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Stellan John Skarsgård is a Swedish actor. He is known for his roles as Jan Nyman in Breaking the Waves (1996), Captain Tupolev in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Professor Gerald Lambeau in Good Will Hunting (1997), Bootstrap Bill Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), Bill Anderson in Mamma Mia! (2008) and the sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018), Commander Maximilian Richter in Angels and Demons (2009), Martin Vanger in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Dr. Erik Selvig in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Thor (2011), The Avengers (2012), Thor: The Dark World (2013), and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), The Grand Duke in Cinderella (2015), and Boris Shcherbina in the HBO/Sky UK television miniseries Chernobyl (2019).
Birth Name
John Stellan Skarsgård
Born
Wednesday, 13 June 1951
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Dune: Part Two | Baron Vladimir Harkonnen / Baron Harkonnen | 2024 |
What Remains | 2022 | |
Andor | Luthen Rael | 2022 |
Thor: Love and Thunder | Erik Selvig / Selvig | 2022 |
I'll Find You | Benno Moser | 2022 |
Dune | Baron Vladimir Harkonnen | 2021 |
The Ape Star | Tord / Tord Fjordmark (voice) | 2021 |
Last Words | Zyberski | 2020 |
Hope | Tomas | 2019 |
Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria | Himself / Self | 2019 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Dune: Part Two | Baron Vladimir Harkonnen / Baron Harkonnen | 2024 |
What Remains | 2022 | |
Andor | Luthen Rael | 2022 |
Thor: Love and Thunder | Erik Selvig / Selvig | 2022 |
I'll Find You | Benno Moser | 2022 |
Dune | Baron Vladimir Harkonnen | 2021 |
The Ape Star | Tord / Tord Fjordmark (voice) | 2021 |
Last Words | Zyberski | 2020 |
Hope | Tomas | 2019 |
Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria | Himself / Self | 2019 |
The Painted Bird | Hans | 2019 |
Chernobyl | Boris Shcherbina | 2019 |
Out Stealing Horses | Trond | 2019 |
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Kurt / Bill | 2018 |
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote | The Boss | 2018 |
Filmworker | Self | 2018 |
Gordon and Paddy | Gordon / Gordon (voice) | 2017 |
Moomins and the Winter Wonderland | Moomin Pappa | 2017 |
Borg vs. McEnroe | Lennart Bergelin | 2017 |
Return to Montauk | Max Zorn | 2017 |
Quarry | The Broker | 2016 |
Our Kind of Traitor | Dima | 2016 |
The Hotel | Self | 2016 |
River | John River | 2015 |
Avengers: Age of Ultron | Erik Selvig | 2015 |
Cinderella | Grand Duke | 2015 |
Hector and the Search for Happiness | Edward | 2014 |
In Order of Disappearance | Nils Dickman / Nils | 2014 |
The Railway Man | Finlay | 2013 |
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I | Seligman | 2013 |
The Physician | Barber | 2013 |
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II | Seligman | 2013 |
Thor: The Dark World | Erik Selvig | 2013 |
Romeo & Juliet | Prince of Verona | 2013 |
Red Brazil | Villegagnon | 2013 |
The Avengers | Erik Selvig / Selvig | 2012 |
Playhouse Presents | The Man | 2012 |
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Martin Vanger | 2011 |
Melancholia | Jack | 2011 |
Thor | Erik Selvig | 2011 |
King of Devil's Island | Bestyrer Håkon | 2010 |
Frankie & Alice | Oz | 2010 |
Dimension 1991-2024 | 2010 | |
Moomins and the Comet Chase | Moominpapa / Hemulens | 2010 |
As If I Am Not There | Docteur / Doctor | 2010 |
Arn | Birger Brosa | 2010 |
A Somewhat Gentle Man | Ulrik | 2010 |
Metropia | Ralph Parker (voice) / Ralph Parker | 2009 |
Boogie Woogie | Bob Maclestone | 2009 |
Angels & Demons | Commander Richter | 2009 |
Skavlan | Self - Guest | 2009 |
God on Trial | Baumgarten | 2008 |
Arn: The Kingdom at the End of the Road | Birger Brosa | 2008 |
Mamma Mia! | Bill / Bill Anderson | 2008 |
Arn: The Knight Templar | Birger Brosa | 2007 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Bootstrap Bill / William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner | 2007 |
The Killing Gene | Eddie Argo | 2007 |
Goya's Ghosts | Francisco Goya | 2006 |
Wrath of Gods | Self | 2006 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Bootstrap Bill / William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner | 2006 |
