Stellan Skarsgård
Birthdate
June 13, 1951 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
June 13, 1951 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
Known For
Acting
Biography
Stellan Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, known internationally for his film roles in Angels & Demons, Breaking the Waves, The Hunt for Red October, Ronin, Good Will Hunting, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, Mamma Mia! and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. He also portrays Dr. Erik Selvig in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He has appeared as the character in Thor (2011), The Avengers (2012), Thor: The Dark World (2013), and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022).
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.
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.
Stellan Skarsgård's LGBTQ+ Titles
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Martin Vanger
Acting (175)
Sentimental Value as Gustav
2024
Who's who? as Narrator
2024
What Remains as Sören Rank
2024
Dune: Part Two as Baron Harkonnen
2022
Star Wars: Andor as Luthen Rael (12 episodes)
2022
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as Luthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Thor: Love and Thunder as Selvig
2022
Soul of a Man as Bon-Bon
2021
Dune as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
2021
The Ape Star as Tord Fjordmark (voice)
2021
Marvel Studios Legends as Erik Selvig (archive footage) (uncredited) (1 episode)
2020
Last Words as Zyberski
2020
11 Colours of the Bird as Self
2019
Hope as Tomas
2019
The Painted Bird as Hans
2019
Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria as Self
2019
I'll Find You as Benno Moser
2019
Chernobyl as Boris Shcherbina (5 episodes)
2019
Out Stealing Horses as Trond
2018
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again as Bill Anderson / Kurt Anderson
2018
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote as The Boss
2018
Filmworker as Self
2017
Gordon & Paddy as Gordon (voice)
2017
Moomins and the Winter Wonderland as Moomin Pappa (voice)
2017
Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträtt as Self
2017
Borg vs McEnroe as Lennart Bergelin
2017
Return to Montauk as Max Zorn
2016
Our Kind of Traitor as Dima
2016
The Hotel as Self
2015
River as John River (6 episodes)
2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron as Erik Selvig
2015
Cinderella as Grand Duke
2014
Hector and the Search for Happiness as Edward
2014
Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard on 'Insomnia' as Himself
2014
In Order of Disappearance as Nils
2013
The Physician as Barber
2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II as Seligman
2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I as Seligman
2013
The Railway Man as Finlay
2013
Thor: The Dark World as Erik Selvig
2013
Romeo & Juliet as Prince of Verona
2013
Rouge Brésil as Villegagnon (2 episodes)
2012
Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga
2012
Our Need for Consolation as Narrator
2012
The Avengers as Selvig
2012
Playhouse Presents (1 episode)
2012
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger as Self
2012
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women as Self
2012
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Hard Copy
2012
Honest Trailers as Erik Selvig (archive footage) (1 episode)
2012
Room 1112
2011
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Martin Vanger
2011
Thor: Assembling the Troupe as Himself
2011
Melancholia as Jack
2011
Thor as Erik Selvig
2010
King of Devil's Island as Bestyrer Håkon
2010
Frankie & Alice as Oz
2010
Dimension
2010
As If I Am Not There as Doctor
2010
Arn: The Knight Templar as Birger Brosa (6 episodes)
2010
A Somewhat Gentle Man as Ulrik
2010
Behind the Moomins as Self
2009
Metropia as Ralph Parker (voice)
2009
Boogie Woogie as Bob Maclestone
2009
Angels & Demons as Commander Richter
2009
Skavlan as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
2008
Birthing Mamma Mia! as Self
2008
God on Trial as Baumgarten
2008
Schrader's Exorcism as Himself
2008
Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End as Birger Brosa
2008
Mamma Mia! as Bill Anderson
