Stellan Skarsgård

ActorProducerCrewProductionWriter Jun 13 (age 74) Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden 1953–2026 (73 year career)

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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

Film

The Avengers

Selvig

Film

Good Will Hunting

Gerald Lambeau

Film

Chernobyl

Boris Shcherbina

Film

Dune

Baron Vladimir Harkonnen

Film

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Erik Selvig

Film

Dune: Part Two

Baron Harkonnen

Film

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Bootstrap Bill

Film

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Bootstrap Bill

Filmography

Acting (190)

Movies (161)

Dante

2026

as Dante (voice)

Sentimental Value

as Gustav Borg

Being Bo Widerberg

as Self

Björn Frantzén - jakten på stjärnor

2025

as Narrator

Dune: Part Two

2024

as Baron Harkonnen

8.1

Who's Who

2024

as Narrator

What Remains

2024

as Sören Rank

5.4

Thor: Love and Thunder

as Selvig

Soul of a Man

as Bon-Bon

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

2022

as Luthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.3

Dune

2021

as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen

7.8

The Ape Star

2021

as Tord Fjordmark (voice)

5.7

Last Words

2020

as Zyberski

4.4

11 Colours of the Bird

as Self

Hope

as Tomas

The Painted Bird

as Hans

I'll Find You

as Benno Moser

Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria

as Self

Out Stealing Horses

as Trond

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

2018

as Bill Anderson / Kurt Anderson

7.1

Filmworker

2018

as Self

7.1

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

as The Boss

Gordon & Paddy

as Gordon (voice)

Borg vs McEnroe

as Lennart Bergelin

Return to Montauk

as Max Zorn

Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträtt

2017

as Self

Our Kind of Traitor

2016

as Dima

6.1

The Hotel

2016

as Self

Avengers: Age of Ultron

as Erik Selvig

Cinderella

as Grand Duke

Christina Lindberg: The Original Eyepatch Wearing Butt Kicking Movie Babe

2015

as Self

4.0

In Order of Disappearance

2014

as Nils

6.9

Hector and the Search for Happiness

2014

as Edward

6.7

Rouge Brésil

2014

as Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon

Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard on 'Insomnia'

2014

as Himself

Thor: The Dark World

2013

as Erik Selvig

6.5

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

as Seligman

The Physician

as Barber

The Railway Man

as Finlay

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

as Seligman

Romeo & Juliet

as Prince of Verona

The Avengers

as Selvig

Our Need for Consolation

2012

as Narrator

10.0

Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga

2012

as (voice)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women

2012

as Self

6.0

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger

as Self

Room 1112

Thor

as Erik Selvig

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

as Martin Vanger

Melancholia

as Jack

Frankie & Alice

as Oz

Boogie Woogie

as Bob Maclestone

Dimension

King of Devil's Island

2010

as Bestyrer Håkon

7.1

Behind the Moomins

2010

as Self

As If I Am Not There

2010

as Doctor

6.4

A Somewhat Gentle Man

as Ulrik

Angels & Demons

as Commander Richter

Metropia

as Ralph Parker (voice)

6.1

Mamma Mia!

2008

as Bill Anderson

7.0

Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End

2008

as Birger Brosa

6.3

Birthing Mamma Mia!

2008

as Self

God on Trial

as Baumgarten

Schrader's Exorcism

as Self

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

2007

as Bootstrap Bill

7.3

Arn: The Knight Templar

as Birger Brosa

Guilty Hearts

as Stangl

WΔZ

as Eddie Argo

Wrath of Gods

as Self

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

as Bootstrap Bill

Goya's Ghosts

as Francisco Goya

Kill Your Darlings

as Erik's Father

Svenska ord i bild och tal

2006

as Self

5.0

Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist

2005

as Father Lankester Merrin

5.4

Beowulf & Grendel

2005

as Hrothgar

5.6

The Making of King Arthur

as Self

King Arthur

as Cerdic

Exorcist: The Beginning

2004

as Father Lankester Merrin

Dogville Confessions

as Self

Eiffel Tower

as Jakob

Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane

2004

as Self

Dogville

as Chuck

To Kill a Child

as Narrator

Taking Sides

as Wilhelm Furtwängler

No Good Deed

as Tyrone

City of Ghosts

as Joseph Kaspar

The Glass House

as Terence Glass

Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)

as Felix

Signs & Wonders

as Alec

Powder Keg

as Harvey Jacobs

Dancer in the Dark

as Doctor

Timecode

as Alex Green

Harlan County War

as Warren Jakopovich

D-Day

as Lise's Mand

Light Keeps Me Company

as Self

Aberdeen

as Tomas

Passion of Mind

as William Granther

I Remember Lena Svedberg

as Narrator (Eng)

