About
Stellan Skarsgård
Overview
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.
Known for
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| 2024 | Who's who? | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | What Remains | Actor | Sören Rank | 58 Average |
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | Actor | Baron Harkonnen | 79 Good |
| 2022 | Star Wars: Andor | Actor | Luthen Rael | 81 Very good |
| 2022 | Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look | Actor | Luthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | Actor | Selvig | 63 Fair |
| 2022 | Soul of a Man | Actor | Bon-Bon | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Dune | Actor | Baron Vladimir Harkonnen | 77 Good |
| 2021 | The Ape Star | Actor | Tord Fjordmark (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2020 | Last Words | Actor | Zyberski | 58 Average |
| 2020 | 11 Colours of the Bird | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Hope | Actor | Tomas | 59 Average |
| 2019 | The Painted Bird | Actor | Hans | 61 Fair |
| 2019 | Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2019 | I'll Find You | Actor | Benno Moser | 58 Average |
| 2019 | Chernobyl | Actor | Boris Shcherbina | 86 Very good |
| 2019 | Out Stealing Horses | Actor | Trond | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Actor | Bill Anderson / Kurt Anderson | 69 Fair |
| 2018 | The Man Who Killed Don Quixote | Actor | The Boss | 64 Fair |
| 2018 | Filmworker | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 2017 | Gordon & Paddy | Actor | Gordon (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Moomins and the Winter Wonderland | Actor | Moomin Pappa (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträtt | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2017 | Borg vs McEnroe | Actor | Lennart Bergelin | 65 Fair |
| 2017 | Return to Montauk | Actor | Max Zorn | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Our Kind of Traitor | Actor | Dima | 59 Average |
| 2016 | The Hotel | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2015 | River | Actor | John River | 73 Good |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Actor | Erik Selvig | 72 Good |
| 2015 | Cinderella | Actor | Grand Duke | 67 Fair |
| 2014 | Nymphomaniac | Actor | Seligman | 60 Fair |
| 2014 | Hector and the Search for Happiness | Actor | Edward | 64 Fair |
| 2014 | Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard on 'Insomnia' | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | In Order of Disappearance | Actor | Nils | 64 Fair |
| 2013 | The Physician | Actor | Barber | 68 Fair |
| 2013 | Nymphomaniac: Vol. I | Actor | Seligman | 67 Fair |
| 2013 | Nymphomaniac: Vol. II | Actor | Seligman | 65 Fair |
| 2013 | The Railway Man | Actor | Finlay | 64 Fair |
| 2013 | Thor: The Dark World | Actor | Erik Selvig | 65 Fair |
| 2013 | Romeo & Juliet | Actor | Prince of Verona | 63 Fair |
| 2013 | Rouge Brésil | Actor | Villegagnon | N/A N/A |
| 2012 | Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2012 | Rouge Brésil | Actor | Villegagnon | 60 Fair |
| 2012 | Our Need for Consolation | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2012 | The Avengers | Actor | Selvig | 76 Good |
| 2012 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2012 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2012 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Hard Copy | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2012 | Room 1112 | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Actor | Martin Vanger | 72 Good |
| 2011 | Thor: Assembling the Troupe | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Melancholia | Actor | Jack | 70 Good |
| 2011 | Thor | Actor | Erik Selvig | 67 Fair |
| 2010 | King of Devil's Island | Actor | Bestyrer Håkon | 63 Fair |
| 2010 | Frankie & Alice | Actor | Oz | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Dimension | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 2010 | As If I Am Not There | Actor | Doctor | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Arn: The Knight Templar | Actor | Birger Brosa | 71 Good |
