Stellan Skarsgård
June 13, 1951 (75 years old) in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
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
Credits
- 2026 · Dante as Dante (voice)
- 2025 · Variety & CNN Actors on Actors as Self
- 2025 · Sentimental Value as Gustav Borg
- 2025 · Being Bo Widerberg as Self
- 2024 · What Remains as Sören Rank
- 2024 · Dune: Part Two as Baron Harkonnen
- 2022 · Andor 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 · Marvel Studios Legends 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 · I'll Find You as Benno Moser
- 2019 · Chernobyl as Boris Shcherbina
- 2019 · Out Stealing Horses as Trond
- 2018 · Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again as Bill / Kurt
- 2018 · The Man Who Killed Don Quixote as The Boss
- 2018 · Filmworker as Self
- 2017 · Gordon & Paddy as Gordon (voice)
- 2017 · Borg vs McEnroe as Lennart Bergelin
- 2017 · Return to Montauk as Max Zorn
- 2016 · Our Kind of Traitor as Dima
- 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 · Hector and the Search for Happiness as Edward
- 2014 · In Order of Disappearance as Nils
- 2013 · Nymphomaniac: Vol. II as Seligman
- 2013 · Nymphomaniac: Vol. I 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
- 2012 · The Avengers as Selvig
- 2012 · Playhouse Presents as The Man
- 2012 · Room 1112 as
- 2011 · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Martin Vanger
- 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 as
- 2010 · As If I Am Not There as Doctor
- 2010 · Boogie Woogie as Bob Maclestone
- 2010 · Arn: The Knight Templar as Birger Brosa
- 2010 · A Somewhat Gentle Man as Ulrik
- 2009 · Metropia as Ralph Parker (voice)
- 2009 · Angels & Demons as Commander Richter
- 2009 · Skavlan as Self - Guest
- 2008 · God on Trial as Baumgarten
- 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 · Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Bootstrap Bill
- 2007 · WΔZ as Eddie Argo
- 2007 · Wrath of Gods as Self
- 2006 · Goya's Ghosts as Francisco Goya
- 2006 · Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Bootstrap Bill
- 2006 · Kill Your Darlings as Erik's Father
- 2005 · Beowulf & Grendel as Hrothgar
- 2005 · Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist as Father Lankester Merrin
- 2004 · Kulturplatz as Self
- 2004 · The Making of King Arthur as Self
- 2004 · Exorcist: The Beginning as Father Lankester Merrin
- 2004 · Entourage as Verner Vollstedt
- 2004 · King Arthur as Cerdic
- 2004 · Dogville Confessions as Self
- 2003 · Dogville as Chuck
- 2003 · Helen of Troy as King Theseus of Athens
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 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 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 · Passion of Mind as William Granther
- 2000 · D-Day as Lise's Mand
- 1999 · Deep Blue Sea as Jim Whitlock
- 1998 · Ronin as Gregor
- 1998 · The Kingdom II as Stig Helmers advokat
- 1998 · Savior as Peter
- 1998 · The Glass-Blower's Children as Albert
- 1997 · Amistad as Tappan
- 1997 · Good Will Hunting as Gerald Lambeau
- 1997 · Insomnia as Jonas Engström
- 1996 · Hundarna i Riga as Magnus Björk
- 1996 · Breaking the Waves as Jan Nyman
- 1996 · Harry & Sonja as Harry Olsson
- 1995 · The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery as Herman Melvin
- 1994 · The Kingdom as Stig Helmers advokat
- 1994 · Report to Heaven 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
- 1991 · The Ox as Helge Roos
- 1990 · Parker Kane as Nathan Van Adams
- 1990 · The Hunt for Red October as Capt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov)
- 1990 · Smash as Finansministerns sekreterare
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Stellan Skarsgård (voice)
- 1989 · The Interrogation as Carl Hamilton
- 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 · The Unbearable Lightness of Being as The Engineer
- 1987 · Hip Hip Hurrah! as Sören Kröyer
- 1987 · Jim and the Pirates Blom as Gustav, Jim's Father
- 1985 · False as Water as Stig
- 1985 · August Strindberg: A Life as Verner von Heidenstam
- 1985 · Noon Wine as Olaf Helton
- 1983 · P & B as Karl-Johan "Charlie" Pettersson
- 1982 · The Simple-Minded Murderer as Sven
- 1982 · American Playhouse as
- 1981 · The Guldbagge Awards as Self - Best Actor winner
- 1977 · Tabu as Jan-Erik
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1973 · Anita, Swedish Nymphet as Erik
- 1968 · Bombi Bitt och jag as Bombi Bitt
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Untitled Dakota Fanning Thriller Series as
- 2026 · PLEASE as Winston
- 2025 · Björn Frantzén - jakten på stjärnor as Narrator
- 2024 · Who's Who as Narrator
- 2021 · The Ape Star as Tord Fjordmark (voice)
- 2019 · Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria as Self
- 2017 · Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträtt as Self
- 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 · Rouge Brésil as Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon
- 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
- 2011 · Lykke Li: Sadness is a Blessing as
- 2010 · Behind the Moomins as Self
- 2008 · Schrader's Exorcism as Self
- 2006 · Svenska ord i bild och tal as Self
- 2004 · Blood on the Land: The Making of a King as Self
- 2004 · Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane as Self
- 2004 · Eiffel Tower as Jakob
- 2003 · To Kill a Child as Narrator
- 2000 · I Remember Lena Svedberg as Narrator (Eng)
- 1997 · Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier as
- 1997 · My Son the Fanatic as Schitz
- 1997 · The Volcano Man as English voice (voice)
- 1995 · The Dogs of Riga as Magnus Björk
- 1995 · Zero Kelvin as Randbæk
- 1992 · The Democratic Terrorist as Carl Hamilton
- 1992 · Den sanne lögnaren - Fritiof Nilsson Piraten as Narrator (voice)
- 1990 · Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg as Raoul Wallenberg
- 1989 · The Women on the Roof as Willy
- 1988 · Time of the Wolf as Peder Ulfstand
- 1987 · Friends as Matt
- 1986 · The Serpent's Way as Karl Orsa Markström
- 1985 · Peter-No-Tail in Americat as Pelle Swanson
- 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
- Future · Bow Tie as Himself
- 1983 · Alf Sjöberg - mästaren as
- 1978 · Det är din boll, Jim as Journalist
- 1977 · Hemåt i natten as Kurt Sjöberg
- 1975 · The Intruders as Peter Delaney
- 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
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · The Eighth Commandment as
- Future · Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oro as den långsamme
- Future · The Kiss as