Birthday
1951/06/13 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
Also know 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
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 hid 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.
(2000) Dancer in the Dark
as Doctor
(2006) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner
(1996) Breaking the Waves
as Jan Nyman
(2007) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner
(1997) Good Will Hunting
as Gerald Lambeau
(2003) Dogville
as Chuck
(1998) Savior
as Peter
(2001) The Glass House
as Terence Glass
(2011) Thor
as Erik Selvig
(1990) The Hunt for Red October
as Capt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov)
(1988) The Unbearable Lightness of Being
as The Engineer
(2002) No Good Deed
as Tyrone
(2004) Exorcist: The Beginning
as Father Lankester Merrin
(2005) Beowulf & Grendel
as Hrothgar
(2006) Goya's Ghosts
as Francisco Goya
(2010) A Somewhat Gentle Man
as Ulrik
(2002) Taking Sides
as Wilhelm Furtwängler
(1982) The Simple-Minded Murderer
as Sven
(2001) Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
as Felix
(2008) Mamma Mia!
as Bill Anderson
(1997) Amistad
as Tappan
(1989) Code Name Coq Rouge
as Carl Hamilton
(2008) God on Trial
as Baumgarten
(1998) Ronin
as Gregor
(2002) City of Ghosts
as Joseph Kaspar
(2012) The Avengers
as Selvig
(2004) King Arthur
as Cerdic
(1997) Insomnia
as Jonas Engström
(2000) Aberdeen
as Tomas
(2006) Kill Your Darlings
as Erik's Father
(2005) Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
as Father Lankester Merrin
(2009) Angels & Demons
as Commander Richter
(2007) Arn: The Knight Templar
as Birger Brosa
(2008) Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End
as Birger Brosa
(1993) The Slingshot
as Fritiof Schütt
(2009) Metropia
as Ralph Parker (voice)
(2007) WΔZ
as Eddie Argo
(1995) The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery
as Herman Melvin
(2011) Melancholia
as Jack
(1978) Det är din boll, Jim
as Journalist
(1985) Peter-No-Tail in Americat
as Pelle Swanson
(2024) What Remains
as Sören Rank
(1973) Anita, Swedish Nymphet
as Erik
(2001) Signs & Wonders
as Alec
(1992) The Democratic Terrorist
as Carl Hamilton
(2011) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Martin Vanger
(2006) Guilty Hearts
as Stangl
(1990) Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg
as Raoul Wallenberg
(2010) King of Devil's Island
as Bestyrer Håkon
(2010) Frankie & Alice
as Oz
(1987) Jim and the Pirates Blom
as Gustav, Jim's father
(2000) Light Keeps Me Company
as Self
(1998) The Glass-Blower's Children
as Albert
(2022) Soul of a Man
as Bon-Bon
(1989) Förhöret
as Carl Hamilton
(1995) Zero Kelvin
as Randbæk
(1972) Raid in the Summer
as Erik
(2013) Thor: The Dark World
as Erik Selvig
(2007) Wrath of Gods
as Self
(1983) P & B
as Karl-Johan "Charlie" Pettersson
(1985) False as Water
as Stig
(2008) Schrader's Exorcism
as Himself
(1984) Åke and His World
as Ebenholtz
(2013) The Railway Man
as Finlay
(1987) Hip Hip Hurrah!
as Sören Kröyer
(2004) Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
as Self
(1986) The Serpent's Way
as Karl Orsa Markström
(1993) The Last Dance
as Host in Norrköping
(2004) The Making of King Arthur
as Self
(1972) The Office Party
as Peter
(1977) Tabu
as Jan-Erik
(1989) The Women on the Roof
as Willy
(1985) Noon Wine
as Olaf Helton
(2013) The Physician
as Barber
(2000) Harlan County War
as Warren Jakopovich
(1989) S/Y Joy
as Klas Larsson
(1977) Hemåt i natten
as Kurt Sjöberg
(2014) In Order of Disappearance
as Nils
(1996) Harry & Sonja
as Harry Olsson
(1987) Friends
as Matt
(2014) Hector and the Search for Happiness
as Edward
(1995) The Dogs of Riga
as Magnus Björk
(2016) Our Kind of Traitor
as Dima
(1997) My Son the Fanatic
as Schitz
(2013) Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
as Seligman
(2013) Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
as Seligman
(1992) Wind
as Joe Heiser
(2022) Thor: Love and Thunder
as Selvig
(2012) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Hard Copy
as ---
(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
(1988) The Perfect Murder
as Axel Svensson
(2009) Boogie Woogie
as Bob Maclestone
(2008) Birthing Mamma Mia!
