Stellan Skarsgård
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1951-06-13 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
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 Borg
(2025)
Being Bo Widerberg
as Self
(2025)
Björn Frantzén - jakten på stjärnor
as Narrator
(2024)
Dune: Part Two
as Baron Harkonnen
(2024)
What Remains
as Sören Rank
(2024)
Who's who?
as Narrator
(2022)
Thor: Love and Thunder
as Selvig
(2022)
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
as Luthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2022)
Soul of a Man
as Bon-Bon
(2021)
Dune
as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
(2021)
The Ape Star
as Tord Fjordmark (voice)
(2020)
11 Colours of the Bird
as Self
(2020)
Last Words
as Zyberski
(2019)
(2019)
Hope
as Tomas
(2019)
The Painted Bird
as Hans
(2019)
I'll Find You
as Benno Moser
(2019)
Out Stealing Horses
as Trond
(2018)
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
as Bill Anderson / Kurt Anderson
(2018)
Filmworker
as Self
(2018)
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
as The Boss
(2017)
Gordon & Paddy
as Gordon (voice)
(2017)
Borg vs McEnroe
as Lennart Bergelin
(2017)
Return to Montauk
as Max Zorn
(2017)
(2016)
Our Kind of Traitor
as Dima
(2016)
The Hotel
as Self
(2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Erik Selvig
(2015)
Cinderella
as Grand Duke
(2014)
In Order of Disappearance
as Nils
(2014)
Hector and the Search for Happiness
as Edward
(2014)
(2013)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
as Seligman
(2013)
Thor: The Dark World
as Erik Selvig
(2013)
Romeo & Juliet
as Prince of Verona
(2013)
The Physician
as Barber
(2013)
The Railway Man
as Finlay
(2013)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
as Seligman
(2012)
The Avengers
as Selvig
(2012)
(2012)
(2012)
(2012)
(2012)
Our Need for Consolation
as Narrator
(2012)
(2011)
Thor
as Erik Selvig
(2011)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Martin Vanger
(2011)
Melancholia
as Jack
(2010)
Behind the Moomins
as Self
(2010)
King of Devil's Island
as Bestyrer Håkon
(2010)
Frankie & Alice
as Oz
(2010)
As If I Am Not There
as Doctor
(2010)
A Somewhat Gentle Man
as Ulrik
(2010)
(2009)
Angels & Demons
as Commander Richter
(2009)
Metropia
as Ralph Parker (voice)
(2009)
Boogie Woogie
as Bob Maclestone
(2008)
Mamma Mia!
as Bill Anderson
(2008)
God on Trial
as Baumgarten
(2008)
Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End
as Birger Brosa
(2008)
Schrader's Exorcism
as Self
(2008)
Birthing Mamma Mia!
as Self
(2007)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Bootstrap Bill
(2007)
Arn: The Knight Templar
as Birger Brosa
(2007)
WΔZ
as Eddie Argo
(2007)
Guilty Hearts
as Stangl
(2007)
Wrath of Gods
as Self
(2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner
(2006)
Goya's Ghosts
as Francisco Goya
(2006)
Kill Your Darlings
as Erik's Father
(2006)
Svenska ord i bild och tal
as Self
(2005)
Beowulf & Grendel
as Hrothgar
(2005)
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
as Father Lankester Merrin
(2004)
King Arthur
as Cerdic
(2004)
Exorcist: The Beginning
as Father Lankester Merrin
(2004)
The Making of King Arthur
as Self
(2004)
Dogville Confessions
as Self
(2004)
(2004)
Eiffel Tower
as Jakob
(2003)
Dogville
as Chuck
(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)
The Glass House
as Terence Glass
(2001)
Signs & Wonders
as Alec
(2001)
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
as Felix
(2001)
Powder Keg
as Harvey Jacobs
(2000)
Dancer in the Dark
as Doctor
(2000)
Aberdeen
as Tomas
(2000)
D-Day
as Lise's Mand
(2000)
Light Keeps Me Company
as Self
(2000)
Passion of Mind
as William Granther
(2000)
Harlan County War
as Warren Jakopovich
(2000)
Timecode
as Alex Green
(2000)
I Remember Lena Svedberg
as Narrator (Eng)
(1999)
Deep Blue Sea
as Jim Whitlock
(1998)
Ronin
as Gregor
(1998)
Savior
as Peter
(1998)
The Glass-Blower's Children
as Albert
(1997)
Good Will Hunting
as Gerald Lambeau
(1997)
(1997)
My Son the Fanatic
as Schitz
(1997)
Insomnia
as Jonas Engström
(1997)
Amistad
as Tappan
(1997)
The Kingdom II
as Stig Helmers advokat
(1997)
The Volcano Man
as English voice (voice)
(1996)
Breaking the Waves
as Jan Nyman
(1996)
Harry & Sonja
as Harry Olsson
(1995)
Zero Kelvin
as Randbæk
(1995)
The Dogs of Riga
as Magnus Björk
(1995)
The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery
as Herman Melvin
(1993)
The Slingshot
as Fritiof Schütt
(1993)
Murder at the Savoy
as Security Manager
(1993)
The Last Dance
as Host in Norrköping
(1992)
Wind
as Joe Heiser
(1992)
The Democratic Terrorist
as Carl Hamilton
(1992)
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)
(1990)
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg
as Raoul Wallenberg
(1990)
Parker Kane
as Nathan Van Adams
(1989)
S/Y Joy
as Klas Larsson
(1989)
The Interrogation
as Carl Hamilton
(1989)
Code Name Coq Rouge
as Carl Hamilton
(1989)
The Women on the Roof
as Willy
(1988)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
as The Engineer
(1988)
The Perfect Murder
as Axel Svensson
(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)
The Serpent's Way
as Karl Orsa Markström
(1985)
Noon Wine
as Olaf Helton
(1985)
False as Water
as Stig
(1985)
Peter-No-Tail in Americat
as Pelle Swanson
(1985)
(1984)
Åke and His World
as Ebenholtz
(1983)
P & B
as Karl-Johan "Charlie" Pettersson
(1983)
The School of Wives
as Horace
(1983)
(1982)
The Simple-Minded Murderer
as Sven
(1978)
Det är din boll, Jim
as Journalist
(1977)
Tabu
as Jan-Erik
(1977)
Hemåt i natten
as Kurt Sjöberg
(1975)
The Intruders
as Peter Delaney
(1973)
The Wedding
as Roffe Eriksson
(1973)
Anita, Swedish Nymphet
as Erik
(1973)
Five Days in August
as Christer
(1972)
The Office Party
as Peter
(1972)
Raid in the Summer
as Erik
(1971)
Crew
(2025)
Sentimental Value
Executive Producer
(2018)
The Wife
Thanks
(2014)
In Order of Disappearance
Executive Producer
(2010)
King of Devil's Island
Executive Producer
(2005)
Manderlay
Thanks
(2000)
Aberdeen
Associate Producer
(1987)
Jim and the Pirates Blom
Writer