025) ... Luthen Rael actor actors
    2022
  • Dune

    Baron Vladimir Harkonnen

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • The Ape Star

    Tord Fjordmark (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Marvel Studios Legends

    - Jane Foster (2022) ... Erik Selvig (archive footage) (uncredited) actor actors
    2021
  • Last Words

    Zyberski

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • 11 Colours of the Bird

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Hope

    Tomas

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • The Painted Bird

    Hans

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • I'll Find You

    Benno Moser

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Chernobyl

    Boris Shcherbina

    actor

    actors

    - Vichnaya Pamyat (2019) ... Boris Shcherbina actor actors

    - The Happiness of All Mankind (2019) ... Boris Shcherbina actor actors

    - Open Wide, O Earth (2019) ... Boris Shcherbina actor actors

    - Please Remain Calm (2019) ... Boris Shcherbina actor actors

    - 1:23:45 (2019) ... Boris Shcherbina actor actors
    2019
  • Out Stealing Horses

    Trond

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

    Bill / Kurt

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

    The Boss

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Filmworker

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Gordon & Paddy

    Gordon (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträtt

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Borg vs McEnroe

    Lennart Bergelin

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Return to Montauk

    Max Zorn

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Our Kind of Traitor

    Dima

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • The Hotel

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • River

    John River

    actor

    actors

    - Episode 6 (2015) ... John River actor actors

    - Episode 5 (2015) ... John River actor actors

    - Episode 4 (2015) ... John River actor actors

    - Episode 3 (2015) ... John River actor actors

    - Episode 2 (2015) ... John River actor actors
    2015
  • Christina Lindberg: The Original Eyepatch Wearing Butt Kicking Movie Babe

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron

    Erik Selvig

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Cinderella

    Grand Duke

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    - Stellan Skarsgård, Scott Galloway, Warren Haynes (2026) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - Christine Baranski, Stellan Skarsgård (2025) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    2015
  • Hector and the Search for Happiness

    Edward

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard on 'Insomnia'

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Rouge Brésil

    Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • In Order of Disappearance

    Nils

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

    Seligman

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • The Physician

    Barber

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

    Seligman

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Nymphomaniac

    Seligman

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • The Railway Man

    Finlay

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Thor: The Dark World

    Erik Selvig

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Romeo & Juliet

    Prince of Verona

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga

    (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Our Need for Consolation

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • The Avengers

    Selvig

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Room 1112

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    Martin Vanger

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Melancholia

    Jack

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Lykke Li: Sadness is a Blessing

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Thor

    Erik Selvig

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • King of Devil's Island

    Bestyrer Håkon

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Frankie & Alice

    Oz

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Dimension

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Behind the Moomins

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • As If I Am Not There

    Doctor

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Boogie Woogie

    Bob Maclestone

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • A Somewhat Gentle Man

    Ulrik

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Metropia

    Ralph Parker (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Angels & Demons

    Commander Richter

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • God on Trial

    Baumgarten

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Schrader's Exorcism

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End

    Birger Brosa

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Mamma Mia!

    Bill Anderson

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Arn: The Knight Templar

    Birger Brosa

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Guilty Hearts

    Stangl

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

    Bootstrap Bill

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Wrath of Gods

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Svenska ord i bild och tal

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Goya's Ghosts

    Francisco Goya

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

    Bootstrap Bill

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Kill Your Darlings

    Erik's Father

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Beowulf & Grendel

    Hrothgar

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist

    Father Lankester Merrin

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Blood on the Land: The Making of a King

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • The Making of King Arthur

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Exorcist: The Beginning

    Father Lankester Merrin

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • King Arthur

    Cerdic

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Dogville Confessions

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Eiffel Tower

    Jakob

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Entourage

    - Play'n with Fire (2008) ... Verner Vollstedt actor actors

    - Seth Green Day (2008) ... Verner Vollstedt actor actors

    - Pie (2008) ... Verner Vollstedt actor actors
    2004
  • Dogville

    Chuck

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Helen of Troy

    King Theseus of Athens

    actor

    actors

    - Part 2 (2003) ... King Theseus of Athens actor actors

    - Part 1 (2003) ... King Theseus of Athens actor actors
    2003
  • To Kill a Child

