Stellan Skarsgård
Acting1951Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
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 History
2026
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Nominee• 1 eps
2025
Being Bo Widerberg
as Self
Sentimental Value
as Gustav Borg
Björn Frantzén - jakten på stjärnor
as Narrator
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
TVas Self• 1 eps
Sentimental Value
Executive Producer
2024
2022
Soul of a Man
as Bon-Bon
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
as Luthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited)
Thor: Love and Thunder
as Selvig
Andor
TVas Luthen Rael• 19 eps
Marvel Studios Legends
TVas Erik Selvig (archive footage) (uncredited)• 1 eps
2021
The Ape Star
as Tord Fjordmark (voice)
Dune
as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
2020
2019
Hope
as Tomas
Out Stealing Horses
as Trond
I'll Find You
as Benno Moser
The Painted Bird
as Hans
Chernobyl
TVas Boris Shcherbina• 5 eps
2018
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
as The Boss
Filmworker
as Self
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
as Bill Anderson / Kurt Anderson
2017
Return to Montauk
as Max Zorn
Borg vs McEnroe
as Lennart Bergelin
Gordon & Paddy
as Gordon (voice)
The Wife
Thanks
2016
Our Kind of Traitor
as Dima
The Hotel
as Self
2015
Cinderella
as Grand Duke
Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Erik Selvig
River
TVas John River
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TVas Self - Guest
2014
Hector and the Search for Happiness
as Edward
In Order of Disappearance
as Nils
Rouge Brésil
as Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon
Kulturplatz
TVas Self• 1 eps
In Order of Disappearance
Executive Producer
2013
The Physician
as Barber
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
as Seligman
The Railway Man
as Finlay
Romeo & Juliet
as Prince of Verona
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
as Seligman
Thor: The Dark World
as Erik Selvig
Rouge Brésil
TVas Villegagnon
2011
2010
Boogie Woogie
as Bob Maclestone
King of Devil's Island
as Bestyrer Håkon
Frankie and Alice
as Oz
A Somewhat Gentle Man
as Ulrik
Behind the Moomins
as Self
As If I Am Not There
as Doctor
Arn: The Knight Templar
TVas Birger Brosa
King of Devil's Island
Executive Producer
2009
2008
Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End
as Birger Brosa
God on Trial
as Baumgarten
Mamma Mia!
as Bill Anderson
Schrader's Exorcism
as Self
Entourage
TVas Verner Vollstedt• 3 eps
2007
Arn: The Knight Templar
as Birger Brosa
Guilty Hearts
as Stangl
WΔZ
as Eddie Argo
Wrath of Gods
as Self
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Bootstrap Bill
2006
Goya's Ghosts
as Francisco Goya
Kill Your Darlings
as Erik's Father
Svenska ord i bild och tal
as Self
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as Bootstrap Bill
2005
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
as Father Lankester Merrin
Beowulf and Grendel
as Hrothgar
Manderlay
Thanks
2004
Exorcist: The Beginning
as Father Lankester Merrin
King Arthur
as Cerdic
Dogville Confessions
as Self
The Making of King Arthur
as Self
Eiffel Tower
as Jakob
2003
Dogville
as Chuck
To Kill a Child
as Narrator
Helen of Troy
TVas King Theseus of Athens
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TVas Self - Guest
2002
2001
Powder Keg
as Harvey Jacobs
The Glass House
as Terence Glass
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
as Felix
Signs & Wonders
as Alec
The Hire
TVas Harvey Jacobs• 1 eps
2000
D-Day
as Lise's Mand
Timecode
as Alex Green
Harlan County War
as Warren Jakopovich
Aberdeen
as Tomas
Dancer in the Dark
as Doctor
Light Keeps Me Company
as Self
Passion of Mind
as William Granther
I Remember Lena Svedberg
as Narrator (Eng)
Aberdeen
Associate Producer
1999
Deep Blue Sea
as Jim Whitlock
1998
Ronin
as Gregor
The Kingdom II
as Stig Helmers advokat
Savior
as Peter
The Glass-Blower's Children
as Albert
1997
Amistad
as Tappan
My Son the Fanatic
as Schitz
Good Will Hunting
as Gerald Lambeau
Insomnia
as Jonas Engström
The Volcano Man
as English voice (voice)
The Kingdom
TVas Stig Helmers advokat• 1 eps
1996
1995
Zero Kelvin
as Randbæk
The Dogs of Riga
as Magnus Björk
The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery
as Herman Melvin
1994
Report to Heaven
TVas Gary
1993
Murder at the Savoy
as Security Manager
The Slingshot
as Fritiof Schütt
The Last Dance
as Host in Norrköping
1992
Wind
as Joe Heiser
The Democratic Terrorist
as Carl Hamilton
Den sanne lögnaren - Fritiof Nilsson Piraten
as Narrator (voice)
1991
The Ox
as Helge Roos
1990
Parker Kane
as Nathan Van Adams
The Hunt for Red October
as Capt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov)
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg
as Raoul Wallenberg
Smash
TVas Finansministerns sekreterare
1989
The Interrogation
as Carl Hamilton
S/Y Joy
as Klas Larsson
Code Name Coq Rouge
as Carl Hamilton
The Women on the Roof
as Willy
Vildanden
TVas Gregers Werle
1988
The Perfect Murder
as Axel Svensson
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
as The Engineer
Time of the Wolf
as Peder Ulfstand
1987
Friends
as Matt
Hip Hip Hurrah!
as Sören Kröyer
Jim and the Pirates Blom
as Gustav, Jim's Father
Jim and the Pirates Blom
Writer
1986
The Serpent's Way
as Karl Orsa Markström
1985
Noon Wine
as Olaf Helton
Peter-No-Tail in Americat
as Pelle Swanson
False as Water
as Stig
August Strindberg: A Life
TVas Verner von Heidenstam
1984
Åke and His World
as Ebenholtz
1983
1982
The Simple-Minded Murderer
as Sven
1981
The Guldbagge Awards
TVas Self - Best Actor winner
1978
Det är din boll, Jim
as Journalist
1977
Tabu
as Jan-Erik
Hemåt i natten
as Kurt Sjöberg
1975
The Intruders
as Peter Delaney
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1973
1972
Raid in the Summer
as Erik
The Office Party
as Peter
1968
Bombi Bitt och jag
TVas Bombi Bitt