Stellan Skarsgård

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 178

Gender Male

Birthday June 13, 1951 (73 years old)

Place of Birth Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Also Known As

Stellan John Skarsgård
Στέλαν Σκάρσγκαρντ
스텔란 스카스가드
斯特兰·斯卡斯加德
史戴倫·史柯斯嘉
Стеллан Скашгорд
Стеллан Скарсґард
استلان اسکاشگورد
استلان اسکارشگورد

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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.

Known For

Acting

2025		Sentimental Value as Gustav
2025		Andor Season 2 \| A Special Look as Luthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited)

2024		Who's who? as Narrator
2024		What Remains as Sören Rank
2024		Dune: Part Two as Baron Harkonnen

2022		Andor (22 episodes) as Luthen Rael
2022		Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as Luthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022		Thor: Love and Thunder as Selvig
2022		Soul of a Man as Bon-Bon

2021		Dune as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
2021		The Ape Star as Tord Fjordmark (voice)
2021		Marvel Studios Legends (1 episode) as Erik Selvig (archive footage) (uncredited)

2020		Last Words as Zyberski
2020		11 Colours of the Bird as Self

2019		Hope as Tomas
2019		The Painted Bird as Hans
2019		Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria as Self
2019		I'll Find You as Benno Moser
2019		Chernobyl (5 episodes) as Boris Shcherbina
2019		Out Stealing Horses as Trond

2018		Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again as Bill Anderson / Kurt Anderson
2018		The Man Who Killed Don Quixote as The Boss
2018		Filmworker as Self

2017		Gordon & Paddy as Gordon (voice)
2017		Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträtt as Self
2017		Borg vs McEnroe as Lennart Bergelin
2017		Return to Montauk as Max Zorn

2016		Our Kind of Traitor as Dima
2016		The Hotel as Self

2015		River (6 episodes) as John River
2015		The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (1 episode) as Self
2015		Avengers: Age of Ultron as Erik Selvig
2015		Cinderella as Grand Duke

2014		Hector and the Search for Happiness as Edward
2014		Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard on 'Insomnia' as Himself
2014		In Order of Disappearance as Nils

2013		Nymphomaniac: Vol. I as Seligman
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
2013		Rouge Brésil (2 episodes) as Villegagnon

2012		Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga
2012		Our Need for Consolation as Narrator
2012		The Avengers as Selvig
2012		Playhouse Presents (1 episode)
2012		The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger as Self
2012		The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women as Self
2012		The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Hard Copy
2012		Honest Trailers (1 episode) as Erik Selvig (archive footage)
2012		Room 1112

2011		The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Martin Vanger
2011		Thor: Assembling the Troupe as Himself
2011		Melancholia as Jack
2011		Thor as Erik Selvig

2010		King of Devil's Island as Bestyrer Håkon
2010		Frankie & Alice as Oz
2010		Dimension
2010		As If I Am Not There as Doctor
2010		Arn: The Knight Templar (6 episodes) as Birger Brosa
2010		A Somewhat Gentle Man as Ulrik
2010		Behind the Moomins as Self

2009		Metropia as Ralph Parker (voice)
2009		Boogie Woogie as Bob Maclestone
2009		Angels & Demons as Commander Richter
2009		Skavlan (2 episodes) as Self - Guest

2008		Birthing Mamma Mia! as Self
2008		God on Trial as Baumgarten
2008		Schrader's Exorcism as Self
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		Guilty Hearts as Stangl
2007		WΔZ as Eddie Argo
2007		Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Bootstrap Bill
2007		Wrath of Gods as Self

2006		Svenska ord i bild och tal as Self
2006		Goya's Ghosts as Francisco Goya
2006		Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner
2006		Kill Your Darlings as Erik's Father

2005		Beowulf & Grendel as Hrothgar
2005		Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist as Father Lankester Merrin

2004		Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane as Self
2004		Kulturplatz (1 episode) as Self
2004		The Making of King Arthur as Self
2004		Exorcist: The Beginning as Father Lankester Merrin
2004		Entourage (3 episodes)
2004		King Arthur as Cerdic
2004		Dogville Confessions as Self
2004		Eiffel Tower as Jakob

2003		Dogville as Chuck
2003		Helen of Troy (2 episodes) as King Theseus of Athens
2003		To Kill a Child as Narrator

2002		City of Ghosts as Joseph Kaspar
2002		No Good Deed as Tyrone
2002		Taking Sides as Wilhelm Furtwängler

2001		Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) as Felix
2001		The Glass House as Terence Glass
2001		Powder Keg as Harvey Jacobs
2001		The Hire (1 episode) as Harvey Jacobs
2001		Signs & Wonders as Alec

2000		Aberdeen as Tomas
2000		Dancer in the Dark as Doctor
2000		Light Keeps Me Company as Self
2000		Harlan County War as Warren Jakopovich
2000		Timecode as Alex Green
2000		I Remember Lena Svedberg as Narrator (Eng)
2000		Passion of Mind as William Granther
2000		D-Day as Lise's Mand

1999

as Jim Whitlock

1998		Ronin as Gregor
1998		Savior as Peter
1998		The Glass-Blower's Children as Albert

1997		Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
1997		Amistad as Tappan
1997		Good Will Hunting as Gerald Lambeau
1997		The Kingdom II as Stig Helmers advokat
1997		My Son the Fanatic as Schitz
1997		The Volcano Man as English voice (voice)
1997		Insomnia as Jonas Engström

1996		Hundarna i Riga (2 episodes) as Magnus Björk
1996		Breaking the Waves as Jan Nyman
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		The Kingdom (1 episode) as Stig Helmers advokat
1994		Report to Heaven (4 episodes) as Gary

1993		The Last Dance as Host in Norrköping
1993		Murder at the Savoy as Security Manager
1993		The Slingshot as Fritiof Schütt

1992		Wind as Joe Heiser
1992		The Democratic Terrorist as Carl Hamilton
1992		Den sanne lögnaren - Fritiof Nilsson Piraten as Narrator (voice)

1991

as Helge Roos

1990		Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg as Raoul Wallenberg
1990		Parker Kane as Nathan Van Adams
1990		The Hunt for Red October as Capt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov)
1990		Smash (1 episode) as Finansministerns sekreterare

1989		The Simpsons (1 episode) as Stellan Skarsgård (voice)
1989		Förhöret as Carl Hamilton
1989		The Women on the Roof as Willy
1989		Vildanden (3 episodes) 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		The Unbearable Lightness of Being as The Engineer
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

as Karl Orsa Markström

1985		Peter-No-Tail in Americat as Pelle Swanson
1985		False as Water as Stig
1985		August Strindberg: Ett liv (6 episodes) as Verner von Heidenstam
1985		Noon Wine as Olaf Helton
1985		Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark as Hamlet

1984

as Ebenholtz

1983		The School of Wives as Horace
1983		Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
1983		P & B as Karl-Johan "Charlie" Pettersson

1982		The Simple-Minded Murderer as Sven
1982		American Playhouse (1 episode)

1981

(2 episodes) as Self - Best Actor winner

1978

as Journalist

1977		Hemåt i natten as Kurt Sjöberg
1977		Tabu as Jan-Erik

1975

as Peter Delaney

1973		Anita, Swedish Nymphet as Erik
1973		The Wedding as Roffe Eriksson
1973		Five Days in August as Christer

1972		The Office Party as Peter
1972		Raid in the Summer as Erik

1971

1968

(5 episodes) as Bombi Bitt

Production

2014

… Executive Producer

2010

… Executive Producer

2000

… Associate Producer

Crew

2018

… Thanks

2005

… Thanks

Writing

1987

… Writer

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