Stellan Skarsgård
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 13 June 1951 · 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
Acting 165
- 2028Silent Hymns as The Creature
- 2026Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oro as den långsamme
- 2026The Eighth Commandment
- 2026The Kiss
- 2026Mamma Mia! 3
- 2026Bow Tie as Himself
- 2026Please as Winston
- 2026Dante as Dante (voice)
- 2025Sentimental Value as Gustav Borg
- 2025The Infinity Saga as Erik Selvig
- 2025Being Bo Widerberg as Self
- 2025Björn Frantzén - jakten på stjärnor as Narrator
- 2024Who's Who as Narrator
- 2024What Remains as Sören Rank
- 2024Dune: Part Two as Baron Harkonnen
- 2022Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as Luthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022Thor: Love and Thunder as Selvig
- 2022Soul of a Man as Bon-Bon
- 2021Dune as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
- 2021The Ape Star as Tord Fjordmark (voice)
- 2020Last Words as Zyberski
- 202011 Colours of the Bird as Self
- 2019Hope as Tomas
- 2019The Painted Bird as Hans
- 2019Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria as Self
- 2019I'll Find You as Benno Moser
- 2019Out Stealing Horses as Trond
- 2018Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again as Bill / Kurt
- 2018The Man Who Killed Don Quixote as The Boss
- 2018Filmworker as Self
- 2017Gordon & Paddy as Gordon (voice)
- 2017Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträtt as Self
- 2017Borg vs McEnroe as Lennart Bergelin
- 2017Return to Montauk as Max Zorn
- 2016Our Kind of Traitor as Dima
- 2016The Hotel as Self
- 2015Christina Lindberg: The Original Eyepatch Wearing Butt Kicking Movie Babe as Self
- 2015Avengers: Age of Ultron as Erik Selvig
- 2015Cinderella as Grand Duke
- 2014Hector and the Search for Happiness as Edward
- 2014Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard on 'Insomnia' as Himself
- 2014Rouge Brésil as Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon
- 2014In Order of Disappearance as Nils
- 2013Nymphomaniac: Vol. II as Seligman
- 2013The Physician as Barber
- 2013Nymphomaniac: Vol. I as Seligman
- 2013The Railway Man as Finlay
- 2013Thor: The Dark World as Erik Selvig
- 2013Romeo & Juliet as Prince of Verona
- 2012Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga as (voice)
- 2012Our Need for Consolation as Narrator
- 2012The Avengers as Selvig
- 2012The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger as Self
- 2012The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women as Self
- 2012The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Hard Copy
- 2012Room 1112
- 2011The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Martin Vanger
- 2011Lykke Li: Sadness is a Blessing
- 2011Thor as Erik Selvig
- 2011Melancholia as Jack
- 2010King of Devil's Island as Bestyrer Håkon
- 2010Frankie & Alice as Oz
- 2010Dimension
- 2010Behind the Moomins as Self
- 2010As If I Am Not There as Doctor
- 2010Boogie Woogie as Bob Maclestone
- 2010A Somewhat Gentle Man as Ulrik
- 2009Metropia as Ralph Parker (voice)
- 2009Angels & Demons as Commander Richter
- 2008Birthing Mamma Mia! as Self
- 2008God on Trial as Baumgarten
- 2008Schrader's Exorcism as Self
- 2008Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End as Birger Brosa
- 2008Mamma Mia! as Bill Anderson
- 2007Arn: The Knight Templar as Birger Brosa
- 2007Guilty Hearts as Stangl
- 2007WΔZ as Eddie Argo
- 2007Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Bootstrap Bill
- 2007Wrath of Gods as Self
- 2006Svenska ord i bild och tal as Self
- 2006Goya's Ghosts as Francisco Goya
- 2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Bootstrap Bill