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    - Mike Macdonald, Stellan Skarsgard, Brooke Combe (2026) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    2003
  • City of Ghosts

    Joseph Kaspar

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • No Good Deed

    Tyrone

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Taking Sides

    Wilhelm Furtwängler

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)

    Felix

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • The Glass House

    Terence Glass

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Powder Keg

    Harvey Jacobs

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Signs & Wonders

    Alec

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Aberdeen

    Tomas

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Dancer in the Dark

    Doctor

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Light Keeps Me Company

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Harlan County War

    Warren Jakopovich

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Timecode

    Alex Green

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • I Remember Lena Svedberg

    Narrator (Eng)

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Passion of Mind

    William Granther

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • D-Day

    Lise's Mand

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Deep Blue Sea

    Jim Whitlock

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Ronin

    Gregor

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • The Kingdom II

    Stig Helmers advokat

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Savior

    Peter

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • The Glass-Blower's Children

    Albert

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Amistad

    Tappan

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Good Will Hunting

    Gerald Lambeau

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • My Son the Fanatic

    Schitz

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • The Volcano Man

    English voice (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Insomnia

    Jonas Engström

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Breaking the Waves

    Jan Nyman

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Harry & Sonja

    Harry Olsson

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • The Dogs of Riga

    Magnus Björk

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Zero Kelvin

    Randbæk

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery

    Herman Melvin

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • The Last Dance

    Host in Norrköping

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Murder at the Savoy

    Security Manager

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • The Slingshot

    Fritiof Schütt

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Wind

    Joe Heiser

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • The Democratic Terrorist

    Carl Hamilton

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Den sanne lögnaren - Fritiof Nilsson Piraten

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • The Ox

    Helge Roos

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg

    Raoul Wallenberg

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Parker Kane

    Nathan Van Adams

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • The Hunt for Red October

    Capt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov)

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • The Interrogation

    Carl Hamilton

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • The Women on the Roof

    Willy

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Code Name Coq Rouge

    Carl Hamilton

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • S/Y Joy

    Klas Larsson

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • The Simpsons

    - Podcast News (2020) ... Stellan Skarsgård (voice) actor actors
    1989
  • The Perfect Murder

    Axel Svensson

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being

    The Engineer

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Time of the Wolf

    Peder Ulfstand

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Hip Hip Hurrah!

    Sören Kröyer

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Jim and the Pirates Blom

    Gustav, Jim's Father

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Peter-No-Tail in Americat

    Pelle Swanson

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • False as Water

    Stig

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Noon Wine

    Olaf Helton

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark

    Hamlet

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Åke and His World

    Ebenholtz

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • The School of Wives

    Horace

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Alf Sjöberg - mästaren

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • P & B

    Karl-Johan "Charlie" Pettersson

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • The Simple-Minded Murderer

    Sven

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Det är din boll, Jim

    Journalist

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Hemåt i natten

    Kurt Sjöberg

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Tabu

    Jan-Erik

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • The Intruders

    Peter Delaney

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Saturday Night Live

    - January 31 - Alexander Skarsgard (2026) ... Self - Cameo (uncredited) actor actors
    1975
  • Anita, Swedish Nymphet

    Erik

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • The Wedding

    Roffe Eriksson

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Five Days in August

    Christer

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • The Office Party

    Peter

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Raid in the Summer

    Erik

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • The Oscars

    - 98th Academy Awards (2026) ... Self actor actors
    1953
  • Golden Globe Awards

    - The 83rd Annual Golden Globes (2026) ... Self - Nominee actor actors
    1944

• production (4 credits)

  • Sentimental Value

    executive producer

    production
    2025
  • In Order of Disappearance

    executive producer

    production
    2014
  • King of Devil's Island

    executive producer

    production
    2010
  • Aberdeen

    associate producer

    production
    2000

• crew (2 credits)

  • The Wife

    thanks

    crew
    2017
  • Manderlay

    thanks

    crew
    2005

• writing (1 credits)

  • Jim and the Pirates Blom

    writer

    writing
    1987