Stellan Skarsgård
Known for acting · Born 13 June 1951 · 75 · Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
197 credits
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
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013
Thor
2011
Dune
2021
Good Will Hunting
1997
Andor
2022
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
Angels & Demons
2009
Cinderella
2015
Borg vs McEnroe
2017
The Physician
2013
Mamma Mia!
2008
Acting (190)
2026PleaseWinstonFilm
2026DanteDante (voice)Film
2025Sentimental ValueGustav BorgFilm
2025Being Bo WiderbergSelfFilm
2025Variety & CNN Actors on ActorsSelfSeries
2025Björn Frantzén - jakten på stjärnorNarratorFilm
2024Dune: Part TwoBaron HarkonnenFilm
2024What RemainsSören RankFilm
2024Who's WhoNarratorFilm
2022Thor: Love and ThunderSelvigFilm
2022AndorLuthen Rael · 24 episodesSeries
2022Andor: A Disney+ Day Special LookLuthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2022Soul of a ManBon-BonFilm
2021DuneBaron Vladimir HarkonnenFilm
2021Marvel Studios LegendsErik Selvig (archive footage) (uncredited)Series
2021The Ape StarTord Fjordmark (voice)Film
2020Last WordsZyberskiFilm
202011 Colours of the BirdSelfFilm
2019ChernobylBoris Shcherbina · 5 episodesSeries
2019The Painted BirdHansFilm
2019Out Stealing HorsesTrondFilm
2019HopeTomasFilm
2019I'll Find YouBenno MoserFilm
2019Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoriaSelfFilm
2018Mamma Mia! Here We Go AgainBill / KurtFilm
2018The Man Who Killed Don QuixoteThe BossFilm
2018FilmworkerSelfFilm
2017Borg vs McEnroeLennart BergelinFilm
2017Return to MontaukMax ZornFilm
2017Gordon & PaddyGordon (voice)Film
2017Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträttSelfFilm
2016Our Kind of TraitorDimaFilm
2016The HotelSelfFilm
2015Avengers: Age of UltronErik SelvigFilm
2015CinderellaGrand DukeFilm
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
2015RiverJohn River · 6 episodesSeries
2015Christina Lindberg: The Original Eyepatch Wearing Butt Kicking Movie BabeSelfFilm
2014Hector and the Search for HappinessEdwardFilm
2014In Order of DisappearanceNilsFilm
2014Der MedicusBader · 2 episodesSeries
2014Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard on 'Insomnia'HimselfFilm
2014Rouge BrésilNicolas Durand de VillegagnonFilm
2013Thor: The Dark WorldErik SelvigFilm
2013Nymphomaniac: Vol. ISeligmanFilm
2013Nymphomaniac: Vol. IISeligmanFilm
2013The PhysicianBarberFilm
2013The Railway ManFinlayFilm
2013Romeo & JulietPrince of VeronaFilm
2013Rouge BrésilVillegagnon · 2 episodesSeries
2012The AvengersSelvigFilm
2012Room 1112Film
2012The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate WomenSelfFilm
2012The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and VangerSelfFilm
2012Our Need for ConsolationNarratorFilm
2012Playhouse PresentsThe ManSeries
2012Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga(voice)Film
2011ThorErik SelvigFilm
2011The Girl with the Dragon TattooMartin VangerFilm
2011MelancholiaJackFilm
2011Lykke Li: Sadness is a BlessingFilm
2010King of Devil's IslandBestyrer HåkonFilm
2010A Somewhat Gentle ManUlrikFilm
2010Frankie & AliceOzFilm
2010Boogie WoogieBob MaclestoneFilm
2010Arn: The Knight TemplarBirger Brosa · 6 episodesSeries
2010As If I Am Not ThereDoctorFilm
2010DimensionFilm
2010Behind the MoominsSelfFilm
2009Angels & DemonsCommander RichterFilm
2009MetropiaRalph Parker (voice)Film
2009SkavlanSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
2008Mamma Mia!Bill AndersonFilm
2008Arn: The Kingdom at Road's EndBirger BrosaFilm
2008God on TrialBaumgartenFilm
2008Schrader's ExorcismSelfFilm
2007Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndBootstrap BillFilm
2007Arn: The Knight TemplarBirger BrosaFilm
2007WΔZEddie ArgoFilm
2007Guilty HeartsStanglFilm
2007Wrath of GodsSelfFilm
2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestBootstrap BillFilm
2006Goya's GhostsFrancisco GoyaFilm
2006Kill Your DarlingsErik's FatherFilm
2006Svenska ord i bild och talSelfFilm
2005Dominion: Prequel to The ExorcistFather Lankester MerrinFilm
2005Beowulf & GrendelHrothgarFilm
2004King ArthurCerdicFilm
2004Exorcist: The BeginningFather Lankester MerrinFilm
2004EntourageVerner Vollstedt · 3 episodesSeries
2004Dogville ConfessionsSelfFilm
2004The Making of King ArthurSelfFilm