2007
Arn: The Knight Templar as Birger Brosa
2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner
2007
WΔZ as Eddie Argo
2007
Wrath of Gods as Self
2006
Svenska ord i bild och tal as Self
2006
Goya's Ghosts as Francisco Goya
2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner
2006
Kill Your Darlings as Erik's Father
2006
Guilty Hearts as Stangl
2005
Beowulf & Grendel as Hrothgar
2005
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist as Father Lankester Merrin
2004
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane as Self
2004
Kulturplatz as Self (1 episode)
2004
The Making of King Arthur as Self
2004
Exorcist: The Beginning as Father Lankester Merrin
2004
Entourage (3 episodes)
2004
King Arthur as Cerdic
2004
Dogville Confessions as Self
2004
Eiffel Tower as Jakob
2003
Dogville as Chuck
2003
Helen of Troy as King Theseus of Athens (2 episodes)
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
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) as Felix
2001
The Glass House as Terence Glass
2001
Powder Keg as Harvey Jacobs
2001
The Hire as Harvey Jacobs (1 episode)
2001
Signs & Wonders as Alec
2000
Aberdeen as Tomas
2000
Dancer in the Dark as Doctor
2000
Light Keeps Me Company as Self
2000
Harlan County War as Warren Jakopovich
2000
Timecode as Alex Green
2000
I Remember Lena Svedberg as Narrator (Eng)
2000
Passion of Mind as William Granther
2000
D-Day as Lise's Mand
1999
Deep Blue Sea as Jim Whitlock
1998
Ronin as Gregor
1998
Savior as Peter
1998
The Glass-Blower's Children as Albert
1997
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
1997
Amistad as Tappan
1997
Good Will Hunting as Gerald Lambeau
1997
The Kingdom II as Stig Helmers advokat
1997
My Son the Fanatic as Schitz
1997
The Volcano Man as English voice (voice)
1997
Insomnia as Jonas Engström
1996
Hundarna i Riga as Magnus Björk (2 episodes)
1996
Breaking the Waves as Jan Nyman
1996
Harry & Sonja as Harry Olsson
1995
The Dogs of Riga as Magnus Björk
1995
Zero Kelvin as Randbæk
1995
The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery as Herman Melvin
1994
The Kingdom as Stig Helmers advokat (1 episode)
1994
Report to Heaven as Gary (4 episodes)
1993
The Last Dance as Host in Norrköping
1993
Polis polis potatismos as Security Manager
1993
The Slingshot as Fritiof Schütt
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
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg as Raoul Wallenberg
1990
Parker Kane as Nathan Van Adams
1990
The Hunt for Red October as Captain Tupolev
1990
Smash as Finansministerns sekreterare (1 episode)
1989
The Simpsons as Stellan Skarsgård (voice) (1 episode)
1989
Förhöret as Carl Hamilton
1989
The Women on the Roof as Willy
1989
Vildanden as Gregers Werle (3 episodes)
1989
Code Name Coq Rouge as Carl Hamilton
1989
S/Y Joy as Klas Larsson
1988
The Perfect Murder as Axel Svensson
1988
The Unbearable Lightness of Being as The Engineer
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
1986
The Serpent's Way as Karl Orsa Markström
1985
Peter-No-Tail in Americat as Pelle Swanson
1985
False as Water as Stig
1985
August Strindberg: Ett liv as Verner von Heidenstam (6 episodes)
1985
Noon Wine as Olaf Helton
1985
Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark as Hamlet
1984
Åke and His World as Ebenholtz
1983
The School of Wives as Horace
1983
Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
1983
P & B as Karl-Johan "Charlie" Pettersson
1982
The Simple-Minded Murderer as Sven
1982
American Playhouse (1 episode)
1981
The Guldbagge Awards as Self - Best Actor winner (2 episodes)
1978
Det är din boll, Jim as Journalist
1977
Hemåt i natten as Kurt Sjöberg
1977
Tabu as Jan-Erik
1975
The Intruders as Peter Delaney
1973
Anita, Swedish Nymphet as Erik
1973
The Wedding as Roffe Eriksson
1973
Five Days in August as Christer
1972
The Office Party as Peter
1972
Raid in the Summer as Erik
1971
Den byxlöse äventyraren
1968
Bombi Bitt och jag as Bombi Bitt (5 episodes)
Production (3)
2014
In Order of Disappearance
• Executive Producer
2010
King of Devil's Island
• Executive Producer
2000
Aberdeen
• Associate Producer
Writing (1)
1987
Jim and the Pirates Blom
• Writer
Crew (2)
2018
The Wife
• Thanks
2005
Manderlay
• Thanks