Stellan Skarsgård
Acting • Born 1951-06-13
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.
Filmography
183 credits
Dancer in the Dark
Movie • 2000
Doctor
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Movie • 2006
Bootstrap Bill
Breaking the Waves
Movie • 1996
Jan Nyman
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Movie • 2007
Bootstrap Bill
Good Will Hunting
Movie • 1997
Gerald Lambeau
Dogville
Movie • 2003
Chuck
Savior
Movie • 1998
Peter
The Glass House
Movie • 2001
Terence Glass
Thor
Movie • 2011
Erik Selvig
The Hunt for Red October
Movie • 1990
Capt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Movie • 1988
The Engineer
No Good Deed
Movie • 2002
Tyrone
Exorcist: The Beginning
Movie • 2004
Father Lankester Merrin
Beowulf & Grendel
Movie • 2005
Hrothgar
Goya's Ghosts
Movie • 2006
Francisco Goya
A Somewhat Gentle Man
Movie • 2010
Ulrik
Taking Sides
Movie • 2002
Wilhelm Furtwängler
The Simple-Minded Murderer
Movie • 1982
Sven
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
Movie • 2001
Felix
Mamma Mia!
Movie • 2008
Bill Anderson
Amistad
Movie • 1997
Tappan
Code Name Coq Rouge
Movie • 1989
Carl Hamilton
God on Trial
Movie • 2008
Baumgarten
Ronin
Movie • 1998
Gregor
City of Ghosts
Movie • 2002
Joseph Kaspar
The Avengers
Movie • 2012
Selvig
King Arthur
Movie • 2004
Cerdic
Insomnia
Movie • 1997
Jonas Engström
Aberdeen
Movie • 2000
Tomas
Kill Your Darlings
Movie • 2006
Erik's Father
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
Movie • 2005
Father Lankester Merrin
Angels & Demons
Movie • 2009
Commander Richter
Arn: The Knight Templar
Movie • 2007
Birger Brosa
Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End
Movie • 2008
Birger Brosa
The Slingshot
Movie • 1993
Fritiof Schütt
Metropia
Movie • 2009
Ralph Parker (voice)
WΔZ
Movie • 2007
Eddie Argo
The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery
Movie • 1995
Herman Melvin
Melancholia
Movie • 2011
Jack
Det är din boll, Jim
Movie • 1978
Journalist
Peter-No-Tail in Americat
Movie • 1985
Pelle Swanson
What Remains
Movie • 2024
Sören Rank
Anita, Swedish Nymphet
Movie • 1973
Erik
Signs & Wonders
Movie • 2001
Alec
The Democratic Terrorist
Movie • 1992
Carl Hamilton
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Movie • 2011
Martin Vanger
Guilty Hearts
Movie • 2007
Stangl
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg
Movie • 1990
Raoul Wallenberg
King of Devil's Island
Movie • 2010
Bestyrer Håkon
Frankie & Alice
Movie • 2010
Oz
Jim and the Pirates Blom
Movie • 1987
Gustav, Jim's Father
Light Keeps Me Company
Movie • 2000
Self
The Glass-Blower's Children
Movie • 1998
Albert
Soul of a Man
Movie • 2022
Bon-Bon
The Interrogation
Movie • 1989
Carl Hamilton
Zero Kelvin
Movie • 1995
Randbæk
Raid in the Summer
Movie • 1972
Erik
Thor: The Dark World
Movie • 2013
Erik Selvig
Wrath of Gods
Movie • 2007
Self
P & B
Movie • 1983
Karl-Johan "Charlie" Pettersson
False as Water
Movie • 1985
Stig
Schrader's Exorcism
Movie • 2008
Self
Åke and His World
Movie • 1984
Ebenholtz
The Railway Man
Movie • 2013
Finlay
Hip Hip Hurrah!
