Stellan Skarsgård

Known for: Acting

Born: 1951-06-13 (age 75)

From: 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.

Filmography (189)

MOVIE
Please
2026
as Winston
MOVIE
Dante
2026
as Dante (voice)
TV★ 5.5
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
2025
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
Sentimental Value
2025
as Gustav Borg
MOVIE★ 8.0
Being Bo Widerberg
2025
as Self
MOVIE
Björn Frantzén - jakten på stjärnor
2025
as Narrator
MOVIE
Who's Who
2024
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.4
What Remains
2024
as Sören Rank
MOVIE★ 8.1
Dune: Part Two
2024
as Baron Harkonnen
TV★ 8.3
Andor
2022
as Luthen Rael
MOVIE★ 7.4
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022
as Luthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
as Selvig
MOVIE★ 7.0
Soul of a Man
2022
as Bon-Bon
MOVIE★ 7.8
Dune
2021
as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Ape Star
2021
as Tord Fjordmark (voice)
TV★ 7.4
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
as Erik Selvig (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.4
Last Words
2020
as Zyberski
MOVIE★ 7.2
11 Colours of the Bird
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
Hope
2019
as Tomas
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Painted Bird
2019
as Hans
MOVIE★ 7.3
Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.5
I'll Find You
2019
as Benno Moser
TV★ 8.7
Chernobyl
2019
as Boris Shcherbina
MOVIE★ 6.4
Out Stealing Horses
2019
as Trond
MOVIE★ 7.1
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2018
as Bill / Kurt
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
2018
as The Boss
MOVIE★ 7.1
Filmworker
2018
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.2
Gordon & Paddy
2017
as Gordon (voice)
MOVIE
Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträtt
2017
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
Borg vs McEnroe
2017
as Lennart Bergelin
MOVIE★ 5.6
Return to Montauk
2017
as Max Zorn
MOVIE★ 6.0
Our Kind of Traitor
2016
as Dima
MOVIE
The Hotel
2016
as Self
TV★ 7.4
River
2015
as John River
MOVIE★ 4.0
Christina Lindberg: The Original Eyepatch Wearing Butt Kicking Movie Babe
2015
as Self
TV★ 6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 7.3
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
as Erik Selvig
MOVIE★ 6.8
Cinderella
2015
as Grand Duke
TV
Der Medicus
2014
as Bader
MOVIE★ 6.7
Hector and the Search for Happiness
2014
as Edward
MOVIE
Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard on 'Insomnia'
2014
as Himself
MOVIE
Rouge Brésil
2014
as Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon
MOVIE★ 6.9
In Order of Disappearance
2014
as Nils
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Physician
2013
as Barber
MOVIE★ 6.7
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013
as Seligman
MOVIE★ 6.9
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
2013
as Seligman
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Railway Man
2013
as Finlay
MOVIE★ 6.5
Thor: The Dark World
2013
as Erik Selvig
MOVIE★ 6.7
Romeo & Juliet
2013
as Prince of Verona
TV★ 7.7
Rouge Brésil
2013
as Villegagnon
MOVIE
Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga
2012
as (voice)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Our Need for Consolation
2012
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 8.1
The Avengers
2012
as Selvig
TV★ 6.0
Playhouse Presents
2012
as The Man
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger
2012
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women
2012
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
Room 1112
2012
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
as Martin Vanger
MOVIE★ 7.2
Melancholia
2011
as Jack
MOVIE
Lykke Li: Sadness is a Blessing
