Bill Skarsgård

Born: 1990-08-09 in Vällingby, Sweden

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2026

The Death of Robin Hood as Little John
Dead Man's Wire as Tony Kiritsis

2025

IT: Welcome to Derry as Pennywise
Locked as Eddie Barrish

2024

Nosferatu as Count Orlok
The Crow as Eric
Boy Kills World as Boy
Nosferatu: An Inside Look as Self

2023

John Wick: Chapter 4 as Marquis
One Day All This Will Be Yours as Coffee Package/The Voice of the Abyss (voice)

2022

Barbarian as Keith
Clark as Clark Olofsson
Burn All My Letters as Sven Stolpe
Soul of a Man ... (Writer)

2021

Eternals as Kro (voice)
Naked Singularity as Dane
Nine Days as Kane

2020

The Devil All the Time as Willard Russell
Soulmates as Mateo

2019

It Chapter Two as Pennywise
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends as Self
Villains as Mickey
Luuk & Hallberg as Self
The Summers of It – Chapter One: You'll Float Too as Self

2018

Deadpool 2 as Zeitgeist
Castle Rock as Shawshank Prisoner
Once Upon a Deadpool as Zeitgeist
Assassination Nation as Mark
Do You Like the Taste of Beer?

2017

It as Pennywise
Atomic Blonde as Merkel
Battlecreek as Henry Pearl
Alteration as Alexandro

2016

Allegiant as Matthew
A Stone Appears as Man

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest

2013

Hemlock Grove as Roman Godfrey
Victoria as Otto

2012

Anna Karenina as Makhotin

2011

Simon & the Oaks as Simon Larsson
The Crown Jewels as Richard Persson

2010

Arn: The Knight Templar as Erik
Behind Blue Skies as Martin
Simple Simon as Simon

2009

Uppsala Doctor's as Lukas Käs
Kenny Begins as Pontus