Stellan Skarsgård

Stellan Skarsgård

Known for
Acting
Born
June 13, 1951 (age 75)
Birthplace
Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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The Eighth Commandment

The Eighth Commandment

Movie

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The Kiss

The Kiss

Movie

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Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oro

Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oro

Movie · as den långsamme

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Bow Tie

Bow Tie

Movie · as Himself

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Untitled Dakota Fanning Thriller Series

Untitled Dakota Fanning Thriller Series

TV · as Brant · 1 ep

2026
Dante poster

Dante

Movie · as Dante (voice)

2026
Please poster

Please

Movie · as Winston

2025
Sentimental Value poster

Sentimental Value

Movie · as Gustav Borg

2025
Being Bo Widerberg poster

Being Bo Widerberg

Movie · as Self

2025
Björn Frantzén - jakten på stjärnor poster

Björn Frantzén - jakten på stjärnor

Movie · as Narrator

2025
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors poster

Variety & CNN Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
What Remains poster

What Remains

Movie · as Sören Rank

2024
Who's Who poster

Who's Who

Movie · as Narrator

2024
Dune: Part Two poster

Dune: Part Two

Movie · as Baron Harkonnen

2022
Soul of a Man poster

Soul of a Man

Movie · as Bon-Bon

2022
Thor: Love and Thunder poster

Thor: Love and Thunder

Movie · as Selvig

2022
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look poster

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

Movie · as Luthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited)

2022
Andor poster

Andor

TV · as Luthen Rael · 24 eps

2021
Dune poster

Dune

Movie · as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen

2021
The Ape Star poster

The Ape Star

Movie · as Tord Fjordmark (voice)

2021
Marvel Studios Legends poster

Marvel Studios Legends

TV · as Erik Selvig (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 ep

2020
Last Words poster

Last Words

Movie · as Zyberski

2020
11 Colours of the Bird poster

11 Colours of the Bird

Movie · as Self

2019
The Painted Bird poster

The Painted Bird

Movie · as Hans

2019
Out Stealing Horses poster

Out Stealing Horses

Movie · as Trond

2019
I'll Find You poster

I'll Find You

Movie · as Benno Moser

2019
Hope poster

Hope

Movie · as Tomas

2019
Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria poster

Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria

Movie · as Self

2019
Chernobyl poster

Chernobyl

TV · as Boris Shcherbina · 5 eps

2018
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote poster

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

Movie · as The Boss

2018
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again poster

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Movie · as Bill / Kurt

2018
Filmworker poster

Filmworker

Movie · as Self

2017
Borg vs McEnroe poster

Borg vs McEnroe

Movie · as Lennart Bergelin

2017
Return to Montauk poster

Return to Montauk

Movie · as Max Zorn

2017
Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträtt poster

Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträtt

Movie · as Self

2017
Gordon & Paddy poster

Gordon & Paddy

Movie · as Gordon (voice)

2016
Our Kind of Traitor poster

Our Kind of Traitor

Movie · as Dima

2016
The Hotel poster

The Hotel

Movie · as Self

2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron poster

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Movie · as Erik Selvig

2015
Cinderella poster

Cinderella

Movie · as Grand Duke

2015
Christina Lindberg: The Original Eyepatch Wearing Butt Kicking Movie Babe poster

Christina Lindberg: The Original Eyepatch Wearing Butt Kicking Movie Babe

Movie · as Self

2015
River poster

River

TV · as John River · 6 eps

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2014
In Order of Disappearance poster

In Order of Disappearance

Movie · as Nils

2014
Hector and the Search for Happiness poster

Hector and the Search for Happiness

Movie · as Edward

2014
Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard on 'Insomnia' poster

Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard on 'Insomnia'

Movie · as Himself

2014
Rouge Brésil poster

Rouge Brésil

Movie · as Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon

2014
A Brother's Journey: Thor & Loki poster

A Brother's Journey: Thor & Loki

Movie · as Self

2014
Der Medicus poster

Der Medicus

TV · as Bader · 2 eps

2013
Thor: The Dark World poster

Thor: The Dark World

Movie · as Erik Selvig

2013
The Railway Man poster

The Railway Man

Movie · as Finlay

2013
The Physician poster

The Physician

Movie · as Barber

2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II poster

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

Movie · as Seligman

2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I poster

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

Movie · as Seligman

2013
Romeo & Juliet poster

Romeo & Juliet

Movie · as Prince of Verona

2013
Rouge Brésil poster

Rouge Brésil

TV · as Villegagnon · 2 eps

2012
The Avengers poster

The Avengers

Movie · as Selvig

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

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

Movie · as Self

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

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women

Movie · as Self

2012
Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga poster

Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga

Movie · as (voice)