2004Eiffel TowerJakobFilm
2004Blood on the Land: The Making of a KingSelfFilm
2004KulturplatzSelfSeries
2004Ronin: Filming in the Fast LaneSelfFilm
2003DogvilleChuckFilm
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - GuestSeries
2003Helen of TroyKing Theseus of Athens · 2 episodesSeries
2003To Kill a ChildNarratorFilm
2002No Good DeedTyroneFilm
2002City of GhostsJoseph KasparFilm
2002Taking SidesWilhelm FurtwänglerFilm
2001The Glass HouseTerence GlassFilm
2001Powder KegHarvey JacobsFilm
2001Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)FelixFilm
2001The HireHarvey JacobsSeries
2001Signs & WondersAlecFilm
2000Dancer in the DarkDoctorFilm
2000TimecodeAlex GreenFilm
2000Passion of MindWilliam GrantherFilm
2000AberdeenTomasFilm
2000D-DayLise's MandFilm
2000Harlan County WarWarren JakopovichFilm
2000Light Keeps Me CompanySelfFilm
2000I Remember Lena SvedbergNarrator (Eng)Film
1999Deep Blue SeaJim WhitlockFilm
1998RoninGregorFilm
1998SaviorPeterFilm
1998The Kingdom IIStig Helmers advokatFilm
1998The Glass-Blower's ChildrenAlbertFilm
1997Good Will HuntingGerald LambeauFilm
1997AmistadTappanFilm
1997InsomniaJonas EngströmFilm
1997My Son the FanaticSchitzFilm
1997Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von TrierFilm
1997The Volcano ManEnglish voice (voice)Film
1996Breaking the WavesJan NymanFilm
1996Hundarna i RigaMagnus Björk · 2 episodesSeries
1996Harry & SonjaHarry OlssonFilm
1995Zero KelvinRandbækFilm
1995The Jönsson Gang's Greatest RobberyHerman MelvinFilm
1995The Dogs of RigaMagnus BjörkFilm
1994The KingdomStig Helmers advokatSeries
1994Report to HeavenGary · 4 episodesSeries
1993The SlingshotFritiof SchüttFilm
1993Murder at the SavoySecurity ManagerFilm
1993The Last DanceHost in NorrköpingFilm
1992WindJoe HeiserFilm
1992The Democratic TerroristCarl HamiltonFilm
1992Den sanne lögnaren - Fritiof Nilsson PiratenNarrator (voice)Film
1991The OxHelge RoosFilm
1990The Hunt for Red OctoberCapt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov)Film
1990Good Evening, Mr. WallenbergRaoul WallenbergFilm
1990Parker KaneNathan Van AdamsFilm
1990SmashFinansministerns sekreterareSeries
1989The SimpsonsStellan Skarsgård (voice)Series
1989Code Name Coq RougeCarl HamiltonFilm
1989The Women on the RoofWillyFilm
1989The InterrogationCarl HamiltonFilm
1989S/Y JoyKlas LarssonFilm
1989VildandenGregers Werle · 3 episodesSeries
1988The Unbearable Lightness of BeingThe EngineerFilm
1988The Perfect MurderAxel SvenssonFilm
1988Time of the WolfPeder UlfstandFilm
1987Jim and the Pirates BlomGustav, Jim's FatherFilm
1987Hip Hip Hurrah!Sören KröyerFilm
1987FriendsMattFilm
1986The Serpent's WayKarl Orsa MarkströmFilm
1985False as WaterStigFilm
1985Peter-No-Tail in AmericatPelle SwansonFilm
1985August Strindberg: A LifeVerner von Heidenstam · 6 episodesSeries
1985Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av DanmarkHamletFilm
1985Noon WineOlaf HeltonFilm
1985The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkHamlet · 2 episodesSeries
1984Åke and His WorldEbenholtzFilm
1983P & BKarl-Johan "Charlie" PetterssonFilm
1983The School of WivesHoraceFilm
1983Alf Sjöberg - mästarenFilm
1982The Simple-Minded MurdererSvenFilm
1982American PlayhouseOlaf HeltonSeries
1981The Guldbagge AwardsSelf - Best Actor winner · 2 episodesSeries
1978Det är din boll, JimJournalistFilm
1977TabuJan-ErikFilm
1977Hemåt i nattenKurt SjöbergFilm
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited)Series
1975The IntrudersPeter DelaneyFilm
1973Anita, Swedish NymphetErikFilm
1973The WeddingRoffe ErikssonFilm
1973Five Days in AugustChristerFilm
1972The Office PartyPeterFilm
1972Raid in the SummerErikFilm
1968Bombi Bitt och jagBombi Bitt · 5 episodesSeries
1953The OscarsSelfSeries
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - NomineeSeries
—The Eighth CommandmentFilm
—The KissFilm
—Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oroden långsammeFilm
—Bow TieHimselfFilm
—Untitled Dakota Fanning Thriller SeriesBrantSeries
Crew (2)
2017The WifeThanksFilm
2005ManderlayThanksFilm
Production (4)
2025Sentimental ValueExecutive ProducerFilm
2014In Order of DisappearanceExecutive ProducerFilm
2010King of Devil's IslandExecutive ProducerFilm
2000AberdeenAssociate ProducerFilm
Writing (1)
1987Jim and the Pirates BlomWriterFilm