2011
MOVIE★ 6.8
Thor
2011
as Erik Selvig
MOVIE★ 7.1
King of Devil's Island
2010
as Bestyrer Håkon
MOVIE★ 5.9
Frankie & Alice
2010
as Oz
MOVIE★ 5.5
Dimension
2010
MOVIE
Behind the Moomins
2010
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
As If I Am Not There
2010
as Doctor
MOVIE★ 5.1
Boogie Woogie
2010
as Bob Maclestone
TV★ 7.6
Arn: The Knight Templar
2010
as Birger Brosa
MOVIE★ 6.5
A Somewhat Gentle Man
2010
as Ulrik
MOVIE★ 6.1
Metropia
2009
as Ralph Parker (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Angels & Demons
2009
as Commander Richter
TV★ 5.0
Skavlan
2009
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 6.8
God on Trial
2008
as Baumgarten
MOVIE★ 8.0
Schrader's Exorcism
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End
2008
as Birger Brosa
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mamma Mia!
2008
as Bill Anderson
MOVIE★ 6.3
Arn: The Knight Templar
2007
as Birger Brosa
MOVIE★ 5.8
Guilty Hearts
2007
as Stangl
MOVIE★ 7.3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
as Bootstrap Bill
MOVIE★ 5.5
WΔZ
2007
as Eddie Argo
MOVIE★ 5.0
Wrath of Gods
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
Svenska ord i bild och tal
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
Goya's Ghosts
2006
as Francisco Goya
MOVIE★ 7.4
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
as Bootstrap Bill
MOVIE★ 6.1
Kill Your Darlings
2006
as Erik's Father
MOVIE★ 5.6
Beowulf & Grendel
2005
as Hrothgar
MOVIE★ 5.3
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
2005
as Father Lankester Merrin
MOVIE★ 7.0
Blood on the Land: The Making of a King
2004
as Self
MOVIE
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
2004
as Self
TV★ 6.0
Kulturplatz
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.8
The Making of King Arthur
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.4
Exorcist: The Beginning
2004
as Father Lankester Merrin
TV★ 7.4
Entourage
2004
as Verner Vollstedt
MOVIE★ 6.3
King Arthur
2004
as Cerdic
MOVIE★ 7.0
Dogville Confessions
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Eiffel Tower
2004
as Jakob
MOVIE★ 7.8
Dogville
2003
as Chuck
TV★ 6.1
Helen of Troy
2003
as King Theseus of Athens
TV★ 5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 4.9
To Kill a Child
2003
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.8
City of Ghosts
2002
as Joseph Kaspar
MOVIE★ 5.4
No Good Deed
2002
as Tyrone
MOVIE★ 6.2
Taking Sides
2002
as Wilhelm Furtwängler
MOVIE★ 6.0
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
2001
as Felix
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Glass House
2001
as Terence Glass
MOVIE★ 6.9
Powder Keg
2001
as Harvey Jacobs
TV★ 7.6
The Hire
2001
as Harvey Jacobs
MOVIE★ 3.9
Signs & Wonders
2001
as Alec
MOVIE★ 6.4
Aberdeen
2000
as Tomas
MOVIE★ 7.8
Dancer in the Dark
2000
as Doctor
MOVIE★ 7.9
Light Keeps Me Company
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
Harlan County War
2000
as Warren Jakopovich
MOVIE★ 5.6
Timecode
2000
as Alex Green
MOVIE★ 7.3
I Remember Lena Svedberg
2000
as Narrator (Eng)
MOVIE★ 5.8
Passion of Mind
2000
as William Granther
MOVIE★ 5.6
D-Day
2000
as Lise's Mand
MOVIE★ 6.0
Deep Blue Sea
1999
as Jim Whitlock
MOVIE★ 7.0
Ronin
1998
as Gregor
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Kingdom II
1998
as Stig Helmers advokat
MOVIE★ 7.1
Savior
1998
as Peter
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Glass-Blower's Children
1998
as Albert
MOVIE★ 7.4
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
1997
MOVIE★ 7.0
Amistad
1997
as Tappan
MOVIE★ 8.2
Good Will Hunting
1997
as Gerald Lambeau
MOVIE★ 5.1
My Son the Fanatic
1997
as Schitz
MOVIE★ 8.5
The Volcano Man
1997
as English voice (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Insomnia
1997