2012
Room 1112 poster

Room 1112

Movie

2012
Our Need for Consolation poster

Our Need for Consolation

Movie · as Narrator

2012
Playhouse Presents poster

Playhouse Presents

TV · as The Man · 1 ep

2011
Thor poster

Thor

Movie · as Erik Selvig

2011
Melancholia poster

Melancholia

Movie · as Jack

2011
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo poster

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Movie · as Martin Vanger

2011
Lykke Li: Sadness is a Blessing poster

Lykke Li: Sadness is a Blessing

Movie

2010
A Somewhat Gentle Man poster

A Somewhat Gentle Man

Movie · as Ulrik

2010
King of Devil's Island poster

King of Devil's Island

Movie · as Bestyrer Håkon

2010
Frankie & Alice poster

Frankie & Alice

Movie · as Oz

2010
Boogie Woogie poster

Boogie Woogie

Movie · as Bob Maclestone

2010
Dimension poster

Dimension

Movie

2010
Behind the Moomins

Behind the Moomins

Movie · as Self

2010
As If I Am Not There poster

As If I Am Not There

Movie · as Doctor

2010
Arn: The Knight Templar poster

Arn: The Knight Templar

TV · as Birger Brosa · 6 eps

2009
Angels & Demons poster

Angels & Demons

Movie · as Commander Richter

2009
Metropia poster

Metropia

Movie · as Ralph Parker (voice)

2009
Skavlan poster

Skavlan

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2008
Mamma Mia! poster

Mamma Mia!

Movie · as Bill Anderson

2008
God on Trial poster

God on Trial

Movie · as Baumgarten

2008
Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End poster

Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End

Movie · as Birger Brosa

2008
Schrader's Exorcism poster

Schrader's Exorcism

Movie · as Self

2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End poster

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Movie · as Bootstrap Bill

2007
Arn: The Knight Templar poster

Arn: The Knight Templar

Movie · as Birger Brosa

2007
WΔZ poster

WΔZ

Movie · as Eddie Argo

2007
Guilty Hearts poster

Guilty Hearts

Movie · as Stangl

2007
Wrath of Gods poster

Wrath of Gods

Movie · as Self

2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest poster

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Movie · as Bootstrap Bill

2006
Goya's Ghosts poster

Goya's Ghosts

Movie · as Francisco Goya

2006
Kill Your Darlings poster

Kill Your Darlings

Movie · as Erik's Father

2006
Svenska ord i bild och tal poster

Svenska ord i bild och tal

Movie · as Self

2005
Beowulf & Grendel poster

Beowulf & Grendel

Movie · as Hrothgar

2005
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist poster

Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist

Movie · as Father Lankester Merrin

2004
Exorcist: The Beginning poster

Exorcist: The Beginning

Movie · as Father Lankester Merrin

2004
King Arthur poster

King Arthur

Movie · as Cerdic

2004
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane poster

Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane

Movie · as Self

2004
The Making of King Arthur poster

The Making of King Arthur

Movie · as Self

2004
Dogville Confessions poster

Dogville Confessions

Movie · as Self

2004
Eiffel Tower poster

Eiffel Tower

Movie · as Jakob

2004
Blood on the Land: The Making of a King poster

Blood on the Land: The Making of a King

Movie · as Self

2004
Entourage poster

Entourage

TV · as Verner Vollstedt · 3 eps

2004
Kulturplatz poster

Kulturplatz

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Dogville poster

Dogville

Movie · as Chuck

2003
To Kill a Child poster

To Kill a Child

Movie · as Narrator

2003
Helen of Troy poster

Helen of Troy

TV · as King Theseus of Athens · 2 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2002
No Good Deed poster

No Good Deed

Movie · as Tyrone

2002
Taking Sides poster

Taking Sides

Movie · as Wilhelm Furtwängler

2002
City of Ghosts poster

City of Ghosts

Movie · as Joseph Kaspar

2001
The Glass House poster

The Glass House

Movie · as Terence Glass

2001
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) poster

Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)

Movie · as Felix

2001
Signs & Wonders poster

Signs & Wonders

Movie · as Alec

2001
Powder Keg poster

Powder Keg

Movie · as Harvey Jacobs

2001
The Hire poster

The Hire

TV · as Harvey Jacobs · 1 ep

2000
Dancer in the Dark poster

Dancer in the Dark

Movie · as Doctor

2000
Aberdeen poster

Aberdeen

Movie · as Tomas

2000
Light Keeps Me Company poster

Light Keeps Me Company

Movie · as Self

2000
Harlan County War poster

Harlan County War

Movie · as Warren Jakopovich

2000
Timecode poster

Timecode

Movie · as Alex Green

2000
Passion of Mind poster

Passion of Mind

Movie · as William Granther

2000
D-Day poster

D-Day

Movie · as Lise's Mand

2000
I Remember Lena Svedberg poster

I Remember Lena Svedberg

Movie · as Narrator (Eng)

1999
Deep Blue Sea poster

Deep Blue Sea

Movie · as Jim Whitlock

1998
Savior poster

Savior

Movie · as Peter

1998
Ronin poster

Ronin

Movie · as Gregor

1998
The Glass-Blower's Children poster

The Glass-Blower's Children

Movie · as Albert

1998
The Kingdom II poster

The Kingdom II

Movie · as Stig Helmers advokat

1997
Good Will Hunting poster

Good Will Hunting

Movie · as Gerald Lambeau

1997
Amistad poster

Amistad

Movie · as Tappan

1997
Insomnia poster

Insomnia

Movie · as Jonas Engström

1997
My Son the Fanatic poster

My Son the Fanatic

Movie · as Schitz

1997
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier poster

Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier

Movie

1997
The Volcano Man poster

The Volcano Man

Movie · as English voice (voice)