as Self
(2015) Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Erik Selvig
(1973) Five Days in August
as Christer
(2000) Timecode
as Alex Green
(2022) Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
as Luthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1991) The Ox
as Helge Roos
(1992) Den sanne lögnaren - Fritiof Nilsson Piraten
as Narrator (voice)
(2012) Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga
as ---
(1999) Deep Blue Sea
as Jim Whitlock
(2013) Romeo & Juliet
as Prince of Verona
(2001) Powder Keg
as Harvey Jacobs
(2004) Dogville Confessions
as Self
(1990) Parker Kane
as Nathan Van Adams
(1983) Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
as ---
(1983) The School of Wives
as Horace
(2024) Who's who?
as Narrator
(2025) Sentimental Value
as Gustav
(2017) Borg vs McEnroe
as Lennart Bergelin
(2018) The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
as The Boss
(1993) Murder at the Savoy
as Security Manager
(2000) Passion of Mind
as William Granther
(2000) D-Day
as Lise's Mand
(2012) Room 1112
as ---
(2017) Return to Montauk
as Max Zorn
(2016) The Hotel
as Self
(2018) Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
as Bill Anderson / Kurt Anderson
(1997) The Kingdom II
as Stig Helmers advokat
(2019) The Painted Bird
as Hans
(1985) Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark
as Hamlet
(2012) Our Need for Consolation
as Narrator
(2017) Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträtt
as Self
(1975) The Intruders
as Peter Delaney
(1971) Den byxlöse äventyraren
as ---
(2017) Gordon & Paddy
as Gordon (voice)
(2019) Out Stealing Horses
as Trond
(1997) Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
as ---
(2018) Filmworker
as Self
(1997) The Volcano Man
as English voice (voice)
(2011) Thor: Assembling the Troupe
as Himself
(2014) Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard on 'Insomnia'
as Himself
(1973) The Wedding
as Roffe Eriksson
(2021) Dune
as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
(2004) Eiffel Tower
as Jakob
(2019) I'll Find You
as Benno Moser
(2003) To Kill a Child
as Narrator
(2019) Hope
as Tomas
(2010) Dimension
as ---
(2006) Svenska ord i bild och tal
as Self
(2019) Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria
as Self
(2000) I Remember Lena Svedberg
as Narrator (Eng)
(2010) Behind the Moomins
as Self
(2017) Moomins and the Winter Wonderland
as Moomin Pappa (Swedish version) (voice)
(1988) Time of the Wolf
as Peder Ulfstand
(2020) Last Words
as Zyberski
(2024) Dune: Part Two
as Baron Harkonnen
(2021) The Ape Star
as Tord Fjordmark (voice)
(2020) 11 Colours of the Bird
as Self
(2015) Cinderella
as Grand Duke
(2010) As If I Am Not There
as Doctor
(2025) Nymphomaniac - The Good Cut
as Seligman
(2004) Entourage
as ---
(1990) Smash
as Finansministerns sekreterare
(1982) American Playhouse
as ---
(1994) Report to Heaven
as Gary
(2012) Playhouse Presents
as ---
(1985) August Strindberg: Ett liv
as Verner von Heidenstam
(2021) Marvel Studios Legends
as Erik Selvig (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2015) River
as John River
(2009) Skavlan
as Self - Guest
(1968) Bombi Bitt och jag
as Bombi Bitt
(1996) Hundarna i Riga
as Magnus Björk
(2001) The Hire
as Harvey Jacobs
(2013) Rouge Brésil
as Villegagnon
(2003) Helen of Troy
as King Theseus of Athens
(1989) Vildanden
as Gregers Werle
(2019) Chernobyl
as Boris Shcherbina
(2012) Honest Trailers
as Erik Selvig (archive footage)
(2010) Arn: The Knight Templar
as Birger Brosa
(1981) The Guldbagge Awards
as Self - Best Actor winner
(2004) Kulturplatz
as Self
(1994) The Kingdom
as Stig Helmers advokat
(2022) Star Wars: Andor
as Luthen Rael
(1989) The Simpsons
as Stellan Skarsgård (voice)