Movie • 1987
Sören Kröyer
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
Movie • 2004
Self
The Serpent's Way
Movie • 1986
Karl Orsa Markström
The Last Dance
Movie • 1993
Host in Norrköping
The Making of King Arthur
Movie • 2004
Self
The Office Party
Movie • 1972
Peter
Tabu
Movie • 1977
Jan-Erik
The Women on the Roof
Movie • 1989
Willy
Noon Wine
Movie • 1985
Olaf Helton
The Physician
Movie • 2013
Barber
Harlan County War
Movie • 2000
Warren Jakopovich
S/Y Joy
Movie • 1989
Klas Larsson
Hemåt i natten
Movie • 1977
Kurt Sjöberg
In Order of Disappearance
Movie • 2014
Nils
Harry & Sonja
Movie • 1996
Harry Olsson
Friends
Movie • 1987
Matt
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Movie • 2014
Edward
The Dogs of Riga
Movie • 1995
Magnus Björk
Our Kind of Traitor
Movie • 2016
Dima
My Son the Fanatic
Movie • 1997
Schitz
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Movie • 2013
Seligman
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Movie • 2013
Seligman
Wind
Movie • 1992
Joe Heiser
Thor: Love and Thunder
Movie • 2022
Selvig
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women
Movie • 2012
Self
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger
Movie • 2012
Self
The Perfect Murder
Movie • 1988
Axel Svensson
Boogie Woogie
Movie • 2010
Bob Maclestone
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Movie • 2015
Erik Selvig
Five Days in August
Movie • 1973
Christer
Timecode
Movie • 2000
Alex Green
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Movie • 2022
Luthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Ox
Movie • 1991
Helge Roos
Den sanne lögnaren - Fritiof Nilsson Piraten
Movie • 1992
Narrator (voice)
Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga
Movie • 2012
(voice)
Deep Blue Sea
Movie • 1999
Jim Whitlock
Romeo & Juliet
Movie • 2013
Prince of Verona
Powder Keg
Movie • 2001
Harvey Jacobs
Dogville Confessions
Movie • 2004
Self
Parker Kane
Movie • 1990
Nathan Van Adams
Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
Movie • 1983
The School of Wives
Movie • 1983
Horace
Who's Who
Movie • 2024
Narrator
Sentimental Value
Movie • 2025
Gustav Borg
Borg vs McEnroe
Movie • 2017
Lennart Bergelin
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Movie • 2018
The Boss
Murder at the Savoy
Movie • 1993
Security Manager
Passion of Mind
Movie • 2000
William Granther
D-Day
Movie • 2000
Lise's Mand
Room 1112
Movie • 2012
Return to Montauk
Movie • 2017
Max Zorn
The Hotel
Movie • 2016
Self
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Movie • 2018
Bill Anderson / Kurt Anderson
The Kingdom II
Movie • 1998
Stig Helmers advokat
The Painted Bird
Movie • 2019
Hans
Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark
Movie • 1985
Hamlet
Our Need for Consolation
Movie • 2012
Narrator
Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträtt
Movie • 2017
Self
The Intruders
Movie • 1975
Peter Delaney
Den byxlöse äventyraren
Movie • 1971
Gordon & Paddy
Movie • 2017
Gordon (voice)
Out Stealing Horses
Movie • 2019
Trond
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
Movie • 1997
Filmworker
Movie • 2018
Self
The Volcano Man
Movie • 1997
English voice (voice)
Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard on 'Insomnia'
Movie • 2014
Himself
The Wedding
Movie • 1973
Roffe Eriksson
Dune
Movie • 2021
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
Eiffel Tower
Movie • 2004
Jakob
I'll Find You
Movie • 2019
Benno Moser
To Kill a Child
Movie • 2003
Narrator
Hope
Movie • 2019
Tomas
Dimension
Movie • 2010
Svenska ord i bild och tal
Movie • 2006
Self
Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria
Movie • 2019
Self
I Remember Lena Svedberg
Movie • 2000
Narrator (Eng)
Behind the Moomins
Movie • 2010
Self
Time of the Wolf
Movie • 1988
Peder Ulfstand
Last Words
Movie • 2020
Zyberski
Dune: Part Two
Movie • 2024
Baron Harkonnen
The Ape Star
Movie • 2021
Tord Fjordmark (voice)
11 Colours of the Bird
Movie • 2020
Self
Cinderella
Movie • 2015
Grand Duke
As If I Am Not There
Movie • 2010
Doctor
Being Bo Widerberg
Movie • 2025
Self
Björn Frantzén - jakten på stjärnor
Movie • 2025
Narrator
Rouge Brésil
Movie • 2014
Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon
Christina Lindberg: The Original Eyepatch Wearing Butt Kicking Movie Babe
Movie • 2015
Self
Dante
Movie • 2026
Dante (voice)
The Eighth Commandment
Movie
The Kiss
Movie
Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oro
Movie
den långsamme
Entourage
TV • 2004
Verner Vollstedt
Smash
TV • 1990
Finansministerns sekreterare
American Playhouse
TV • 1982
Report to Heaven
TV • 1994
Gary
Playhouse Presents
TV • 2012
August Strindberg: A Life
TV • 1985
Verner von Heidenstam
Marvel Studios Legends
TV • 2021
Erik Selvig (archive footage) (uncredited)
River
TV • 2015
John River
Skavlan
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Bombi Bitt och jag
TV • 1968
Bombi Bitt
Hundarna i Riga
TV • 1996
Magnus Björk
The Hire
TV • 2001
Harvey Jacobs
Rouge Brésil
TV • 2013
Villegagnon
Helen of Troy
TV • 2003
King Theseus of Athens
Vildanden
TV • 1989
Gregers Werle
Chernobyl
TV • 2019
Boris Shcherbina
Arn: The Knight Templar
TV • 2010
Birger Brosa
The Guldbagge Awards
TV • 1981
Self - Best Actor winner
Kulturplatz
TV • 2004
Self
The Kingdom
TV • 1994
Stig Helmers advokat
Andor
TV • 2022
Luthen Rael
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Stellan Skarsgård (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
TV • 2025
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest