Bill Skarsgård
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 9, 1990 (age 36)
- Birthplace
- Vällingby, Sweden
Biography
Bill Istvan Günther Skarsgård (Swedish: [ˈbɪlːˈskɑ̌ːʂɡoːɖ]; born 9 August 1990) is a Swedish actor, model, producer, and director. He is best known for portraying Pennywise in the horror films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019) and the television series It: Welcome to Derry (2025–present) and Count Orlok in Nosferatu (2024). Skarsgård's roles as monsters and other non-human characters have led media sources to describe him as a creature actor. He has received multiple awards and nominations, including a Satellite Award and a Berlinale Award. Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $3.3 billion worldwide. Skarsgård started his career as a child actor, starring in White Water Fury (2000), alongside his brother Alexander. After pursuing an education at Södra Latin, he landed his first major role in Simple Simon (2010). He gained international recognition in the main role in Hemlock Grove (2013–2015). His first major American role was in the Robert Schwentke-directed dystopian The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016). Skarsgård won multiple nominations for his role as Pennywise in It (2017), including a nominated Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, a nominated MTV Movie Award for Best Villain, and a nominated Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Bill Skarsgård, licensed under CC-BY-SA; full list of contributors is on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Gilded Rage
Movie · as Thomas Gilbert Jr.
Lords of War
Movie · as Anton
Dead Man's Wire
Movie · as Tony Kiritsis
The Death of Robin Hood
Movie · as Little John
The Mosquito Bowl
Movie · as Bob Bauman
Locked
Movie · as Eddie Barrish
IT: Welcome to Derry
TV · as Pennywise · 4 eps
Boy Kills World
Movie · as Boy
The Crow
Movie · as Eric
Nosferatu
Movie · as Count Orlok
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
Movie · as Self
One Day All This Will Be Yours
Movie · as Coffee Package/The Voice of the Abyss (voice)
John Wick: Chapter 4
Movie · as Marquis
Barbarian
Movie · as Keith
Burn All My Letters
Movie · as Sven Stolpe
Clark
TV · as Clark Olofsson · 6 eps
Eternals
Movie · as Kro (voice)
Nine Days
Movie · as Kane
Naked Singularity
Movie · as Dane
The Devil All the Time
Movie · as Willard Russell
Soulmates
TV · as Mateo · 1 ep
It Chapter Two
Movie · as Pennywise
Villains
Movie · as Mickey
The Summers of It – Chapter One: You'll Float Too
Movie · as Self
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
Movie · as Self
Luuk & Hallberg
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Assassination Nation
Movie · as Mark
Deadpool 2
Movie · as Zeitgeist
Once Upon a Deadpool
Movie · as Zeitgeist
Do You Like the Taste of Beer?
Movie
Castle Rock
TV · as Shawshank Prisoner · 10 eps
Battlecreek
Movie · as Henry Pearl
It
Movie · as Pennywise
Atomic Blonde
Movie · as Merkel
Alteration
Movie · as Alexandro
Allegiant
Movie · as Matthew
A Stone Appears
Movie · as Man
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Victoria
Movie · as Otto
Hemlock Grove
TV · as Roman Godfrey · 33 eps
Anna Karenina
Movie · as Makhotin
Simon & the Oaks
Movie · as Simon Larsson
The Crown Jewels
Movie · as Richard Persson
Behind Blue Skies
Movie · as Martin
Simple Simon
Movie · as Simon
Arn: The Knight Templar
TV · as Erik · 2 eps
Kenny Begins
Movie · as Pontus
Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End
Movie · as Erik
Maid on Fire!
Movie · as Teenage Son
Spending the Night
Movie · as Victor
Made in Hollywood
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dad, the policeman
Movie · as Tony
Laura Trenter Presents
TV · as Tony · 3 eps
White Water Fury
Movie · as Klasse