| 2010 | A Somewhat Gentle Man | Actor | Ulrik | 60 Fair |
| 2010 | Behind the Moomins | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2009 | Metropia | Actor | Ralph Parker (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Boogie Woogie | Actor | Bob Maclestone | 57 Average |
| 2009 | 達文西密碼 - 天使與魔鬼 | Actor | Commander Richter | N/A N/A |
| 2009 | Angels & Demons | Actor | Commander Richter | 66 Fair |
| 2008 | Birthing Mamma Mia! | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2008 | God on Trial | Actor | Baumgarten | 60 Fair |
| 2008 | Schrader's Exorcism | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End | Actor | Birger Brosa | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Mamma Mia! | Actor | Bill Anderson | 69 Fair |
| 2008 | Arn - The Full Story | Actor | Birger Brosa | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | Arn: The Knight Templar | Actor | Birger Brosa | 60 Fair |
| 2007 | WΔZ | Actor | Eddie Argo | 57 Average |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Actor | William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner | 72 Good |
| 2007 | Wrath of Gods | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Svenska ord i bild och tal | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Goya's Ghosts | Actor | Francisco Goya | 62 Fair |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Actor | William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner | 73 Good |
| 2006 | Kill Your Darlings | Actor | Erik's Father | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Guilty Hearts | Actor | Stangl | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Beowulf & Grendel | Actor | Hrothgar | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist | Actor | Father Lankester Merrin | 56 Average |
| 2004 | Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | The Making of King Arthur | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Exorcist: The Beginning | Actor | Father Lankester Merrin | 55 Average |
| 2004 | King Arthur | Actor | Cerdic | 62 Fair |
| 2004 | Dogville Confessions | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Eiffel Tower | Actor | Jakob | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Dogville | Actor | Chuck | 74 Good |
| 2003 | Helen of Troy | Actor | King Theseus of Athens | 66 Fair |
| 2003 | To Kill a Child | Actor | Narrator | 58 Average |
| 2002 | City of Ghosts | Actor | Joseph Kaspar | 58 Average |
| 2002 | No Good Deed | Actor | Tyrone | 57 Average |
| 2002 | Taking Sides | Actor | Wilhelm Furtwängler | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) | Actor | Felix | 59 Average |
| 2001 | The Glass House | Actor | Terence Glass | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Powder Keg | Actor | Harvey Jacobs | 60 Fair |
| 2001 | Signs & Wonders | Actor | Alec | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Aberdeen | Actor | Tomas | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark | Actor | Doctor | 74 Good |
| 2000 | Light Keeps Me Company | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Harlan County War | Actor | Warren Jakopovich | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Timecode | Actor | Alex Green | 58 Average |
| 2000 | I Remember Lena Svedberg | Actor | Narrator (Eng) | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Passion of Mind | Actor | William Granther | 58 Average |
| 2000 | D-Day | Actor | Lise's Mand | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Deep Blue Sea | Actor | Jim Whitlock | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Ronin | Actor | Gregor | 68 Fair |
| 1998 | Savior | Actor | Peter | 62 Fair |
| 1998 | The Glass-Blower's Children | Actor | Albert | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1997 | Amistad | Actor | Tappan | 66 Fair |
| 1997 | Good Will Hunting | Actor | Gerald Lambeau | 80 Very good |
| 1997 | The Kingdom II | Actor | Stig Helmers advokat | 60 Fair |
| 1997 | My Son the Fanatic | Actor | Schitz | 58 Average |
| 1997 | The Volcano Man | Actor | English voice (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Insomnia | Actor | Jonas Engström | 63 Fair |
