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Stellan Skarsgård
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Stellan Skarsgård

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Born 1951 · Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden · Active 1944–2026

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.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2011 ★ 7.3
as Martin Vanger

Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

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Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB
The Avengers (2012)
The Avengers
2012
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
Thor (2011)
Thor
2011
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Thor: The Dark World
2013
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007

Filmography

196 credits
2020s 18 credits
2026
Dante as Dante (voice)
Movie
2026
PLEASE as Winston
Movie
2025
Sentimental Value as Gustav Borg
Movie ★ 7.5
2025
Being Bo Widerberg as Self
Movie ★ 8.0
2025
Björn Frantzén - jakten på stjärnor as Narrator
Movie
2025
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors as Self
TV ★ 5.5
2024
What Remains as Sören Rank
Movie ★ 5.4
2024
Who's Who as Narrator
Movie
2024
Dune: Part Two as Baron Harkonnen
Movie ★ 8.1
2022
Soul of a Man as Bon-Bon
Movie ★ 7.0
2022
Thor: Love and Thunder as Selvig
Movie ★ 6.4
2022
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as Luthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.4
2022
Andor as Luthen Rael
TV ★ 8.3
2021
Dune as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
Movie ★ 7.8
2021
The Ape Star as Tord Fjordmark (voice)
Movie ★ 5.7
2021
Marvel Studios Legends as Erik Selvig (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV ★ 7.4
2020
Last Words as Zyberski
Movie ★ 4.4
2020
11 Colours of the Bird as Self
Movie ★ 7.2
2010s 51 credits
2019
The Painted Bird as Hans
Movie ★ 7.1
2019
Out Stealing Horses as Trond
Movie ★ 6.4
2019
I'll Find You as Benno Moser
Movie ★ 5.5
2019
Hope as Tomas
Movie ★ 6.9
2019
Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria as Self
Movie ★ 7.3
2019
Chernobyl as Boris Shcherbina
TV ★ 8.7
2018
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote as The Boss
Movie ★ 6.7
2018
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again as Bill / Kurt
Movie ★ 7.1
2018
Filmworker as Self
Movie ★ 7.1
2017
Borg vs McEnroe as Lennart Bergelin
Movie ★ 6.9
2017
Return to Montauk as Max Zorn
Movie ★ 5.6
2017
Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträtt as Self
Movie
2017
Gordon & Paddy as Gordon (voice)
Movie ★ 6.2
2016
Our Kind of Traitor as Dima
Movie ★ 6.1
2016
The Hotel as Self
Movie
2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron as Erik Selvig
Movie ★ 7.3
2015
Cinderella as Grand Duke
Movie ★ 6.8
2015
Christina Lindberg: The Original Eyepatch Wearing Butt Kicking Movie Babe as Self
Movie ★ 4.0
2015
River as John River
TV ★ 7.4
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
TV ★ 6.1
2014
In Order of Disappearance as Nils
Movie ★ 6.9
2014
Hector and the Search for Happiness as Edward
Movie ★ 6.7
2014
Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard on 'Insomnia' as Himself
Movie
2014
Rouge Brésil as Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon
Movie
2014
Der Medicus as Bader
TV
2013
Thor: The Dark World as Erik Selvig
Movie ★ 6.5
2013
The Railway Man as Finlay
Movie ★ 6.8
2013
The Physician as Barber
Movie ★ 7.3
2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II as Seligman
Movie ★ 6.7
2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I as Seligman
Movie ★ 6.9
2013
Romeo & Juliet as Prince of Verona
Movie ★ 6.7
2013
Rouge Brésil as Villegagnon
TV ★ 7.7
2012
The Avengers as Selvig
Movie ★ 8.0
2012
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women as Self
