Stellan Skarsgård

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

The Simpsons

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Saturday Night Live

The Avengers

Entourage

Golden Globe Awards

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

All Movies (159)

• PLEASE2026 · as Winston
• Dante2026 · as Dante (voice)
• Sentimental Value2025 · as Gustav Borg
• Being Bo Widerberg2025 · as Self
• Björn Frantzén - jakten på stjärnor2025 · as Narrator
• Who's Who2024 · as Narrator
• What Remains2024 · as Sören Rank
• Dune: Part Two2024 · as Baron Harkonnen
• Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look2022 · as Luthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Thor: Love and Thunder2022 · as Selvig
• Soul of a Man2022 · as Bon-Bon
• Dune2021 · as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
• The Ape Star2021 · as Tord Fjordmark (voice)
• Last Words2020 · as Zyberski
• 11 Colours of the Bird2020 · as Self
• Hope2019 · as Tomas
• The Painted Bird2019 · as Hans
• Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria2019 · as Self
• I'll Find You2019 · as Benno Moser
• Out Stealing Horses2019 · as Trond
• Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again2018 · as Bill / Kurt
• The Man Who Killed Don Quixote2018 · as The Boss
• Filmworker2018 · as Self
• Gordon & Paddy2017 · as Gordon (voice)
• Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträtt2017 · as Self
• Borg vs McEnroe2017 · as Lennart Bergelin
• Return to Montauk2017 · as Max Zorn
• Our Kind of Traitor2016 · as Dima
• The Hotel2016 · as Self
• Christina Lindberg: The Original Eyepatch Wearing Butt Kicking Movie Babe2015 · as Self
• Avengers: Age of Ultron2015 · as Erik Selvig
• Cinderella2015 · as Grand Duke
• Hector and the Search for Happiness2014 · as Edward
• Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard on 'Insomnia'2014 · as Himself
• Rouge Brésil2014 · as Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon
• In Order of Disappearance2014 · as Nils
• The Physician2013 · as Barber
• Nymphomaniac: Vol. II2013 · as Seligman
• Nymphomaniac: Vol. I2013 · as Seligman
• The Railway Man2013 · as Finlay
• Thor: The Dark World2013 · as Erik Selvig
• Romeo & Juliet2013 · as Prince of Verona
• Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga2012 · as (voice)
• Our Need for Consolation2012 · as Narrator
• The Avengers2012 · as Selvig
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger2012 · as Self
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women2012 · as Self
• Room 11122012
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo2011 · as Martin Vanger
• Melancholia2011 · as Jack
• Lykke Li: Sadness is a Blessing2011
• Thor2011 · as Erik Selvig
• King of Devil's Island2010 · as Bestyrer Håkon
• Frankie & Alice2010 · as Oz
• Dimension2010
• Behind the Moomins2010 · as Self
• As If I Am Not There2010 · as Doctor
• Boogie Woogie2010 · as Bob Maclestone
• A Somewhat Gentle Man2010 · as Ulrik
• Metropia2009 · as Ralph Parker (voice)
• Angels & Demons2009 · as Commander Richter
• God on Trial2008 · as Baumgarten
• Schrader's Exorcism2008 · as Self
• Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End2008 · as Birger Brosa
• Mamma Mia!2008 · as Bill Anderson
• Arn: The Knight Templar2007 · as Birger Brosa
• Guilty Hearts2007 · as Stangl
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End2007 · as Bootstrap Bill
• WΔZ2007 · as Eddie Argo
• Wrath of Gods2007 · as Self
• Svenska ord i bild och tal2006 · as Self
• Goya's Ghosts2006 · as Francisco Goya
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest2006 · as Bootstrap Bill
• Kill Your Darlings2006 · as Erik's Father
• Beowulf & Grendel2005 · as Hrothgar
• Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist2005 · as Father Lankester Merrin
• Blood on the Land: The Making of a King2004 · as Self
• Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane2004 · as Self
• The Making of King Arthur2004 · as Self
• Exorcist: The Beginning2004 · as Father Lankester Merrin
• King Arthur2004 · as Cerdic
• Dogville Confessions2004 · as Self
• Eiffel Tower2004 · as Jakob
• Dogville2003 · as Chuck
• To Kill a Child2003 · as Narrator
• City of Ghosts2002 · as Joseph Kaspar
• No Good Deed2002 · as Tyrone
• Taking Sides2002 · as Wilhelm Furtwängler
• Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)2001 · as Felix
• The Glass House2001 · as Terence Glass
• Powder Keg2001 · as Harvey Jacobs
• Signs & Wonders2001 · as Alec
• Aberdeen2000 · as Tomas
• Dancer in the Dark2000 · as Doctor
• Light Keeps Me Company2000 · as Self
• Harlan County War2000 · as Warren Jakopovich
• Timecode2000 · as Alex Green
• I Remember Lena Svedberg2000 · as Narrator (Eng)
• Passion of Mind2000 · as William Granther
• D-Day2000 · as Lise's Mand
• Deep Blue Sea1999 · as Jim Whitlock
• Ronin1998 · as Gregor
• The Kingdom II1998 · as Stig Helmers advokat
• Savior1998 · as Peter
• The Glass-Blower's Children1998 · as Albert
• Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier1997
• Amistad1997 · as Tappan
• Good Will Hunting1997 · as Gerald Lambeau
• My Son the Fanatic1997 · as Schitz
• The Volcano Man1997 · as English voice (voice)
• Insomnia1997 · as Jonas Engström
• Breaking the Waves1996 · as Jan Nyman
• Harry & Sonja1996 · as Harry Olsson
• The Dogs of Riga1995 · as Magnus Björk
• Zero Kelvin1995 · as Randbæk
• The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery1995 · as Herman Melvin
• The Last Dance1993 · as Host in Norrköping
• Murder at the Savoy1993 · as Security Manager
• The Slingshot1993 · as Fritiof Schütt
• Wind1992 · as Joe Heiser
• The Democratic Terrorist1992 · as Carl Hamilton
• Den sanne lögnaren - Fritiof Nilsson Piraten1992 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Ox1991 · as Helge Roos
• Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg1990 · as Raoul Wallenberg
• Parker Kane1990 · as Nathan Van Adams
• The Hunt for Red October1990 · as Capt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov)
• The Interrogation1989 · as Carl Hamilton
• The Women on the Roof1989 · as Willy
• Code Name Coq Rouge1989 · as Carl Hamilton
• S/Y Joy1989 · as Klas Larsson
• The Perfect Murder1988 · as Axel Svensson
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being1988 · as The Engineer
• Time of the Wolf1988 · as Peder Ulfstand
• Friends1987 · as Matt
• Hip Hip Hurrah!1987 · as Sören Kröyer
• Jim and the Pirates Blom1987 · as Gustav, Jim's Father
• The Serpent's Way1986 · as Karl Orsa Markström
• Peter-No-Tail in Americat1985 · as Pelle Swanson
• False as Water1985 · as Stig
• Noon Wine1985 · as Olaf Helton
• Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark1985 · as Hamlet
• Åke and His World1984 · as Ebenholtz
• The School of Wives1983 · as Horace
• Alf Sjöberg - mästaren1983
• P & B1983 · as Karl-Johan "Charlie" Pettersson
• The Simple-Minded Murderer1982 · as Sven
• Det är din boll, Jim1978 · as Journalist
• Hemåt i natten1977 · as Kurt Sjöberg
• Tabu1977 · as Jan-Erik
• The Intruders1975 · as Peter Delaney
• Anita, Swedish Nymphet1973 · as Erik
• The Wedding1973 · as Roffe Eriksson
• Five Days in August1973 · as Christer
• The Office Party1972 · as Peter
• Raid in the Summer1972 · as Erik
• The Eighth Commandment—
• The Kiss—
• Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oro— · as den långsamme
• Bow Tie— · as Himself