- 2006Kill Your Darlings as Erik's Father
- 2005Beowulf & Grendel as Hrothgar
- 2005Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist as Father Lankester Merrin
- 2004Blood on the Land: The Making of a King as Self
- 2004Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane as Self
- 2004The Making of King Arthur as Self
- 2004Exorcist: The Beginning as Father Lankester Merrin
- 2004King Arthur as Cerdic
- 2004Dogville Confessions as Self
- 2004Eiffel Tower as Jakob
- 2003Dogville as Chuck
- 2003To Kill a Child as Narrator
- 2002City of Ghosts as Joseph Kaspar
- 2002No Good Deed as Tyrone
- 2002Taking Sides as Wilhelm Furtwängler
- 2001Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) as Felix
- 2001The Glass House as Terence Glass
- 2001Powder Keg as Harvey Jacobs
- 2001Signs & Wonders as Alec
- 2000Aberdeen as Tomas
- 2000Dancer in the Dark as Doctor
- 2000Light Keeps Me Company as Self
- 2000Harlan County War as Warren Jakopovich
- 2000Timecode as Alex Green
- 2000I Remember Lena Svedberg as Narrator (Eng)
- 2000Passion of Mind as William Granther
- 2000D-Day as Lise's Mand
- 1999Deep Blue Sea as Jim Whitlock
- 1998Ronin as Gregor
- 1998The Kingdom II as Stig Helmers advokat
- 1998Savior as Peter
- 1998The Glass-Blower's Children as Albert
- 1997Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
- 1997Amistad as Tappan
- 1997Good Will Hunting as Gerald Lambeau
- 1997My Son the Fanatic as Schitz
- 1997The Volcano Man as English voice (voice)
- 1997Insomnia as Jonas Engström
- 1996Breaking the Waves as Jan Nyman
- 1996Harry & Sonja as Harry Olsson
- 1995The Dogs of Riga as Magnus Björk
- 1995Zero Kelvin as Randbæk
- 1995The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery as Herman Melvin
- 1993The Last Dance as Host in Norrköping
- 1993Murder at the Savoy as Security Manager
- 1993The Slingshot as Fritiof Schütt
- 1992Wind as Joe Heiser
- 1992The Democratic Terrorist as Carl Hamilton
- 1992Den sanne lögnaren - Fritiof Nilsson Piraten as Narrator (voice)
- 1991The Ox as Helge Roos
- 1990Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg as Raoul Wallenberg
- 1990Parker Kane as Nathan Van Adams
- 1990The Hunt for Red October as Capt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov)
- 1989The Interrogation as Carl Hamilton
- 1989The Women on the Roof as Willy
- 1989Code Name Coq Rouge as Carl Hamilton
- 1989S/Y Joy as Klas Larsson
- 1988The Perfect Murder as Axel Svensson
- 1988The Unbearable Lightness of Being as The Engineer
- 1988Time of the Wolf as Peder Ulfstand
- 1987Friends as Matt
- 1987Hip Hip Hurrah! as Sören Kröyer
- 1987Jim and the Pirates Blom as Gustav, Jim's Father
- 1986The Serpent's Way as Karl Orsa Markström
- 1985Peter-No-Tail in Americat as Pelle Swanson
- 1985False as Water as Stig
- 1985Noon Wine as Olaf Helton
- 1985Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark as Hamlet
- 1984Åke and His World as Ebenholtz
- 1983The School of Wives as Horace
- 1983Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
- 1983P & B as Karl-Johan "Charlie" Pettersson
- 1982The Simple-Minded Murderer as Sven
- 1978Det är din boll, Jim as Journalist
- 1977Hemåt i natten as Kurt Sjöberg
- 1977Tabu as Jan-Erik
- 1975The Intruders as Peter Delaney
- 1973Anita, Swedish Nymphet as Erik
- 1973The Wedding as Roffe Eriksson
- 1973Five Days in August as Christer
- 1972The Office Party as Peter
- 1972Raid in the Summer as Erik
- 1971Den byxlöse äventyraren
Production 4
- 2025Sentimental Value · executive producer
- 2014In Order of Disappearance · executive producer
- 2010King of Devil's Island · executive producer
- 2000Aberdeen · associate producer
crew 2
Writing 1
- 1987Jim and the Pirates Blom · writer