Movie ★ 6.0
2012
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger as Self
Movie ★ 8.0
2012
Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga as (voice)
Movie
2012
Room 1112
Movie ★ 6.9
2012
Our Need for Consolation as Narrator
Movie ★ 10.0
2012
Playhouse Presents as The Man
TV ★ 6.0
2011
Thor as Erik Selvig
Movie ★ 6.8
2011
Melancholia as Jack
Movie ★ 7.2
2011
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo● as Martin Vanger
Movie ★ 7.4
2011
Lykke Li: Sadness is a Blessing
Movie
2010
A Somewhat Gentle Man as Ulrik
Movie ★ 6.5
2010
King of Devil's Island as Bestyrer Håkon
Movie ★ 7.1
2010
Frankie & Alice as Oz
Movie ★ 5.9
2010
Boogie Woogie as Bob Maclestone
Movie ★ 5.0
2010
Dimension
Movie ★ 5.5
2010
Behind the Moomins as Self
Movie
2010
As If I Am Not There as Doctor
Movie ★ 6.4
2010
Arn: The Knight Templar as Birger Brosa
TV ★ 7.6
2000s 47 credits
2009
Angels & Demons as Commander Richter
Movie ★ 6.7
2009
Metropia as Ralph Parker (voice)
Movie ★ 6.1
2009
Skavlan as Self - Guest
TV ★ 5.0
2008
Mamma Mia! as Bill Anderson
Movie ★ 7.0
2008
God on Trial as Baumgarten
Movie ★ 6.8
2008
Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End as Birger Brosa
Movie ★ 6.3
2008
Schrader's Exorcism as Self
Movie ★ 8.0
2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Bootstrap Bill
Movie ★ 7.3
2007
Arn: The Knight Templar as Birger Brosa
Movie ★ 6.3
2007
WΔZ as Eddie Argo
Movie ★ 5.5
2007
Guilty Hearts as Stangl
Movie ★ 5.8
2007
Wrath of Gods as Self
Movie ★ 5.0
2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Bootstrap Bill
Movie ★ 7.4
2006
Goya's Ghosts as Francisco Goya
Movie ★ 6.6
2006
Kill Your Darlings as Erik's Father
Movie ★ 6.1
2006
Svenska ord i bild och tal as Self
Movie ★ 5.0
2005
Beowulf & Grendel as Hrothgar
Movie ★ 5.6
2005
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist as Father Lankester Merrin
Movie ★ 5.4
2004
Exorcist: The Beginning as Father Lankester Merrin
Movie ★ 5.4
2004
King Arthur as Cerdic
Movie ★ 6.3
2004
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane as Self
Movie
2004
The Making of King Arthur as Self
Movie ★ 9.0
2004
Dogville Confessions as Self
Movie ★ 7.0
2004
Eiffel Tower as Jakob
Movie ★ 7.0
2004
Blood on the Land: The Making of a King as Self
Movie ★ 7.0
2004
Entourage as Verner Vollstedt
TV ★ 7.4
2004
Kulturplatz as Self
TV ★ 6.0
2003
Dogville as Chuck
Movie ★ 7.8
2003
To Kill a Child as Narrator
Movie ★ 4.9
2003
Helen of Troy as King Theseus of Athens
TV ★ 6.1
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
TV ★ 5.3
2002
No Good Deed as Tyrone
Movie ★ 5.4
2002
Taking Sides as Wilhelm Furtwängler
Movie ★ 6.2
2002
City of Ghosts as Joseph Kaspar
Movie ★ 5.8
2001
The Glass House as Terence Glass
Movie ★ 6.0
2001
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) as Felix
Movie ★ 6.0
2001
Signs & Wonders as Alec
Movie ★ 3.9
2001
Powder Keg as Harvey Jacobs
Movie ★ 6.9
2001
The Hire as Harvey Jacobs
TV ★ 7.6
2000
Dancer in the Dark as Doctor
Movie ★ 7.8
2000
Aberdeen as Tomas
Movie ★ 6.4
2000
Light Keeps Me Company as Self
Movie ★ 7.9
2000
Harlan County War as Warren Jakopovich
Movie ★ 7.1
2000
Timecode as Alex Green
Movie ★ 5.6
2000
Passion of Mind as William Granther
Movie ★ 5.8
2000
D-Day as Lise's Mand
Movie ★ 5.6
2000
I Remember Lena Svedberg as Narrator (Eng)
Movie ★ 7.3
1990s 30 credits
1999
Deep Blue Sea as Jim Whitlock
Movie ★ 6.0
1998
Savior as Peter
Movie ★ 7.1
1998
Ronin as Gregor
Movie ★ 7.0
1998
The Glass-Blower's Children as Albert
Movie ★ 5.7
1998
The Kingdom II as Stig Helmers advokat
Movie ★ 7.7
1997
Good Will Hunting as Gerald Lambeau
Movie ★ 8.2
1997
Amistad as Tappan
Movie ★ 7.0
1997
Insomnia as Jonas Engström
Movie ★ 7.0
1997
My Son the Fanatic as Schitz
Movie ★ 5.1
1997
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
Movie ★ 7.4
1997