1996
Breaking the Waves poster

Breaking the Waves

Movie · as Jan Nyman

1996
Harry & Sonja poster

Harry & Sonja

Movie · as Harry Olsson

1996
Hundarna i Riga poster

Hundarna i Riga

TV · as Magnus Björk · 2 eps

1995
The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery poster

The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery

Movie · as Herman Melvin

1995
Zero Kelvin poster

Zero Kelvin

Movie · as Randbæk

1995
The Dogs of Riga poster

The Dogs of Riga

Movie · as Magnus Björk

1994
Report to Heaven poster

Report to Heaven

TV · as Gary · 4 eps

1994
The Kingdom poster

The Kingdom

TV · as Stig Helmers advokat · 1 ep

1993
The Slingshot poster

The Slingshot

Movie · as Fritiof Schütt

1993
The Last Dance poster

The Last Dance

Movie · as Host in Norrköping

1993
Murder at the Savoy poster

Murder at the Savoy

Movie · as Security Manager

1992
The Democratic Terrorist poster

The Democratic Terrorist

Movie · as Carl Hamilton

1992
Wind poster

Wind

Movie · as Joe Heiser

1992
Den sanne lögnaren - Fritiof Nilsson Piraten poster

Den sanne lögnaren - Fritiof Nilsson Piraten

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1991
The Ox poster

The Ox

Movie · as Helge Roos

1990
The Hunt for Red October poster

The Hunt for Red October

Movie · as Capt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov)

1990
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg poster

Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg

Movie · as Raoul Wallenberg

1990
Parker Kane poster

Parker Kane

Movie · as Nathan Van Adams

1990
Smash poster

Smash

TV · as Finansministerns sekreterare · 1 ep

1989
Code Name Coq Rouge poster

Code Name Coq Rouge

Movie · as Carl Hamilton

1989
The Interrogation poster

The Interrogation

Movie · as Carl Hamilton

1989
The Women on the Roof poster

The Women on the Roof

Movie · as Willy

1989
S/Y Joy poster

S/Y Joy

Movie · as Klas Larsson

1989
Vildanden poster

Vildanden

TV · as Gregers Werle · 3 eps

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Stellan Skarsgård (voice) · 1 ep

1988
The Unbearable Lightness of Being poster

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Movie · as The Engineer

1988
The Perfect Murder poster

The Perfect Murder

Movie · as Axel Svensson

1988
Time of the Wolf poster

Time of the Wolf

Movie · as Peder Ulfstand

1987
Jim and the Pirates Blom poster

Jim and the Pirates Blom

Movie · as Gustav, Jim's Father

1987
Hip Hip Hurrah! poster

Hip Hip Hurrah!

Movie · as Sören Kröyer

1987
Friends poster

Friends

Movie · as Matt

1986
The Serpent's Way poster

The Serpent's Way

Movie · as Karl Orsa Markström

1985
Peter-No-Tail in Americat poster

Peter-No-Tail in Americat

Movie · as Pelle Swanson

1985
False as Water poster

False as Water

Movie · as Stig

1985
Noon Wine poster

Noon Wine

Movie · as Olaf Helton

1985
Hamlet poster

Hamlet

Movie · as Hamlet

1985
August Strindberg: A Life

August Strindberg: A Life

TV · as Verner von Heidenstam · 6 eps

1985
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark poster

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

TV · as Hamlet · 2 eps

1984
Åke and His World poster

Åke and His World

Movie · as Ebenholtz

1983
P & B poster

P & B

Movie · as Karl-Johan "Charlie" Pettersson

1983
Alf Sjöberg - mästaren

Alf Sjöberg - mästaren

Movie

1983
The School of Wives poster

The School of Wives

Movie · as Horace

1982
The Simple-Minded Murderer poster

The Simple-Minded Murderer

Movie · as Sven

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Olaf Helton · 1 ep

1981
The Guldbagge Awards poster

The Guldbagge Awards

TV · as Self - Best Actor winner · 2 eps

1978
Det är din boll, Jim poster

Det är din boll, Jim

Movie · as Journalist

1977
Tabu poster

Tabu

Movie · as Jan-Erik

1977
Hemåt i natten poster

Hemåt i natten

Movie · as Kurt Sjöberg

1975
The Intruders poster

The Intruders

Movie · as Peter Delaney

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 ep

1973
Anita, Swedish Nymphet poster

Anita, Swedish Nymphet

Movie · as Erik

1973
Five Days in August poster

Five Days in August

Movie · as Christer

1973
The Wedding poster

The Wedding

Movie · as Roffe Eriksson

1972
Raid in the Summer poster

Raid in the Summer

Movie · as Erik

1972
The Office Party poster

The Office Party

Movie · as Peter

1968
Bombi Bitt och jag poster

Bombi Bitt och jag

TV · as Bombi Bitt · 5 eps

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep