Stellan Skarsgård

Known for: Acting
Born: June 13, 1951, Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
Movies: 156

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.

Best-Known Movies

8.1

The Avengers

2012

7.3

Avengers: Age of Ultron

2015

6.8

Thor

2011

6.5

Thor: The Dark World

2013

7.4

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

2006

7.3

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

2007

7.8

Dune

2021

8.2

Good Will Hunting

1997

6.4

Thor: Love and Thunder

2022

8.1

Dune: Part Two

2024

Filmography

2026	Please	Winston
2026	Dante	Dante (voice)
2025	Sentimental Value	Gustav Borg
2025	Being Bo Widerberg	Self
2025	Björn Frantzén - jakten på stjärnor	Narrator
2024	Who's Who	Narrator
2024	What Remains	Sören Rank
2024	Dune: Part Two	Baron Harkonnen
2022	Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look	Luthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022	Thor: Love and Thunder	Selvig
2022	Soul of a Man	Bon-Bon
2021	Dune	Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
2021	The Ape Star	Tord Fjordmark (voice)
2020	Last Words	Zyberski
2020	11 Colours of the Bird	Self
2019	Hope	Tomas
2019	The Painted Bird	Hans
2019	Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria	Self
2019	I'll Find You	Benno Moser
2019	Out Stealing Horses	Trond
2018	Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again	Bill / Kurt
2018	The Man Who Killed Don Quixote	The Boss
2018	Filmworker	Self
2017	Gordon & Paddy	Gordon (voice)
2017	Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträtt	Self
2017	Borg vs McEnroe	Lennart Bergelin
2017	Return to Montauk	Max Zorn
2016	Our Kind of Traitor	Dima
2016	The Hotel	Self
2015	Christina Lindberg: The Original Eyepatch Wearing Butt Kicking Movie Babe	Self
2015	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Erik Selvig
2015	Cinderella	Grand Duke
2014	Hector and the Search for Happiness	Edward
2014	Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard on 'Insomnia'	Himself
2014	Rouge Brésil	Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon
2014	In Order of Disappearance	Nils
2013	The Physician	Barber
2013	Nymphomaniac: Vol. II	Seligman
2013	Nymphomaniac: Vol. I	Seligman
2013	The Railway Man	Finlay
2013	Thor: The Dark World	Erik Selvig
2013	Romeo & Juliet	Prince of Verona
2012	Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga	(voice)
2012	Our Need for Consolation	Narrator
2012	The Avengers	Selvig
2012	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger	Self
2012	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women	Self
2012	Room 1112
2011	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Martin Vanger
2011	Lykke Li: Sadness is a Blessing
2011	Thor	Erik Selvig
2011	Melancholia	Jack
2010	King of Devil's Island	Bestyrer Håkon
2010	Frankie & Alice	Oz
2010	Dimension
2010	Behind the Moomins	Self
2010	As If I Am Not There	Doctor
2010	Boogie Woogie	Bob Maclestone
2010	A Somewhat Gentle Man	Ulrik
2009	Metropia	Ralph Parker (voice)
2009	Angels & Demons	Commander Richter
2008	God on Trial	Baumgarten
2008	Schrader's Exorcism	Self
2008	Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End	Birger Brosa
2008	Mamma Mia!	Bill Anderson
2007	Arn: The Knight Templar	Birger Brosa
2007	Guilty Hearts	Stangl
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Bootstrap Bill
2007	WΔZ	Eddie Argo
2007	Wrath of Gods	Self
2006	Svenska ord i bild och tal	Self
2006	Goya's Ghosts	Francisco Goya
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Bootstrap Bill
2006	Kill Your Darlings	Erik's Father
2005	Beowulf & Grendel	Hrothgar
2005	Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist	Father Lankester Merrin
2004	Blood on the Land: The Making of a King	Self
2004	Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane	Self
2004	The Making of King Arthur	Self
2004	Exorcist: The Beginning	Father Lankester Merrin
2004	King Arthur	Cerdic
2004	Dogville Confessions	Self
2004	Eiffel Tower	Jakob
2003	Dogville	Chuck
2003	To Kill a Child	Narrator
2002	City of Ghosts	Joseph Kaspar
2002	No Good Deed	Tyrone
2002	Taking Sides	Wilhelm Furtwängler
2001	Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)	Felix
2001	The Glass House	Terence Glass
2001	Powder Keg	Harvey Jacobs
2001	Signs & Wonders	Alec
2000	Aberdeen	Tomas
2000	Dancer in the Dark	Doctor
2000	Light Keeps Me Company	Self
2000	Harlan County War	Warren Jakopovich
2000	Timecode	Alex Green
2000	I Remember Lena Svedberg	Narrator (Eng)
2000	Passion of Mind	William Granther
2000	D-Day	Lise's Mand
1999	Deep Blue Sea	Jim Whitlock
1998	Ronin	Gregor
1998	The Kingdom II	Stig Helmers advokat
1998	Savior	Peter
1998	The Glass-Blower's Children	Albert
1997	Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
1997	Amistad	Tappan
1997	Good Will Hunting	Gerald Lambeau
1997	My Son the Fanatic	Schitz
1997	The Volcano Man	English voice (voice)
1997	Insomnia	Jonas Engström
1996	Breaking the Waves	Jan Nyman
1996	Harry & Sonja	Harry Olsson
1995	The Dogs of Riga	Magnus Björk
1995	Zero Kelvin	Randbæk
1995	The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery	Herman Melvin
1993	The Last Dance	Host in Norrköping
1993	Murder at the Savoy	Security Manager
1993	The Slingshot	Fritiof Schütt
1992	Wind	Joe Heiser
1992	The Democratic Terrorist	Carl Hamilton
1992	Den sanne lögnaren - Fritiof Nilsson Piraten	Narrator (voice)
1991	The Ox	Helge Roos
1990	Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg	Raoul Wallenberg
1990	Parker Kane	Nathan Van Adams
1990	The Hunt for Red October	Capt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov)
1989	The Interrogation	Carl Hamilton
1989	The Women on the Roof	Willy
1989	Code Name Coq Rouge	Carl Hamilton
1989	S/Y Joy	Klas Larsson
1988	The Perfect Murder	Axel Svensson
1988	The Unbearable Lightness of Being	The Engineer
1988	Time of the Wolf	Peder Ulfstand
1987	Friends	Matt
1987	Hip Hip Hurrah!	Sören Kröyer
1987	Jim and the Pirates Blom	Gustav, Jim's Father
1986	The Serpent's Way	Karl Orsa Markström
1985	Peter-No-Tail in Americat	Pelle Swanson
1985	False as Water	Stig
1985	Noon Wine	Olaf Helton
1985	Hamlet	Hamlet
1984	Åke and His World	Ebenholtz
1983	The School of Wives	Horace
1983	Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
1983	P & B	Karl-Johan "Charlie" Pettersson
1982	The Simple-Minded Murderer	Sven
1978	Det är din boll, Jim	Journalist
1977	Hemåt i natten	Kurt Sjöberg
1977	Tabu	Jan-Erik
1975	The Intruders	Peter Delaney
1973	Anita, Swedish Nymphet	Erik
1973	The Wedding	Roffe Eriksson
1973	Five Days in August	Christer
1972	The Office Party	Peter
1972	Raid in the Summer	Erik

Directing, Writing & Producing

1987

Jim and the Pirates Blom

Writer

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