The Volcano Man as English voice (voice)
Movie ★ 8.5
1996
Breaking the Waves as Jan Nyman
Movie ★ 7.5
1996
Harry & Sonja as Harry Olsson
Movie ★ 5.7
1996
Hundarna i Riga as Magnus Björk
TV ★ 5.0
1995
The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery as Herman Melvin
Movie ★ 5.0
1995
Zero Kelvin as Randbæk
Movie ★ 6.5
1995
The Dogs of Riga as Magnus Björk
Movie ★ 6.0
1994
Report to Heaven as Gary
TV ★ 7.0
1994
The Kingdom as Stig Helmers advokat
TV ★ 7.6
1993
The Slingshot as Fritiof Schütt
Movie ★ 6.0
1993
The Last Dance as Host in Norrköping
Movie ★ 5.2
1993
Murder at the Savoy as Security Manager
Movie ★ 5.8
1992
The Democratic Terrorist as Carl Hamilton
Movie ★ 6.8
1992
Wind as Joe Heiser
Movie ★ 6.2
1992
Den sanne lögnaren - Fritiof Nilsson Piraten as Narrator (voice)
Movie
1991
The Ox as Helge Roos
Movie ★ 6.5
1990
The Hunt for Red October as Capt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov)
Movie ★ 7.4
1990
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg as Raoul Wallenberg
Movie ★ 6.1
1990
Parker Kane as Nathan Van Adams
Movie ★ 4.6
1990
Smash as Finansministerns sekreterare
TV ★ 7.0
1980s 25 credits
1989
Code Name Coq Rouge as Carl Hamilton
Movie ★ 6.4
1989
The Interrogation as Carl Hamilton
Movie ★ 7.1
1989
The Women on the Roof as Willy
Movie ★ 4.4
1989
S/Y Joy as Klas Larsson
Movie ★ 6.6
1989
Vildanden as Gregers Werle
TV ★ 7.5
1989
The Simpsons as Stellan Skarsgård (voice)
TV ★ 8.0
1988
The Unbearable Lightness of Being as The Engineer
Movie ★ 6.9
1988
The Perfect Murder as Axel Svensson
Movie ★ 6.1
1988
Time of the Wolf as Peder Ulfstand
Movie ★ 4.3
1987
Jim and the Pirates Blom as Gustav, Jim's Father
Movie ★ 5.6
1987
Hip Hip Hurrah! as Sören Kröyer
Movie ★ 4.7
1987
Friends as Matt
Movie ★ 5.3
1986
The Serpent's Way as Karl Orsa Markström
Movie ★ 5.8
1985
Peter-No-Tail in Americat as Pelle Swanson
Movie ★ 6.0
1985
False as Water as Stig
Movie ★ 5.3
1985
Noon Wine as Olaf Helton
Movie
1985
Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark as Hamlet
Movie ★ 7.7
1985
August Strindberg: A Life as Verner von Heidenstam
TV ★ 5.2
1984
Åke and His World as Ebenholtz
Movie ★ 6.3
1983
P & B as Karl-Johan "Charlie" Pettersson
Movie ★ 6.2
1983
Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
Movie
1983
The School of Wives as Horace
Movie ★ 6.1
1982
The Simple-Minded Murderer as Sven
Movie ★ 7.0
1982
American Playhouse
TV ★ 6.6
1981
The Guldbagge Awards as Self - Best Actor winner
TV ★ 5.5
1970s 10 credits
1978
Det är din boll, Jim as Journalist
Movie
1977
Tabu as Jan-Erik
Movie ★ 5.0
1977
Hemåt i natten as Kurt Sjöberg
Movie ★ 9.0
1975
The Intruders as Peter Delaney
Movie ★ 2.8
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
TV ★ 6.9
1973
Anita, Swedish Nymphet as Erik
Movie ★ 5.2
1973
Five Days in August as Christer
Movie ★ 3.0
1973
The Wedding as Roffe Eriksson
Movie ★ 3.2
1972
Raid in the Summer as Erik
Movie ★ 3.7
1972
The Office Party as Peter
Movie ★ 5.3
1960s 1 credit
1968
Bombi Bitt och jag as Bombi Bitt
TV ★ 7.5
1950s 1 credit
1953
The Oscars as Self
TV ★ 7.0
1940s 1 credit
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
TV ★ 6.9
s 5 credits
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The Eighth Commandment
Movie
—
The Kiss
Movie
—
Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oro as den långsamme
Movie
—
Bow Tie as Himself
Movie
—
Untitled Dakota Fanning Thriller Series as Brant
TV
Crew Credits
2020s 1 credit
2025
Sentimental Value Executive Producer
Movie ★ 7.5
2010s 3 credits
2017
The Wife Thanks
Movie ★ 7.1
2014
In Order of Disappearance Executive Producer
Movie ★ 6.9
2010
King of Devil's Island Executive Producer
Movie ★ 7.1
2000s 2 credits
2005
Manderlay Thanks
Movie ★ 6.9
2000
Aberdeen Associate Producer
Movie ★ 6.4
1980s 1 credit
1987
Jim and the Pirates Blom Writer
Movie ★ 5.6