All TV Shows (30)

• Variety & CNN Actors on Actors2025 · as Self
• Andor2022 · as Luthen Rael
• Marvel Studios Legends2021 · as Erik Selvig (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Chernobyl2019 · as Boris Shcherbina
• River2015 · as John River
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Der Medicus2014 · as Bader
• Rouge Brésil2013 · as Villegagnon
• Playhouse Presents2012 · as The Man
• Arn: The Knight Templar2010 · as Birger Brosa
• Skavlan2009 · as Self - Guest
• Kulturplatz2004 · as Self
• Entourage2004 · as Verner Vollstedt
• Helen of Troy2003 · as King Theseus of Athens
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• The Hire2001 · as Harvey Jacobs
• Hundarna i Riga1996 · as Magnus Björk
• The Kingdom1994 · as Stig Helmers advokat
• Report to Heaven1994 · as Gary
• Smash1990 · as Finansministerns sekreterare
• The Simpsons1989 · as Stellan Skarsgård (voice)
• Vildanden1989 · as Gregers Werle
• August Strindberg: A Life1985 · as Verner von Heidenstam
• American Playhouse1982
• The Guldbagge Awards1981 · as Self - Best Actor winner
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Bombi Bitt och jag1968 · as Bombi Bitt
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Untitled Dakota Fanning Thriller Series— · as Brant