as Jonas Engström
TV★ 5.0
Hundarna i Riga
1996
as Magnus Björk
MOVIE★ 7.5
Breaking the Waves
1996
as Jan Nyman
MOVIE★ 5.7
Harry & Sonja
1996
as Harry Olsson
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Dogs of Riga
1995
as Magnus Björk
MOVIE★ 6.5
Zero Kelvin
1995
as Randbæk
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery
1995
as Herman Melvin
TV★ 7.6
The Kingdom
1994
as Stig Helmers advokat
TV★ 7.0
Report to Heaven
1994
as Gary
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Last Dance
1993
as Host in Norrköping
MOVIE★ 5.8
Murder at the Savoy
1993
as Security Manager
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Slingshot
1993
as Fritiof Schütt
MOVIE★ 6.2
Wind
1992
as Joe Heiser
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Democratic Terrorist
1992
as Carl Hamilton
MOVIE
Den sanne lögnaren - Fritiof Nilsson Piraten
1992
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Ox
1991
as Helge Roos
MOVIE★ 6.1
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg
1990
as Raoul Wallenberg
MOVIE★ 4.6
Parker Kane
1990
as Nathan Van Adams
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Hunt for Red October
1990
as Capt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov)
TV★ 7.0
Smash
1990
as Finansministerns sekreterare
TV★ 8.0
The Simpsons
1989
as Stellan Skarsgård (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Interrogation
1989
as Carl Hamilton
MOVIE★ 4.4
The Women on the Roof
1989
as Willy
TV★ 7.5
Vildanden
1989
as Gregers Werle
MOVIE★ 6.4
Code Name Coq Rouge
1989
as Carl Hamilton
MOVIE★ 6.6
S/Y Joy
1989
as Klas Larsson
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Perfect Murder
1988
as Axel Svensson
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988
as The Engineer
MOVIE★ 4.3
Time of the Wolf
1988
as Peder Ulfstand
MOVIE★ 5.3
Friends
1987
as Matt
MOVIE★ 4.7
Hip Hip Hurrah!
1987
as Sören Kröyer
MOVIE★ 5.6
Jim and the Pirates Blom
1987
as Gustav, Jim's Father
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Serpent's Way
1986
as Karl Orsa Markström
MOVIE★ 6.0
Peter-No-Tail in Americat
1985
as Pelle Swanson
MOVIE★ 5.3
False as Water
1985
as Stig
TV★ 5.2
August Strindberg: A Life
1985
as Verner von Heidenstam
MOVIE
Noon Wine
1985
as Olaf Helton
MOVIE★ 7.7
Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark
1985
as Hamlet
MOVIE★ 6.3
Åke and His World
1984
as Ebenholtz
MOVIE★ 6.1
The School of Wives
1983
as Horace
MOVIE
Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
1983
MOVIE★ 6.2
P & B
1983
as Karl-Johan "Charlie" Pettersson
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Simple-Minded Murderer
1982
as Sven
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Olaf Helton
TV★ 5.5
The Guldbagge Awards
1981
as Self - Best Actor winner
MOVIE
Det är din boll, Jim
1978
as Journalist
MOVIE★ 9.0
Hemåt i natten
1977
as Kurt Sjöberg
MOVIE★ 5.0
Tabu
1977
as Jan-Erik
TV★ 6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 2.8
The Intruders
1975
as Peter Delaney
MOVIE★ 5.2
Anita, Swedish Nymphet
1973
as Erik
MOVIE★ 3.2
The Wedding
1973
as Roffe Eriksson
MOVIE★ 3.0
Five Days in August
1973
as Christer
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Office Party
1972
as Peter
MOVIE★ 3.7
Raid in the Summer
1972
as Erik
TV★ 7.5
Bombi Bitt och jag
1968
as Bombi Bitt
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
MOVIE
The Eighth Commandment
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MOVIE
The Kiss
—
TV
Untitled Dakota Fanning Thriller Series
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as Brant
MOVIE
Bow Tie
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as Himself
MOVIE
Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oro
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as den långsamme