| 1996 | Hundarna i Riga | Actor | Magnus Björk | 69 Fair |
| 1996 | Breaking the Waves | Actor | Jan Nyman | 69 Fair |
| 1996 | Harry & Sonja | Actor | Harry Olsson | 59 Average |
| 1995 | The Dogs of Riga | Actor | Magnus Björk | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Zero Kelvin | Actor | Randbæk | 59 Average |
| 1995 | The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery | Actor | Herman Melvin | 58 Average |
| 1994 | Report to Heaven | Actor | Gary | 69 Fair |
| 1993 | The Last Dance | Actor | Host in Norrköping | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Polis polis potatismos | Actor | Security Manager | 58 Average |
| 1993 | The Slingshot | Actor | Fritiof Schütt | 59 Average |
| 1992 | Wind | Actor | Joe Heiser | 59 Average |
| 1992 | The Democratic Terrorist | Actor | Carl Hamilton | 59 Average |
| 1992 | Den sanne lögnaren - Fritiof Nilsson Piraten | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1991 | The Ox | Actor | Helge Roos | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg | Actor | Raoul Wallenberg | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Parker Kane | Actor | Nathan Van Adams | 58 Average |
| 1990 | The Hunt for Red October | Actor | Captain Tupolev | 71 Good |
| 1989 | Förhöret | Actor | Carl Hamilton | 59 Average |
| 1989 | The Women on the Roof | Actor | Willy | 58 Average |
| 1989 | Vildanden | Actor | Gregers Werle | 69 Fair |
| 1989 | Code Name Coq Rouge | Actor | Carl Hamilton | 59 Average |
| 1989 | S/Y Joy | Actor | Klas Larsson | 59 Average |
| 1988 | The Perfect Murder | Actor | Axel Svensson | 59 Average |
| 1988 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Actor | The Engineer | 63 Fair |
| 1988 | Time of the Wolf | Actor | Peder Ulfstand | 59 Average |
| 1987 | Friends | Actor | Matt | 59 Average |
| 1987 | Hip Hip Hurrah! | Actor | Sören Kröyer | 58 Average |
| 1987 | Jim and the Pirates Blom | Actor | Gustav | 58 Average |
| 1986 | The Serpent's Way | Actor | Karl Orsa Markström | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Peter-No-Tail in Americat | Actor | Pelle Swanson | 59 Average |
| 1985 | False as Water | Actor | Stig | 58 Average |
| 1985 | August Strindberg: Ett liv | Actor | Verner von Heidenstam | 70 Good |
| 1985 | Noon Wine | Actor | Olaf Helton | N/A N/A |
| 1985 | Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark | Actor | Hamlet | 59 Average |
| 1984 | Åke and His World | Actor | Ebenholtz | 59 Average |
| 1983 | The School of Wives | Actor | Horace | 59 Average |
| 1983 | Alf Sjöberg - mästaren | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1983 | P & B | Actor | Karl-Johan "Charlie" Pettersson | 59 Average |
| 1982 | The Simple-Minded Murderer | Actor | Sven | 60 Fair |
| 1978 | Det är din boll, Jim | Actor | Journalist | N/A N/A |
| 1977 | Hemåt i natten | Actor | Kurt Sjöberg | N/A N/A |
| 1977 | Tabu | Actor | Jan-Erik | 58 Average |
| 1975 | The Intruders | Actor | Peter Delaney | 58 Average |
| 1973 | Anita, Swedish Nymphet | Actor | Erik | 58 Average |
| 1973 | The Wedding | Actor | Roffe Eriksson | 58 Average |
| 1973 | Five Days in August | Actor | Christer | N/A N/A |
| 1972 | The Office Party | Actor | Peter | 58 Average |
| 1972 | Raid in the Summer | Actor | Erik | 58 Average |
| 1971 | Den byxlöse äventyraren | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1968 | Bombi Bitt och jag | Actor | Bombi Bitt | 69 Fair |
| Sentimental Value | Actor | Gustav | N/A N/A |
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Writing |
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| 1987 | Jim and the Pirates Blom | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
Production |
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| 2014 | In Order of Disappearance | Production | Executive Producer | 64 Fair |
| 2010 | King of Devil's Island | Production | Executive Producer | 63 Fair |
| 2000 | Aberdeen | Production | Associate Producer | 59 Average |
Crew |
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| 2018 | The Wife | Crew | Thanks | 67 Fair |
| 2005 | Manderlay | Crew | Thanks | 62 Fair |