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