Deep Blue Sea

as Jim Whitlock

Ronin

as Gregor

Savior

as Peter

The Kingdom II

as Stig Helmers advokat

7.8

The Glass-Blower's Children

as Albert

Good Will Hunting

as Gerald Lambeau

Insomnia

as Jonas Engström

Amistad

as Tappan

My Son the Fanatic

as Schitz

The Volcano Man

as English voice (voice)

10.0

Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier

Breaking the Waves

as Jan Nyman

Harry & Sonja

as Harry Olsson

Zero Kelvin

as Randbæk

The Dogs of Riga

as Magnus Björk

The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery

as Herman Melvin

The Slingshot

as Fritiof Schütt

Murder at the Savoy

as Security Manager

The Last Dance

as Host in Norrköping

4.9

Wind

1992

as Joe Heiser

6.1

The Democratic Terrorist

1992

as Carl Hamilton

6.6

Den sanne lögnaren - Fritiof Nilsson Piraten

1992

as Narrator (voice)

The Ox

1991

as Helge Roos

6.5

The Hunt for Red October

1990

as Capt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov)

7.4

Parker Kane

1990

as Nathan Van Adams

4.2

Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg

as Raoul Wallenberg

S/Y Joy

as Klas Larsson

The Interrogation

as Carl Hamilton

Code Name Coq Rouge

as Carl Hamilton

The Women on the Roof

1989

as Willy

4.1

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

as The Engineer

Time of the Wolf

as Peder Ulfstand

The Perfect Murder

as Axel Svensson

Friends

as Matt

Hip Hip Hurrah!

as Sören Kröyer

Jim and the Pirates Blom

1987

as Gustav, Jim's Father

5.5

The Serpent's Way

1986

as Karl Orsa Markström

5.6

Noon Wine

1985

as Olaf Helton

False as Water

1985

as Stig

5.1

Peter-No-Tail in Americat

1985

as Pelle Swanson

5.8

Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark

as Hamlet

Åke and His World

as Ebenholtz

The School of Wives

as Horace

P & B

as Karl-Johan "Charlie" Pettersson

5.9

Alf Sjöberg - mästaren

1983

The Simple-Minded Murderer

1982

as Sven

6.9

Det är din boll, Jim

1978

as Journalist

Tabu

1977

as Jan-Erik

4.6

Hemåt i natten

1977

as Kurt Sjöberg

The Intruders

1975

as Peter Delaney

1.3

Anita, Swedish Nymphet

as Erik

The Wedding

as Roffe Eriksson

Five Days in August

as Christer

The Office Party

as Peter

Raid in the Summer

as Erik

Den byxlöse äventyraren

1971

2.5

Mamma Mia! 3

Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oro

as den långsamme

They meet?

The Eighth Commandment

The Kiss

Bow Tie

as Himself

Please

Television (29)

Variety & CNN Actors on Actors

2025

as Self

Andor

2022

as Luthen Rael

8.3

Marvel Studios Legends

2021

as Erik Selvig (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.4

Chernobyl

2019

as Boris Shcherbina

8.7

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self - Guest

River

as John River

Rouge Brésil

as Villegagnon

Playhouse Presents

Arn: The Knight Templar

as Birger Brosa

Skavlan

as Self - Guest

Entourage

as Verner Vollstedt

Kulturplatz

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

Helen of Troy

as King Theseus of Athens

The Hire

as Harvey Jacobs

Hundarna i Riga

as Magnus Björk

The Kingdom

as Stig Helmers advokat

Report to Heaven

as Gary

Smash

as Finansministerns sekreterare

6.3

The Simpsons

1989

as Stellan Skarsgård (voice)

8.0

Vildanden

1989

as Gregers Werle

6.0

August Strindberg: A Life

1985

as Verner von Heidenstam

American Playhouse

The Guldbagge Awards

as Self - Best Actor winner

5.5

Saturday Night Live

1975

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Bombi Bitt och jag

as Bombi Bitt

The Oscars

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Untitled Alexander Cary/Apple TV+ Thriller Series

Crew (7)

Movies (7)

Sentimental Value

Executive Producer

The Wife

Thanks

In Order of Disappearance

2014

Executive Producer

6.9

King of Devil's Island

Executive Producer

Manderlay

Thanks

Aberdeen

Associate Producer

Jim and the Pirates Blom

1987

Writer

5.5