Kill Your Darlings | Erik's Father | 2006 |
Guilty Hearts | Stangl | 2006 |
Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
Beowulf & Grendel | Hrothgar | 2005 |
Dominion | Father Lankester Merrin | 2005 |
The Making of 'King Arthur' | Self | 2004 |
Exorcist: The Beginning | Father Merrin | 2004 |
Entourage | Verner Vollstedt | 2004 |
King Arthur | Cerdic | 2004 |
Words in Progress | Self | 2004 |
Dogville Confessions | Himself / Self | 2003 |
Dogville | Chuck | 2003 |
Helen of Troy | Theseus | 2003 |
City of Ghosts | Joseph Kaspar | 2003 |
Att döda ett barn | Narrator | 2003 |
No Good Deed | Tyrone | 2002 |
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | Felix | 2001 |
The Glass House | Terrence 'Terry' Glass / Terence Glass | 2001 |
Powder Keg | Harvey Jacobs / War Photographer | 2001 |
Taking Sides | Dr. Wilhelm Furtwängler / Wilhelm Furtwängler | 2001 |
Aberdeen | Tomas | 2000 |
Dancer in the Dark | Doctor | 2000 |
Ljuset håller mig sällskap | Self - Interviewee | 2000 |
Harlan County War | Warren Jakopovich | 2000 |
Timecode | Alex Green | 2000 |
Signs & Wonders | Alec | 2000 |
Passion of Mind | William Granther | 2000 |
D-Day | Lise's Mand | 2000 |
Deep Blue Sea | Jim Whitlock | 1999 |
Ronin | Gregor | 1998 |
Først & sist | Self | 1998 |
Savior | Peter Dominic / Peter | 1998 |
The Glassblower's Children | Albert | 1998 |
My Son the Fanatic | Schitz | 1998 |
Tranceformer - A Portrait of Lars von Trier | Self | 1997 |
Amistad | Tappan | 1997 |
Good Will Hunting | Lambeau / Gerald Lambeau | 1997 |
The Kingdom II | Stig Helmers advokat | 1997 |
The Volcano Man | Self / English voice (voice) | 1997 |
Insomnia | Jonas Engström | 1997 |
Breaking the Waves | Jan Nyman | 1996 |
Sen kväll med Luuk | Self | 1996 |
Harry and Sonja | Harry Olsson | 1996 |
The Hounds of Riga | Magnus Björk | 1995 |
Zero Kelvin | Randbæk | 1995 |
The Jonsson Gang's Greatest Robbery | Herman Melvin / Melvin | 1995 |
The Kingdom | Stig Helmer's Attorney / Stig Helmers advokat | 1994 |
Last Dance | Host in Norrköping | 1993 |
Murder at the Savoy | Säkerhetschef på Palmgrens företag / Security Manager | 1993 |
The Slingshot | Fritiof Schütt | 1993 |
Wind | Joe Heiser | 1992 |
The Democratic Terrorist | Carl Hamilton | 1992 |
The Ox | Helge Roos | 1991 |
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg | Raoul Wallenberg | 1990 |
Parker Kane | Nathan Van Adams | 1990 |
The Hunt for Red October | Captain Tupolev / Viktor Tupolev | 1990 |
The Simpsons | Stellan Skarsgård | 1989 |
The Women on the Roof | Willy | 1989 |
The Wild Duck | Gregers Werle | 1989 |
Codename Coq Rouge | Carl Hamilton / Hamilton | 1989 |
S/Y Joy | Klas Larsson | 1989 |
Familjen Schedblad | Harry Svensson / Direktör Fagin | 1988 |
The Perfect Murder | Axel Svensson | 1988 |
Friends | Matt | 1988 |
The Unbearable Lightness of Being | The Engineer | 1988 |
Hip Hip Hurrah! | Sören Kröyer / Søren Krøyer | 1987 |
Jim & Piraterna Blom | Gustav, Jim's Father / Gustav | 1987 |
The Serpent's Way | Karl Orsa Markström | 1986 |
Peter-No-Tail in America | Pelle Swanson | 1985 |
False as Water | Stig | 1985 |
August Strindberg: Ett liv | Verner von Heidenstam | 1985 |
Ake and His World | Ebenholtz | 1984 |
P & B | Karl-Johan 'Charlie' Pettersson / Karl-Johan "Charlie" Pettersson | 1983 |
Farmor och vår herre | Nathan | 1983 |
The Simple-Minded Murderer | Sven | 1982 |
American Playhouse | Olaf Helton | 1982 |
There Is No Need to Worry | The Tardy One | 1981 |
Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
Skärp dig älskling | Georg | 1981 |
Babels hus | Direktör Mattsson | 1981 |
Home to the Night | Kurt Sjöberg | 1977 |
Taboo | Jan-Erik | 1977 |
Anita | Erik | 1973 |
The Wedding | Roffe Eriksson | 1973 |
Five Days in August | Christer | 1973 |
Company Party | Peter | 1972 |
Raid in the Summer | Erik | 1972 |
Den byxlöse äventyraren | Bondens son | 1971 |
Bombi Bitt och jag | Bombi Bitt | 1968 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Moomins and the Winter Wonderland | 2017 |
In Order of Disappearance | 2014 |
King of Devil's Island | 2010 |
Aberdeen | 2000 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2020 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | Won |
2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Nominated |